Working out

Ah. Gym experiences.

I am 100% qualified  to tell you about how it feels to work out in the gym because you know, I've been there a total of 9 times in the last 18 months.

Yes, I paid R200 each month just to have a tag on my keys and answer 'yes' to people who see it and ask if I workout. The idea is great. I've had it since I dated a body builder back in grade 11 and I might probably pursue it again but, not now.

When my friend and I first started out, we had an entire plan. We were going to buy shakes,  bought new gym clothes, had a timetable set for in between classes or after, the works. But it didn't work out that way.

You see, when you have a friend who's kind of lazy and so are you, a lot of plans that you make don't pan out. I mean, by now we should be shredded but eh, we learnt to love our 'stomach rolls'. 

Anywho, my first day was absolutely horrific. When you watch people on YouTube and Instagram exercising you will think that it's easy (or it was just me) but I had a hard time on the treadmill! That was the first thing we hit because 'newbies'. My friend signed up for gym months before so she had an idea on what goes on and it was much easier for her. She convinced me that aerobics would be a perfect start. We went there, I left the gym feeling dizzy and seeing stars and different coloured universe and apparently it was because I was dehydrated.

Moral of the story: you should visit your doctor before hitting the gym as they always recommend. 

We made a friend as time went on which was good and bad because now we actually left the gym feeling like we've been hit by a ton of bricks but it meant we were productive.

Unfortunately that didn't stop a lot of excuses that we had for skipping gym. Most of the time we'd skip because 'we just wrote a test and it was damn hectic' or we have a group meeting or we are on our periods. Yup, we did use that one. Another thing was that we attend different classes so when I'm free, she's busy and God forbid, we don't want to be seen alone and looking lost in a gym full of people with experience (more on that in the next post).

I have since cancelled my membership a month ago but I still owe them 200 so that's ought to be a bad credit on my side. I should really get my ducks in a row.

Anyways, tell me about your gym experiences