Such a great post.
I had a gym in my basement (free weights, nautilus equipment, etc). Because of getting divorced I had to sell my house and move into a condo. I was forced to join a gym 6 weeks ago. Didn't step into it until yesterday for the first time. I do my cardio at home for now because I love my DVD's. But I LOVE weight training because the combo of cardio and strength training gives me phenominal results. I cried in fear all the way to the gym yesterday. But I knew I had to face my fears (of being stared at, laughed at). To my amazement, everyone was into themselves...no one was staring or laughing at me. I had an embarrassing moment...I couldn't get one of the benches to incline. I tried pulling on the knob at the bottom of the bench, but the damn thing didn't budge. I asked a guy in front of me that just started curling some dumbbells. To my amazement, he was very gracious and showed me. I felt bad interrupting him, but he was kind enough and said, "no worries". Gym wasn't too crowded. Mostly all fit men which made me feel awful about myself. A good motivator. And all of those mirrors....UGH. I'm just glad I don't have to stay too long....about 15-20 minutes...depending on what body part I'm doing.
It's going to take a bit to get used to having other people around when I workout. I'm the type of person that doesn't need to be motivated by others. I enjoy working out by myself.
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