I love working out. Love it. I’m a total gym-a-holic. Well, I used to be, anyway.
I was an athlete my entire life, up until my sophomore year of college. Still, after that, I had access to a gym at school 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Oh and by the way? My gym at school had TVs on EVERY. SINGLE. FLIPPING. MACHINE. I once spent two hours on the elliptical watching a Girls Next Door marathon on E! Yeah, that happened.
Unforch, freshman year of college, I pulled my left hip flexor. Not once, but twice. The trainers at school actually said that I had the tightest set of hip flexors they had ever seen (TWSS). I was out of commission for months, but I was also nineteen and anxiety-ridden, so I ended up losing weight. Figures. A mere two years later, during my junior year of college, I sprained my ankle. Twice. Super. By the time I got to law school in the fall of 2008, I had the bad hip flexors, the bad ankle, and a left knee on the verge of reconstructive surgery (fourteen years of softball will do that to you).
Now, let’s take those injuries and add the schedule of the law student, as well as the fact that I’m broke as a joke and can’t afford a gym membership unless I start selling myself to the little gelled-hair man at the fitness center down the block. Basically, my regular workouts right now are opening jars of Classico (who is sealing those these days by the way?), lifting beer cans to my mouth, and occasionally turning on my Wii Fit so that balance board icon can tell me what a heifer I am.
I still do love working out, but running is tough when you have the knee strength of an eighty-year-old, and good LORD do I get sick of workout videos. I do yoga regularly, but that’s about it. I need to get in shape though. Like, now. Like, yesterday. If I want to show myself in a bikini at Bloggers in Sin City , I need to fix this hot mess fast.
Basically, my goal/plan is to keep drinking wine and eating carbs and look like Gisele in two months. It sounds feasible. Who’s with me?
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The bikini in Sin City?
I’d be lying if I said that wasn’t my ultimate goal in all of this.
*shame*
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Oh, I am so with you on that! LOL… I’m joining a gym this month, I believe, because, like you, I get bored with the workout videos at home, and they don’t motivate me. Also, the Yoga, Zumba and dance classes I was doing once a week cost more than a gym membership with unlimited classes and access to cardio and weight machines. So, yeah, easy decision there.
Good luck with the Sin City goal!
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I am so lucky to have access to a free gym at work. Even if it does smell a little funky! If you have netflix, you can get workout DVDs from them.
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Okay, getting right to the heart of this post:
SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE FRIG IS UP WITH CLASSICO CANS?! You have to have fucking Jedi training to open those mothas! I’d like to think the Large Hadron Collider was originally conceived as a Classico-opening device, then the physicists were like, “Oh yeah, also? SCIENCE.”
Actually, I like to believe that most instances of science are preceded with that sentence.
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Yo. I hear you. I’d recommend swimming, but … it’s rather cold still (it’s a great way to get in shape) and indoor pools can be pricey. Does your school have a free gym? If not, see if you can Craigslist some cheap rollerblades. That does WONDERS for the hips (or so I’ve heard) and I’m searching for a pair myself.
Other than that, good luck. I’m eating carbs- screw it, who am I kidding after that last post- I’m drinking carbs and hoping for the best.
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Sort of glad I don’t have to worry about Vegas bikinis. You know the phrase “a face for radio”? I’ve got a body for blogging. I should be heard & not seen!
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I’m with Liz – swimming is a great exercise especially for anyone with joint issues. I did alot of swimming as part of rehab for my knee. Swimming also helps keep the muscles toned and great for cardio.
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