My whole life up until I graduated high school, I was relatively active. Actually I'd say I was very active...with dance lessons and tumbling classes up to 4 or 5 days a week. Therefore I never had a problem with "being in shape" but when I went to college I had to quit dance and gymnastics and instead go to school full time. I haven't had much exercise since high school and it's been killing me. So today I decided to go to the gym and do some sort of cardio. I thought it would be smart to try and not die at age 25 of heart disease. However I had the absolute worst experience of my life. So, I've decided that there are many factors behind why I'm not into the whole physical fitness trend that everyone else is into and here they are:
1. Motivation: I feel like I'm highly motivated to do a lot of things but not when it comes to working out. If I can actually talk myself into going to the gym it will probably take about 3 days of nagging myself.
2. Once I've finally decided to go to the gym, I have this small freak out in my mind that I have absolutely nothing to wear. Don't even say it- I know that's an idiotic thing to worry about. No one cares what you're wearing. However I picture myself walking into the gym and it's full of all these fit girls in spandex and buff dudes in cut offs and I'm over here wearing soffee shorts and a sorority tank top. I look like a joke- actually I am a joke because I have no idea what I'm doing so I feel like if I can dress the part, I can look the part.
3. Sort of along the same lines as #2 but the gym sort of requires gym shoes and I don't own a single pair...so whattup converse.
4. When I actually get to the gym I have no clue where to go so I'm like "I know how to work a treadmill" and then I fast-walk with the ramp on the highest it will go in order to burn more calories so that I feel accomplished but ultimately I leave the gym feeling dizzy, nauseated, and with the worst head ache of my entire life. My hypochondria is yelling at me the whole way home, "YOURE HAVING A STROKE ZOË CALL 911"
So in conclusion, I have literally no idea why people get joy out of doing cardio.
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