From about 4 years of age until the end of my 'free' schooling I took dance classes, up to two times a week. In my 5th and 6th form years I also did some swimming training. This is how I have grown up with exercising. Someone else tells me what to do and it is done in groups. Also there is personal time with stopping and personal critiquing and instructions on how to improve. Gyms do not provide me with this. Unless I maybe some day afford to have a personal trainer, which won't be happening for a while.
I did go to Les Mills for a while and aerobics classes were neat but I get bored on my own with noone to chat to and if noone is watching me, noone is telling me not to slack off and I am just terrible at self-motivation so I passed my membership on to Sass.
Now, I have ONCE gone to the school gym after school. We have a weights and machines room that we can use. I sporadically go to Beau's house and use the treadmill there. That happens more often when i have DVDs I want to watch and will watch on my own. Because I can watch DVDs and treadmill at the same time. The TV reception isn't very good, otherwise I would probably be there more, walking and watching TV.
I think about going on walks outside, but then the weather puts me off. Too hot, too wet, too cold, too late! Bleurgh!
Anyways, I did go to dancing lessons for a while a couple of years ago now and Sass went with me and I went everyweek as had someone to go with. But then we stopped and I moved and she had all this gym stuff to do instead.
At Uni I had a couple of goodish exercising years when I went climbing and to Yoga weekly with a friend who would remind me that we had it. Another year there was a spate of almost daily swimming or gym-ing when Jonno would come to my room in the morning and kick me out of bed. I took that a bit too far tho and got sick and out of the habit and then didn't get back into it.
I talked to a friend, Arab1 yesterday and he has agreed to organise swimming training for me. But I must provide him with a little white board so that he can write the lesson plan on it. Neat. Also he must get shorts. Anyway, Sok and I are going to try this to see if we can do some exercise. Fingers crossed!
I like exercise when I actually get around to doing it! honestly!
Posted by giffy at September 2, 2004 11:58 AM | TrackBack