THOUGHTS OF A FITNESS FREAK

I joined the other gyms in my chain so I can go to others and see what it is like.  I went to one tonight.  needless to say I was in there for 20 minutes and it was a nightmare to me.  I’m looking around like a lost puppy.  The equipment was so bad and they didnt have 1/2 the stuff.  I had to leave and go to my regular gym to FINISH working out!!!   SSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOO, scratch that one off my list.  Maybe I am gym spoiled?  I was talking to a few of my guys and they didnt have great things to say about some of the others either.  Its only $5 more a month, but if the others suck……..I won’t be very happy! I have been there 2 years and it’s like home to me.  if I want to make noise, I make noise………..if I want to lay flat out on the bench and take a snooze….I would.  Its so comfy to me. Then I was talking to lawnmower man………this is what I call him cus I don’t know his name…and he’s like, "ya gotta go to planet fitness" and I was like, "dude, no way".  I like a "harder" gym.  Planet fitness is like a cardio and toning gym, not a lifting gym. Its fine if that what  you want and it certainly is cheap, but then ya have to say, "do I want a $10 body or am I willing to invest in myself?’  I know I stood out when I went there a couple times.  My arms get super vascular and so do my shoulders and of course they will be all freaked out like Im a psycho steroid user.  Ok, no comments here, I have friends who use and none of them are violent.  I don’t judge, but many do.

I also met a young guy who wants to compete!  He is new to the area, so we were chatting about it.  I think I want to help him, but he is not doing it until spring I think.  I would love to coach him!  I’m also trying to talk this state trooper into competing.  This is a big guy!  he has to have some 18 inch calves and he’s natural.  Small waist, big delts.  BUT he says he isn’t wearing a banana hammock in public because it would ruin the ladies for other men…………..heheeeeeeee, what a turd. then there is this other guy who is HUGE, but always covered up.  I have seen him scoop a bar from behind him on the floor right up and over his head. WHILE laying on a bench………It was about 200 lbs!!! Like it was nothing!! I was like "Dayum……….looking down at my 25’s………..hehe……..Im so ashamed.

Anyway, I had to continue the back workout, so I hit up some lat press down, bent over smith rows, seated cable rows, dumbbell rows, dumbbell shrugs…etc. I also did bi’s but was short on time, so I did more dumbbell curls and barbell curls.  Nothing fancy. I went hard, fast and heavy. Not always ladylike………..but I will save that for church where I wear a dress on Sundays. 

One more thing, this other gym had a ladies gym area.  Please ladies, I know it is hard, but get out there and find your place!  Don’t let them hide you in the back!!!  Is it really that bad if some guy sees you working out?  Its tough at first and you will feel like a geek at first.  Damn, I did and I just went later and explored stuff until I got comfortable.  I almost had a stroke for the first couple weeks with all those guys!  BUT I had a right to be there and we were all there for the same reason, correct?  No one expects you to walk in looking like a queen…..you are there to get fit or stay fit and ya gotta get it somehow. People respect hard work and I respect hard work.  I admire the woman sweating balls next to me, even if she is a beginner. She or he is TRYING and thats an admirable thing!  Unlike the add says, WE do not judge you in our gym cus we have muscles.  Frankly, we are probably as insecure , if not more insecure than other people……we are hard on ourselves..thats why we lift so hard.  Most of us were the skinny little guys or the overweight women.the cocky jock from 1985 is probably swiggin beer in his trailor…..we werent HIM. 

I hope this gives you a little boost to get your butts in gear!  Come train, get fit , be happy…don’t quit even when you falter or fall off diet……..You will love yourself for it/

Fern 

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