How many people wanna kick some ass?
April 21st, 2010 by sarah
Soooo…. I think I’ve got diet down. I mean, I’m not perfect, but I’ve gotten to the point that I do have the ability to determine what I should and shouldn’t eat. What I actually eat, well… sometimes that’s a different story, but I *know* what is and isn’t a good choice.
I’m loving yoga, for sure. I love the way I feel during and after, I love the mental slogginess that’s kind of like waking up from a good nap infused with a good buzz. However, even though it’s challenging it isn’t the sort of challenging that I want. I want something that’s going to make me feel STRONG and give me tone and maybe accidentally a muscle or two. I don’t so much care about ever being able to wear a bikini, and probably wouldn’t even if I could, but I’d like to maybe be able to pull off a tank top without being all weird about my arms. Sooooo I started thinking about what kind of activity I’d like to do that might accomplish the ends that I care about right now. I don’t do well at a gym on my own without interaction. I won’t do a DVD regularly because I get bored. I seem to thrive in class environments but the local gym offerings are not “fun” sounding… and I am such a damn toddler. The idea of step aerobics with Buffy and Tawny kind of gives me the hives, but I need to step up my high activity stuff if I’m going to lose the last 30 pounds or so that I want to lose and not come out of it looking like a Shar Pei.
In my hunting, I found something that sounds really cool- a boxing gym really close to work that has boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, self-defense classes, and hosts an MMA group- can we say eye candy? I know we can. Now, I’ve got no real interest in getting punched in the face but according to the guy I spoke with earlier, black eyes aren’t really a part of what they offer unless you’re really into that sort of thing. They have classes at 6:30 AM, 7:15 PM, and everywhere in between… and you still get to use the gym’s facilities when you’re not in a class but you want to punch something. It sounds like a dream, and it’s a flat rate per month, not a per-class fee.
It’s an EXPENSIVE flat rate per month… but what’s better, paying a $25 membership to a gym you won’t use or significantly more for one you will? EvilSara broke it down in figuring that I’d need to attend 2.5 classes per week to “make it worth it” and while that’s a lot… it’s not unreasonable if I can do one before work one or two days a week. It also might get me off of this stupid plateau-type thing I’ve been on… and give me motivation to finally start back up on the Chantix and quit smoking, because a) the gym costs as much as that habit does and b) I’m not about to be the candy-ass chubby girl who smokes at the asskicker’s gym.
So…. that’s the plan. Whatcha think?
I wish there were classes, like kick boxing or spin, at my gym. I love that it’s cheap, but am now hitting that I’m bored place. I say go for it. Even if it doesn’t turn out to be the right sport for you it’ll be a total no big deal kinda loss. Maybe fitness missteps in the 30s are like fashion missteps in the 20s. Lord at the money I spent on bad fashion in my 20s. So much better for me if it’d been on personal trainers.