Joining a gym after 40 - You need step it up a bit!
I loved my gym and I loved everything about my gym. Two years later, I was still in love with my gym. I loved the sauna the most. Yes - after two years of never once breaking a sweat during a work-out, or feeling any strain or pain, I was still enjoying my sauna. (whoops I mean gym.)
Two years into my 5 nights a week at the gym, I was sitting on the bench (after getting out of the sauna) and a little red-faced Chinese woman came huffing and puffing into the locker room. She was probably in her late 30’s and was in extreme physical shape. She had just ended an hour long kick boxing class. I started telling her about my years at the gym and my disappointment in not really getting anywhere. She jumped up and put her finger right in my face and said “you need step it up a bit.” Who knew she had watched me for years?
She asked how many classes I took per week to “push” myself. Since I had never really paid much attention to the class schedule assuming it was for younger people, the answer was 0, and “pushing” myself was what I considered the part where I got dressed, fixed my hair, got in the car and drug myself to the gym. That was a big push.
Tomorrow’s post will be “when was the last time you felt physical pain” and my first class at the gym.
