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 | TrackBackgood luck to us as we step into this brave new world of "swih-mung" as I hear it is called!
I would like to do dance lessons (when i have more money obviously) but i fear i would be beginnersok and you would be kickassgiff.
I'm getting out a Yoga DVD for us to try. We will have to move that coffee table out of the way first! Grr the coffee table GRR!
Posted by: giffy at September 2, 2004 06:08 PMHey, maybe you could try the quieter group classes - the Balance (yoga, tai chi and pilates blend) classes at Les Mills are neat and the instructors attentive. Haven't been in ages as they're mostly early evening, but they're awesome.
Not all personal trainers are super expensive though - I see mine (Ngarama at Les Mills) fortnightly (I'd rather see her weekly, but I pay for Alan as well so it's fortnightly) and it costs about $40 for an hour long session. I think many of the other trainers are a lot more expensive, but she's figured out what she wants to charge and is happy with it (so'm I).
Posted by: Rachel at September 2, 2004 08:48 PMi've got a very very laid back yoga video if u wanna buy it. i meant to do it more often, but i get really bored being all peaceful and stuff (altho the more u do it the quicker it is), plus the cats kept trying to sit on me, and that's not helpful
Posted by: Zephfi at September 2, 2004 11:00 PMThe only way I can get motivated to exercise is to work it into my life as necessary transport. I can't be bothered or afford to go to the gym or the pool... so I just say to myself that any trip that can be walked in 40 minutes or where I'm not carrying a particularly heavy load then I have to walk rather than take the car.
Walking dogs is another good way to get motivated to walk, especially if you are getting paid to do it!
I can only really do that though because I have more time than money. Exercise always gets shunted to the back of the queue when I am busy.