A place that is sometimes dreaded, sometimes passed up for the comfy couch or bed, sometimes annoying when there are no more spin bikes, or no treadmills available, and a place that is usually taken for granted.
I had the luxury of a gym right across the street when I lived in Chicago. I didn't even have to get in the car to go. The walkability of Chicago - one of the many things I love about it, but anyway, I digress. I didn't join a gym when we moved back to Colorado. I had the great outdoors, a fitness center in our apartment, and the guilt of being unemployed caused me to think a gym membership was something I could regain when I got a job.
After the weather turned cold, the outdoors weren't as much of an option. The apartment fitness center with two treadmills, a bike, an elliptical, free weights, and four weight machines... ya, that got old REAL fast. Not to mention the temperature was set to somewhere near 70 degrees. Ugh. So I did it, I asked to join the gym!
Today, after nearly six months, I made my triumphant return! Tour, ha, no need. I know how a gym works. Questions? I think not. I locked up my gym bag and was shown the location of the group exercise room. Ahhhhh, I have arrived! Zumba class. I took Zumba classes in Chicago, but it was a "Feevha" class disguised as a Zumba class. Now, Feevha is not much like Zumba. Sure, there are some similar attributes, but definitely not the same.
The Zumba class was fun. The instructor very good, a nice amount of people, the music was cool, and I broke a sweat. Success! But oh boy, eyes need to stay on the instructor or the people in front who know what they're doing. Because I fully understand this now:
Eek! That can't be me in the mirror! Oh, it is. Look away, look away!
Well, regardless, I went, I did, I kind of conquered. The gym has it's challenges, but at the end of the day, sweating with other people, being told what to do for an hour, and being given a reason to leave your property and go out into the world, are all good things. I should have done it six months ago. Here's to working toward what I THINK I look like!
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