I thought I would be sore this morning, I was so the opposite of sore when I got out of bed this morning. NOW is a totally different story!
I popped right out of bed this am, almost forgetting that I worked out for 2 hours yesterday at the gym. I could feel that I worked out dormant muscles, yet it I was not stiff or sore at all. Does this mean that yesterdays exercises don't count? I got dressed and got Nathan and I out the door and headed to the gym feeling limber and ready to "Sweat to the Oldies". I get to the gym and it is packed, well really just the cardio area is packed. There is no treadmill available, lots of bikes and ellipticals open....sorry, I am not hauling my wide load up 4' in the air to make it easier to see the junk in my trunk thank you very much! I decide to do my machines first, as I really am not into "riding" the bike and not burning as many calories as the treadmill does. I am sorry that I realized that yesterday, as it now seems that I am doing all the work and getting 1/2 the results by using the bike vs the treadmill. I have decided to not focus on my stats and I will compare them once a month so see my progress.
So I head to my favorite machine in the whole gym, the super leg press. I set it to 100 lbs and lay down and prepare to do 100 reps. I do 1 and 2 and then on the 3rd rep, OMG the 3rd rep makes me know that I DID workout yesterday! My thigh muscles clearly were not amused to be working this hard again, and I do believe they called me a @#$%^& as they screamed out in pain! I had 97 more to do! 97! The pain was akin to the 85 hours of labor I had, the difference being I could not walk away from the contractions, however I could walk away from the machine. I made myself do all 100 and felt proud of myself that I did not give up! I need to remember that I will be sore for a little bit and it is a good thing.
I get off the machine and see that there is an empty treadmill, so I head on over. I am almost there, and then it happens! I am apparently in a race with another person for the only available treadmill and I saw it first. I keep walking towards the treadmill, thinking since I started walking towards it first, it was mine, kind of like having my blinker on waiting for a parking space. I was so wrong, apparently there are no rules when a treadmill becomes available! I was almost there, so close, it was almost mine and then this sweet old man got off a machine right in front of me and I had to stop in my tracks. He is part of the Silver Sneaker set and it took him a bit to start walking after he got right in my way....lol Needless to say I lost my treadmill. I do however believe it was a conspiracy as the person who was now walking on "my" treadmill is also a member of the Silver Sneaker group. It was a conspiracy and I am certain that there were hand signals involved! I am on to you Silver Sneakers!
I accept my defeat and mumble over to another machine to go work my bat wings. The machine I am on is inches away from the mirror that I am not a fan of! Not only do I get to see myself, I get to see the ugly faces that I make as I do my reps. I seem to be the only one that is not a fan of the mirror. I watch people watching themselves in the mirror. I see men staring at their butts as they squat, watching their pecs as they flex, women watching themselves bend and men watching those women...OH PLEASE! I am done with my people watching and my arms and slyly look in the mirror to see if there is a free treadmill....There is!
I don't get my hopes up and nonchalantly grab my water and head across the gym towards the cardio area. There are no Silver Sneakers in my path, so I feel victory and pull my earphones out of my pocket and can almost feel the burn.....NOOOOOOO! Out of nowhere a size triple 0 weaves her way through the cardio area and hops on the treadmill. Do you people not see my blinker, blinking away showing that I saw it first and it is mine? I am not enjoying today, not at all! I do a few more machines and finally resign myself to the bikes.
I am all situated on the bike, plugged in my earphones and getting ready to watch the ladies of the View. I am 2 minutes in and I sense movement behind me, movement that sounds like a treadmill stopping! I turn my head as far as it will go and make eye to zipper contact with a man giving it all he has on the elliptical. Hi, nice to meet you, come here often? I turn my head just a bit more and see an open treadmill and as soon as I see it, a man sees me seeing it and he runs over and puts his gloves on it and then goes finish talking to his friend! Are you kidding me! DUDE! If I could lift my leg, I would so kick your ass! NO worries, as I am turning my head back, I see one open up. I jump up out of my seat, my earphones popping out of my ears and me almost knocking over the bike (how embarrassing would that have been?). I grab my earphones and my water and run/walk to the treadmill. I made it, it is mine and I jump on. I am so happy! (Really Kelly? Happy to be on a treadmill?) I plug in my headphones and program in my stats and as soon as I start walking the sound in my ears is deafening! Note to self: Make sure volume is not at Silver Sneaker volume. After my hard won treadmill cardio workout, I step off and turn to leave and see the following sign "Treadmill time limit is 30 minutes when people are waiting" Can we get this sign in bright neon and place it on EVERY treadmill. I do believe I am the only one who has ever read this sign...I would laugh at this, but it hurts too much!
