or: My whole body hurts…
I think I told you that my wife and I joined a gym. To back up a little bit, I have been using our treadmill and playing Wii Fit for the last year or two. I have lost 50 pounds, and thought I was in fair shape. I have only been to the gym about eight times so far, but I have built up a pretty good treadmill routine, and been doing the weight machines,
My wife has been taking Zumba classes. She keeps telling me I should take some of the free classes myself. I didn’t want to do the Zumba thing. The yoga sounds like it might be fun because I do some yoga on the Wii. I can do the tree pose! But my wife saw an upcoming class called ‘Boot Camp’. They have this instructor at the gym who is an ex Marine. His name is Pierre, and he is a nice guy. We crack each other up. And he was teaching the class. So I thought I would give it a try last night.
What the bleeping heck was I thinking? My whole body hurts. No, that isn’t even true. It is starting to hurt. Most of it is still a mass of quivering jelly. You know how you get all shaky and wobbly after exercising a muscle that hasn’t been used much? I still feel like that over most of my body and it’s been more than 12 hours.
I will tell you the honest truth. If it had just been me and a few other men in that class, I would have left after 15 minutes. But no, there were women there older than me. And a girl who looked to be about 13 was there with her mom. And you know what? I couldn’t leave. Because that would have crushed my fragile man-pride.
Man-pride sucks.
I did the best I could. I pushed myself. I think I pushed myself too hard. And the next class is in two days. What the heck should I do?
Stupid man-pride.
Pouring My Art Out 
I’m knackered just reading that description.
Ha!
PS: On a tangent but this is another great song from Flight of the Conchords about world peace 🙂 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEcMG2Jvx3k Favorite quote: “If every soldier in the world put down his weapon, picked up a woman, what a peaceful world this world would be. Redheads not warheads, blonds not bombs, we’re talking about brunettes not fighter jets. When will the governments realize it’s gotta be funky sexy ladies?” BTW, I’m a crazy brainy lady somewhere in between blond and brunette if you know some soldier who wants to put down his weapon, pick me up and show me some gratitude by making love to me… 😉 You have to listen to the song for this comment to make any sense whatsoever.
I listened to it… and it does make sense… and come to San Diego… the place is crawling with sailors and Marines.
I love San Diego! It’s so beautiful! And I have some good friends who moved there from Boston a few months back. I might you know I might… As soon as I feel better I’m gonna be applying for jobs in US preferably California cause I love it so either SF or SD are the places that would have jobs in my field. My ex is a US army vet and I miss him. It didn’t work out but we were sort of support group you know… Anyways, first things first: get better.
If you have to choose… pick the Bay Area… see some of my many photo posts of my love for the Bay Area…
If being a man is hard, try being a woman trust me it’s just as hard if not harder. Think about it, think think about it as Brett and Jermaine would say: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLEK0UZH4cs All the money that we’re making is going to the man… 😉
Obviously I am not comparing the difficulty of being a woman to being a man. Just in this one instance, woman made being a man more difficult.
It could well be that the old women and 13 year old girl are trained athletes, and only pretend to be taking the class, when in reality, they are part of the boot camp, working secretly with the instructor, and their purpose is to make you male ego keep you going because you (and males in general) don’t like to appear weaker than older women and teenage girls.
You have turned paranoia into a fine art…
Ooooh, I want to steal that for my blog tag line!
whatever…
There will be a minimal royalties fee…
Like buying the other 3 books when they come out? I can do that. By the way, when are they coming out?
I think number two should be ready in a month or so… and that is more than sufficient payment… thanks…
Is it okay if I say I’m impressed by the name of this class?
Yes… yes it is…
Suck it up buttercup! Next time you won’t feel quite as bad (only 90% as bad) & every time after that it gets a little better.
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Ahaha! Boot camp’s got nothing on “Insanity!” Go back it will get better!
I can’t move.
Whenever I complain too much…like a lot too much…my daughter says:
“Chin up, Little Buckeroo”
That might not be appropriate for you…especially if you can’t move your chin to the “up” position…
Well I can’t… so…
I’m afraid of those boot camps. I’m a runner and use to running for long periods but those boot camps put me out of commission for a few days, lol! But like every other exercise, you have to get use to it…good luck with the next one!
I am still thinking about not going back.
suck it up old man!!! hahahaha
ps…you know they say excersize adds years to your life…..of course I don’t care to be in pain now and really don’t plan on living to be 120! 😉
I smoke too, so I counteract all that stupid working out.
sigh… I would flip you off, but I can’t move my arms… or my fingers…
LOL. Dude, I smoke too and I don’t even work out so counteracting damn shit (forgive my french) at this point… 😉 At least you tried, that’s positive! 🙂
I am trying to mix it up a little.
Good choice skipping Zumba and doing Boot Camp instead. You probably would have been the only male in the Zumba class.
There was only one other guy in this class…
It takes a brave man to enter into that situation
Or a really stupid one… if that isn’t redundant…
lol good job staying! Can’t let those older women and little kids out-do you!
Sort of sad… but I guess if I go back I will prove something to myself… or die…
At least if you die, you would die trying!! That’s what counts, right? …… lol 🙂
I see that you are from… or living in Seattle. I have relatives there. I love Seattle. I also noticed it says that you are very into fitness. I think I should warn you that this blog has very little to do with fitness. In fact, that might be the first post I ever did on fitness. I sort of do… weird stuff… If you scroll down very fast, without even reading anything, you will see what I mean. I am not trying to scare you away… just making sure you knew what you are in for…
oh thats ok. i dont get scared easily 🙂 i like reading about random things (not fitness related) anyway!!!
yea seattle is amazing!! mostly only from july – august, and thats about it.. lol.
You got the rain, but it is so beautiful. And I like the people. I just took my own advice and scrolled down my own blog… I am sort of a freak…
it can be beautiful, when its not 20 degrees out. And obviously, the people are great here 🙂 lol
i guess ill have to brace myself before i start scrolling down…
Bring a rope and a bottle of water… and maybe some bug spray…
perfect, i carry those 3 things with me everywhere anyway!
Just don’t talk to any strangers you bump into down there. Some of them have been lost for a long time…
I do a boot camp in my neighborhood with my wife and her trainer. The first few times it killed me too, but it got better. Thankfully, the trainer isn’t an ex-Marine. I had sore muscles that I didn’t realize I had.
I hope I can keep going. There isn’t a part of me that feels right.
I felt the exact same way and I was an athlete for many years and thought I was tough. It does get better, keep it up. I did a lot of walking in between workouts to stay loose. Now, after 6 months, I feel so much better. Good luck to you
Thank you. I might just try to drag myself back for another dose.