Work it!

Last week, Andrea and I actually acted on our good intentions and started going to the U of A gym. It doesn't seem like it should be so hard to make the transition from thinking that it would be a really good idea to start exercising to actually putting on exercise attire and going to the gym. But it's a huge chasm that we haven't been able to cross--until last Monday.

I had no idea that the U of A gym was so nice. It is big, new, and well lit. It has two stories, two basketball courts, two weight rooms (one with tough-sounding music and one with no music), two locker rooms (men and women), and a lot of little courts (for racquetball and other court sports with crazy names). There's also a little dance room. All along the big open areas there are cardio machines (with no annoying music blaring!) and even a few ping-pong tables. It's a pretty great set up.

So, Monday night, Andrea did the stationary bike and I did the rowing machine until a stationary bike next to Andrea opened up. When I joined Andrea, she said, "you were rowing that whole time?" I didn't think much of it until two days later, when I experience some serious rowing pains. I decided not to row for a while.

Friday we went back and discovered the gold mine of elliptical machines in the music-free weight room. These machines are better than the others because the arm pieces move. I actually lifted some weights for the first time since before I got mono over a year ago. It felt good, but now I'm in pain. Of course it will pass--just a little speed bump on the road to a bulging physique. If we keep going regularly, at some point I might even start wearing muscle shirts and going to the tough music weight room...