I WENT TO THE GYM!
Jan. 26th, 2007 01:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_siobhanYou have no idea how good that feels.
Most of my exercise in the last few months has come from riding my bike home from work in the fall and doing yoga once a week for the last couple of months. In other words, not enough.
I joined the community centre across the street from my house, reasoning that going some place close by would be easier and therefore I'd be more likely to make the effort. Espcially since it means I'll be able to shower and eat at home and won't have to lug a bag with two meals, two changes of clothes and a wet towel all the way to work on the bus.
It's smaller and the equipment is cheaper and more crowded than at the Y and it lacks an indoor track. But it's also a third the price. They charge a quarter for the lockers, but I noticed most of the regulars don't bother to pay - they just leave the doors unlocked. There seems to be a trust arrangement going on that is very different from the Y, where things are constantly being stolen out of the change rooms.
Today's workout followed my brief and somewhat perfunctory orientation so it was a short one, but I WENT TO THE GYM!
Most of my exercise in the last few months has come from riding my bike home from work in the fall and doing yoga once a week for the last couple of months. In other words, not enough.
I joined the community centre across the street from my house, reasoning that going some place close by would be easier and therefore I'd be more likely to make the effort. Espcially since it means I'll be able to shower and eat at home and won't have to lug a bag with two meals, two changes of clothes and a wet towel all the way to work on the bus.
It's smaller and the equipment is cheaper and more crowded than at the Y and it lacks an indoor track. But it's also a third the price. They charge a quarter for the lockers, but I noticed most of the regulars don't bother to pay - they just leave the doors unlocked. There seems to be a trust arrangement going on that is very different from the Y, where things are constantly being stolen out of the change rooms.
Today's workout followed my brief and somewhat perfunctory orientation so it was a short one, but I WENT TO THE GYM!
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Date: 2007-01-26 07:10 pm (UTC)I read ages ago that the only variable that researchers could find that correlated with whether people actually used a gym after joining was travel time, so a "not as good" gym across the street is better than one with superior facilities that you have to travel to.
I suspect it's not just a trust arrangement. People using a gym away from home probably have a lot more valuables in their lockers: if it's across the street, you can leave behind the PDA, the cell phone, the wallet, the jewelry that you'd have worn if you were out and about all day.
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Date: 2007-01-29 02:25 pm (UTC)Yay!
Date: 2007-01-26 07:14 pm (UTC)Re: Yay!
Date: 2007-01-27 12:02 am (UTC)Did your roomie tell you that we ran into her at my dad's house, of all places?
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Date: 2007-01-26 08:04 pm (UTC)Baby, I *do* know. Brava! Endorphines are wonderful things, no? To say nothing of the glow of virtuous pride. And across the street from your house? Unbeatable!
Counting the days 'til I can go a-gymming again, myself..
Um...
Date: 2007-01-26 08:05 pm (UTC)*blush*
Re: Um...
Date: 2007-01-27 12:03 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-01-26 08:43 pm (UTC)I've just started going back as well. I ended up pushing my calves so hard I'm having a hard time walking!
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Date: 2007-01-26 10:15 pm (UTC)I've been getting kind of itchy about it lately myself. I'll have to see what I can come up with. I think the weather patterns out there lately might be good for crazy winter cycling. :)
Jealous
Date: 2007-01-27 12:28 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-01-27 12:53 am (UTC)