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darkemeralds) wrote2011-06-07 10:18 pm
darkemeralds) wrote2011-06-07 10:18 pm
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It hurts a bit
I...hardly know what's come over me.
First it was a trial Zumba class. Then it was Zumba twice a week. Then I signed up for a year's membership commitment at All About ME Fitness because it was cheaper than paying separately for Zumba twice a week.
The membership comes with a free consultation and two free sessions with a personal trainer, so this evening I met with Rebecca. Rebecca is a tiny dynamo of a sports and fitness professional. She sold me a dozen personal training sessions with a guy named James, and these will commence on Friday night.
Rebecca showed me how to roll on top of a foam cylinder thingy to release the extreme tightness of my left iliotibial band. That extreme tightness, she said, is probably caused by my particular style of bike-riding, and is, in turn, causing weight-bearing Zumba moves to crank my left knee into swelling and pain. The foam cylinder thingy will actually help my knee. Who knew?
Rebecca said it would hurt a bit.
"I don't want to sound too strange or anything," I replied, "but I'm actually fine with pain."
"Most people who're committed to working out are a little bit masochistic," Rebecca commented.
All righty then.
The foam cylinder thingy hurt like a motherfucker.
ME Fitness is a ten minute bike ride from home, about 35 from work. Good thing it's a nice place, because apparently I'm going to be rearranging my life considerably to I can spend bunch of time and money there.
Why? Good question. I'm not sure how different my reasons are this time from last time (which was in the 90s, when I was in my 30s). I'm more motivated by health, mobility and strength than I was at 35, and considerably less by qualifying in the attractive-to-men stakes, but I'd be lying if I claimed that some general notion of attractiveness wasn't in my mind.
Also? Resistance training is supposed to trigger the metabolism in a way that cardio can't, and I'm tired of this plateau.
Or maybe it's just masochism.
First it was a trial Zumba class. Then it was Zumba twice a week. Then I signed up for a year's membership commitment at All About ME Fitness because it was cheaper than paying separately for Zumba twice a week.
The membership comes with a free consultation and two free sessions with a personal trainer, so this evening I met with Rebecca. Rebecca is a tiny dynamo of a sports and fitness professional. She sold me a dozen personal training sessions with a guy named James, and these will commence on Friday night.
Rebecca showed me how to roll on top of a foam cylinder thingy to release the extreme tightness of my left iliotibial band. That extreme tightness, she said, is probably caused by my particular style of bike-riding, and is, in turn, causing weight-bearing Zumba moves to crank my left knee into swelling and pain. The foam cylinder thingy will actually help my knee. Who knew?
Rebecca said it would hurt a bit.
"I don't want to sound too strange or anything," I replied, "but I'm actually fine with pain."
"Most people who're committed to working out are a little bit masochistic," Rebecca commented.
All righty then.
The foam cylinder thingy hurt like a motherfucker.
ME Fitness is a ten minute bike ride from home, about 35 from work. Good thing it's a nice place, because apparently I'm going to be rearranging my life considerably to I can spend bunch of time and money there.
Why? Good question. I'm not sure how different my reasons are this time from last time (which was in the 90s, when I was in my 30s). I'm more motivated by health, mobility and strength than I was at 35, and considerably less by qualifying in the attractive-to-men stakes, but I'd be lying if I claimed that some general notion of attractiveness wasn't in my mind.
Also? Resistance training is supposed to trigger the metabolism in a way that cardio can't, and I'm tired of this plateau.
Or maybe it's just masochism.