Pump It Up

Today was the first day of my Body Sculpting fitness class. Strange as it may sound, it reminded me of driver's education.

The very first time I drove a car was during driver's ed. One by one, the three other students in my group took his/her turn behind the wheel. They all knew what they were doing and all they had to hear from the instructor was "Turn left" or "Turn right." It was obvious that someone that they knew took the time to teach them how to drive prior to taking driver's ed. Then, it was my turn. I didn't know how much pressure the gas pedal needed; I didn't know how much pressure the brake pedal needed. I just knew that there was a car, there was me, and somehow they were all supposed to work together. Please use your imagination to figure out how the ride went when I was the one behind the wheel.

So today, it was like driver's ed all over again. For the first time in my life, I got near gym equipment. Kuya Greg used to tell me to just go to the gym and look at the diagrams on the equipment to figure out how to use each one. I am so glad I never followed his advice because I wouldn't have figured it out on my own. I would've been the person everyone remembered at the gym for sure.

At each station today, I just stood there until the instructor came over and told me what to do. I was THAT clueless. I swear, who the hell invented these things?! Each person only got like one minute with each equipment since everyone rotated so I still don't know if I'm doing things 100% correctly. Hence, today proved that I really need a personal trainer/babysitter if I really want to get serious with weight training.

For now, I might just end up switching back to doing hip hop dance, or signing up for an uber boring yoga or pilates class. Although this Body Sculpting class is EXACTLY the class that I need, I'm not too thrilled about touching sweaty equipment that 17 other people have touched in the last hour. That's just too many germs per minute for my non-medical-insured-self. Let me just wait right here until God gives me a personal trainer for a boyfriend. And so I wait... LoL