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askye at 03:47pm on 01/07/2003
askye at 03:47pm on 01/07/2003Livejournal ate my rather contentless Harry Potter post.
So I'll move on to the personal stuff and leave off the HP stuff until I read more of the book.
Okay. So I want to join a gym. I can sort of kind of afford it if I scrape by, at least the gym that's closest to me. The best deal is the Y, but it's not close and it's not easy to get to. So I'm looking at the offset of paying more for convience.
The gym that's closest I drive past on a daily basis. It's right there! The Y is about 15 minutes away and there's a weird ass left turn and then the parkign is weird and I know I'll think of a dozen excuses not to go.
However the close gym also requires a 2 yr contract. Which is a big downside. I'm not much for long term relationships, especially those involving money. I have to decide if I'm really going to go to this gym. And exercise. Part of me says YES! YES! YES!
And the rest of me is wondering if I'm making a snap decision. The thing is I have one quarter left of school. If I push hard, which I plan to do. So one quarter and then I can get a real job. A Real job means money and then I can afford some personal training stuff. If I had a personal trainer, even just twice a month that's more motivation.
But hell, I haven't been able to stick out the dancing for 2 yrs. And I can't join and then change my mind because there's a contract. I guess I could ask them if there's anyway I could sign up for less than 2 yrs but some how I doubt they'd be willing to do that. I just don't want to get into a situation where my needs aren't being met and I still have to pay because that's happened before.
Fuck. I should probably just take my free week trial and then end up walking for exercise. It's cheap.
So, I don't know. On the one hand I'm thinking maybe I should wait until I'm employed and on the other hand I think exercise is something that will be good for me.Stupid fucking decisions. I suck at them.
So I'll move on to the personal stuff and leave off the HP stuff until I read more of the book.
Okay. So I want to join a gym. I can sort of kind of afford it if I scrape by, at least the gym that's closest to me. The best deal is the Y, but it's not close and it's not easy to get to. So I'm looking at the offset of paying more for convience.
The gym that's closest I drive past on a daily basis. It's right there! The Y is about 15 minutes away and there's a weird ass left turn and then the parkign is weird and I know I'll think of a dozen excuses not to go.
However the close gym also requires a 2 yr contract. Which is a big downside. I'm not much for long term relationships, especially those involving money. I have to decide if I'm really going to go to this gym. And exercise. Part of me says YES! YES! YES!
And the rest of me is wondering if I'm making a snap decision. The thing is I have one quarter left of school. If I push hard, which I plan to do. So one quarter and then I can get a real job. A Real job means money and then I can afford some personal training stuff. If I had a personal trainer, even just twice a month that's more motivation.
But hell, I haven't been able to stick out the dancing for 2 yrs. And I can't join and then change my mind because there's a contract. I guess I could ask them if there's anyway I could sign up for less than 2 yrs but some how I doubt they'd be willing to do that. I just don't want to get into a situation where my needs aren't being met and I still have to pay because that's happened before.
Fuck. I should probably just take my free week trial and then end up walking for exercise. It's cheap.
So, I don't know. On the one hand I'm thinking maybe I should wait until I'm employed and on the other hand I think exercise is something that will be good for me.Stupid fucking decisions. I suck at them.
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You quit dancing? I missed that.
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And I haven't really quit. I got stalled and I really need to practice more at home so I can get to the next level but while I really like my new instructor and all that, I'm kind of stuck in the group classes with a lot of beginner stuff.
The intermediate classes are only on Tuesday nights. Which isn't a really big deal but the last month they didn't cover any of the dances I enjoy. Lots of Viennesse Waltz and Fox Trot and stuff like that.
I don't want to quit forever, I'm just at the point where I want something more physically demanding. Which I never thought I'd want.
However I'm wary of trying something like kickboxing because I'm so out of shape.
I'm going to check out the Y and see exactly what their hours are and if I can just do a month to month plan. I keep gaining and losing the same 10 lbs and I'm back up to a size 18.
I want to feel strong and I don't.
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Pardon me while I jump all over this but ...
Let it get you into shape. I wasn't in shape when i started krav. Three years, and I'd not done so much as two flights of stairs in a row. The room spun that first class, and I couldn't make it through -- they plied me with soda just to get me back in.
But if you hold on to the understanding that a) that happens and b) it gets better, it's incredibly possible.
Ask Allyson -- she's been kickboxing over a year now -- neither of us could make it all the way through the first class, her less so than me. But she's still there, and loving it, and fitter than she was a year ago, and feeling better about her physicality.
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If I check into places that teach kickboxing, what should I be looking for?
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Look for understanding teachers. Authority is great, necessary, but any teacher that won't let the students grab water when they need it is doing them a disservice, IMNSHO. Same with stepping to the side when you can't keep up -- you can motivate someone right out the class by yelling when it's not a matter of willpower keeping them from doing the exercises.
Allyson's instructor is a martial artist and a personal trainer -- which is a great combo. I've not liked any non-martially kickboxing I've seen. Sure, I'm textually biased, but some of the modified form I've seen in those techniques can get you injured. That's much harder for you to eyeball, though.
But I'd veer away from something like tae bo -- impact is good. Hitting and kicking bags is so much better than slamming air.
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