Monday, April 10, 2006

The gym induction......

Well.....I survived!!! Oh my goodness, what a LAUGH!!! Where do I start? I'm afraid to say that I laughed my way through the whole thing, and couldn't bring myself to take it too seriously! Thankfully I had an understanding young guy who was very helpful (but couldn't understand what was so funny!) I'm still not sure what WAS actually funny - but there you go!

One of the funniest things, was those big exercise ball things (the ones that look like space hoppers)! When I sat on it, I said that it was like being on a space hopper, but it would be better if it had the handles (you know what I mean) to hang on to (and bounce around)!! He just looked at me with a look of bewilderment - and smiled (he couldn't have done a lot else really!) I guess it could've been worse.....I could have suggested they paint smiley faces on them like my space hopper used to have (should point out that I was about 5 at the time!) ah, fond memories!

Moving on....
I didn't like the bit where they weigh you (probably because now they will know that I lied on my form!!) ah, confession is good for the soul!
The guy asked me about my job, and I explained what I do - and then went on to say that I did a sleep in last night (which means you don't always get much sleep). He asked me if this was the reason for me being a little 'lethargic' so I said yes, although, I figure that actually, I was just being lethargic because I was in a gym - doing exercise!!!!

It got better..... my blood pressure is apparently v.good and heart rate good too. I was asked if I'd had any caffeine this morning, and when I answered '4-5 cups of coffee', I realised that to have this many by 11am really wasn't displaying 'healthy living'! (Good job they have a Starbucks on site - ha ha!)

So.....to sum it up - an interesting morning!
I should add that I did then do 25mins on the treadmill, but of course, the guy only happened to walk by when I was doing the 'cooling off' bit, so I spent the next five minutes trying to prove that I had actually been exercising, and was taking it seriously! Not sure if he was convinced......not sure if I am yet either - but will continue!

Watch this space.....

4 comments:

SarahB said...

Very impressive, Penny! The only exercise I get is stretching to reach a cake...

Hope all goes well and if I don't see you have a fab Easter.

:-)

Sarah

Tracie said...

l remember it well !! It made me laugh when the guy said to me that he'd just set everything on 10mins to show me how to work the machines !! 10mins nearly killed me - l never did get past 10mins when not on the induction..... oh well perhaps the sauna and jacuzzi !!

David (not Dave) said...

I'm impressed. You'll soon be running a marathon. Just don't look at the latest entry on my blog!

Nicole's Psalm said...

Well done Penny, a good start. Keep going to get your money's worth. Start slowly. I remember my first attempt after the induction i could hardly stand on my legs.