Summer
It is funny the same cycle I follow every year. I work out very hard from January to the end of April. I workout five to six days a week, have every meal listed as planned according to what to eat and when to eat it. Then May comes and it is fishing, camping, hiking, work, and summer fun. Workouts turn out to be sporadic and only able to get one or two a week sometimes. I always rededicate myself and pick up a little at a time.
I used to skip a great deal of fun stuff, because I couldn’t miss a workout. I learned that life has to be enjoyed too and try to be a bit more balanced. Sometimes life gets to be a bit possessive and I have to remeber that the gym needs attention too! So I always look to magazines, bb.com forums and other places for information and a bit of inspiration.
I joined a new gym that is part of the hospital in the area. It has a pool, hot tub, steam room, sauna, free weights, plenty of machines, plenty of cardio and a running track. As I started back into weights again…this gym seemed okay. I was a little put off by the large number of naked men sitting bare assed on the benches and sitting in the hot tub in their underwear, but maybe I was the weird one. Even if I am…. I wish they would stop groping themselves all of the time. I could swear the one guys shoulders were moving in a jerking fashion as we sat in the hot tub.
Then I start noticing how crowded it is in the free weight section. Not just crowded with people, but crowded as the machines are too close together. You can’t step behind the bench to spot a guy, because the other bench is butted up to head to head. You can’t get a 45 pound plate off, because the other 45 pound plate on the other bench overlaps it. I could go on and on, but this is getting depressing.
So…with all of the naked old dudes groping themselves and the crowdediness (is that a word) of the gym, I ended up back at the old gym. I saw the same old crowd. Nice to be home.