I popped right out of bed this am, almost forgetting that I worked out for 2 hours yesterday at the gym. I could feel that I worked out dormant muscles, yet it I was not stiff or sore at all. Does this mean that yesterdays exercises don't count? I got dressed and got Nathan and I out the door and headed to the gym feeling limber and ready to "Sweat to the Oldies". I get to the gym and it is packed, well really just the cardio area is packed. There is no treadmill available, lots of bikes and ellipticals open....sorry, I am not hauling my wide load up 4' in the air to make it easier to see the junk in my trunk thank you very much! I decide to do my machines first, as I really am not into "riding" the bike and not burning as many calories as the treadmill does. I am sorry that I realized that yesterday, as it now seems that I am doing all the work and getting 1/2 the results by using the bike vs the treadmill. I have decided to not focus on my stats and I will compare them once a month so see my progress.
So I head to my favorite machine in the whole gym, the super leg press. I set it to 100 lbs and lay down and prepare to do 100 reps. I do 1 and 2 and then on the 3rd rep, OMG the 3rd rep makes me know that I DID workout yesterday! My thigh muscles clearly were not amused to be working this hard again, and I do believe they called me a @#$%^& as they screamed out in pain! I had 97 more to do! 97! The pain was akin to the 85 hours of labor I had, the difference being I could not walk away from the contractions, however I could walk away from the machine. I made myself do all 100 and felt proud of myself that I did not give up! I need to remember that I will be sore for a little bit and it is a good thing.
I get off the machine and see that there is an empty treadmill, so I head on over. I am almost there, and then it happens! I am apparently in a race with another person for the only available treadmill and I saw it first. I keep walking towards the treadmill, thinking since I started walking towards it first, it was mine, kind of like having my blinker on waiting for a parking space. I was so wrong, apparently there are no rules when a treadmill becomes available! I was almost there, so close, it was almost mine and then this sweet old man got off a machine right in front of me and I had to stop in my tracks. He is part of the Silver Sneaker set and it took him a bit to start walking after he got right in my way....lol Needless to say I lost my treadmill. I do however believe it was a conspiracy as the person who was now walking on "my" treadmill is also a member of the Silver Sneaker group. It was a conspiracy and I am certain that there were hand signals involved! I am on to you Silver Sneakers!
I accept my defeat and mumble over to another machine to go work my bat wings. The machine I am on is inches away from the mirror that I am not a fan of! Not only do I get to see myself, I get to see the ugly faces that I make as I do my reps. I seem to be the only one that is not a fan of the mirror. I watch people watching themselves in the mirror. I see men staring at their butts as they squat, watching their pecs as they flex, women watching themselves bend and men watching those women...OH PLEASE! I am done with my people watching and my arms and slyly look in the mirror to see if there is a free treadmill....There is!
I don't get my hopes up and nonchalantly grab my water and head across the gym towards the cardio area. There are no Silver Sneakers in my path, so I feel victory and pull my earphones out of my pocket and can almost feel the burn.....NOOOOOOO! Out of nowhere a size triple 0 weaves her way through the cardio area and hops on the treadmill. Do you people not see my blinker, blinking away showing that I saw it first and it is mine? I am not enjoying today, not at all! I do a few more machines and finally resign myself to the bikes.
I am all situated on the bike, plugged in my earphones and getting ready to watch the ladies of the View. I am 2 minutes in and I sense movement behind me, movement that sounds like a treadmill stopping! I turn my head as far as it will go and make eye to zipper contact with a man giving it all he has on the elliptical. Hi, nice to meet you, come here often? I turn my head just a bit more and see an open treadmill and as soon as I see it, a man sees me seeing it and he runs over and puts his gloves on it and then goes finish talking to his friend! Are you kidding me! DUDE! If I could lift my leg, I would so kick your ass! NO worries, as I am turning my head back, I see one open up. I jump up out of my seat, my earphones popping out of my ears and me almost knocking over the bike (how embarrassing would that have been?). I grab my earphones and my water and run/walk to the treadmill. I made it, it is mine and I jump on. I am so happy! (Really Kelly? Happy to be on a treadmill?) I plug in my headphones and program in my stats and as soon as I start walking the sound in my ears is deafening! Note to self: Make sure volume is not at Silver Sneaker volume. After my hard won treadmill cardio workout, I step off and turn to leave and see the following sign "Treadmill time limit is 30 minutes when people are waiting" Can we get this sign in bright neon and place it on EVERY treadmill. I do believe I am the only one who has ever read this sign...I would laugh at this, but it hurts too much!
