But it’s not to say there weren’t any high points… I had that step thing on the highest setting (which nearly killed me)….
Huh. Maybe I should start again.
Annie’s blogcast has migrated! Perhaps only on a temporary basis but its here and its everything you ever dreamed!!!!! (..what are YOOU thinking?) So wow. I’m writing my first blog ever. (on this site anyway) EXCITEMENT! Like wow! Like… fo shizzle ma nizzle heck yes!!! Like… yea, Blogger.com rocks….
OK. The thing is, I’ll admit. I’m sceptical at the moment of this blog. I’m not overly convinced why it is better than anything else I’ve had in the past… (see live journal, see myspace blog. Or see that epic year or so of msn blogging… which took about that long to load – ridiculous. But damn I missed those days….) I’m getting to understand how to use this site at least. And since there has been a “follower” function added, (good on you blogger.com) if they add a few more things like that, it might turn out ok. I’ll give it a chance. I’m good like that, I am. *toothy grin* I will grace this blogsite with my undoubtedly insightful and witty writing.
Other than the blogging site itself, I also find it really hard to get back into the swing of blogsville after taking such a long break from it. Add to that the fact that I just have too much to say - I really am trying to restrict myself to not write a monster blog everytime….
So let’s see how I go. Jess said last night… pick ONE topic and stick to it. So I am. And that topic would be about the impending demise of my gym membership as of tomorrow.
Well,…
It all started when - Oh… you want the story in short? … er… *sigh* fine.
Um. It ends tomorrow.
Oh… you want it a bit longer? Hmmm, I think I can do that.
So under circumstances which I won’t go into, I found myself in possession of a one month gym membership at URAC – the gym recreation centre – the kind with like… a pool, and squash and supposedly fencing – but I never saw it. You know the kind. Like aforementioned, I give things a chance. I like trying new things. I’m good like that. So I of course embraced the idea of going to the gym wholeheartedly.
Well… after 3 weeks of avoiding it anyway.
Then I realised, I paid the money. I better get my butt down there and at least have a look around and maybe play on some of the equipment. Matt had the membership too which meant he could kinda teach me what to do.
A treadmill is a fascinating thing. But the people who use it are even more fascinating. I don’t understand. I don’t get it. You can’t accuse me of not understanding… I went on it the few times I went to the gym and… yeah, ok I don’t understand. I mean there are definitely good things about it, it tells you things like how many km you’ve run and you can make your legs go really fast, hehehe, which is really fun until… yea.. I’m sure you get my drift. It is a really weird feeling to be… running on a conveyor belt next to 15 other people running on conveyor belts though. This is a treadmill for those who don't know.
I won’t even go into some of the other equipment…
So I quickly worked out the equipment wasn’t for me. But I had a week to go and I needed to get my moneys worth so I thought I’d investigate in some classes.
Aptly named classes, slightly intimidating however. I dunno what you guys think but classes called Body Pump and Body Blast don’t really sound .. natural? I dunno the word.
I’m proud to say, I went to two classes. I tried to go to more but time ran away from me leaving assignments to drown me. The first one was Body Blast and the second one was B.A.T purely cause that was what was available at the times I went.
What is B.A.T? … Butts, Abs, Thighs.
HA. Oh gee.
Body Blast by the way was the one with the …you know steppy thing (like a platform.. where you step up and down and follow what the trainer person does while waving your arms and twirling around) B.A.T was a bunch of people doing aerobics and then way too many butts, abs, thighs exercises like Sit-ups. I was gone after 5 of them, damn my lack of stomach muscles…
It’s really kinda demeaning though when the …ah.. more overweight and you would think less fit people are still going strong and are so much more co-ordinated than you. Oh man. Both classes just further emphasised my extreme unco-ness. All the stupid little skippy things. I always seemed to do them with the wrong leg, or with the wrong arm and I nearly died trying to get my legs moving fast enough to do some kinda alternating shuffle on and off the step where my foot seriously didn’t get time to … be on the ground. Oh and it wasn't helped when Matt was standing at the window laughing at me.
But hey… that package of fun ends for me tomorrow. I went a total of 5 times and even had a shower there. Yeah! I’m hardcore.. I had a SHOWER at UNI!!! *goes to class with wet hair… why is your hair wet? Oh.. I just had a shower – at uni..!!!!!* …well I thought it was a cool thing to do. Alas, I didn’t get my moneys worth but I got pretty close.
So rest in piece B.A.T. I’ll be thinking of what could have been while I’m eating those mega wedges drowning in sweet chilli sauce and sour cream from the Unibar - or next time I make a coldrock visit. And then, I’ll make it all better by eating a carrot.
2 comments:
Annie, that is a terrible photo of everybody but you.
Um. Good job sticking to one topic, but you didn't really stick to the 'short and sweet' thing, did you?
Can you go back tomorrow? You should. And just spend aaalll day doing yoga and running on treadmills and taking showers. Or something.
Ohhhh and eating popcorn!
Oh and that's a pretty new background template colour thing (:
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