It is so easy to get turned off to the idea of going to the
gym. I mean, just think about it:
You go to a room full of sweaty, smelly, grunting people to
run on a human sized hamster wheel and pull on machines until you yourself are
sweaty and smelly. On top of that, even to me, an avid gym goer, the gym is
hands down one of the most humiliating places I have ever been.
AHH!!!
There is nothing like finally building up the courage to
take on a new weight machine, only to immediately snap the chair in half when
you try and adjust it to your height. Then, once everyone has had the chance to
start staring, all you can do is fake enough confidence to walk over to the
next machine… and smack your head into the bar hanging off it. This is when I typically decide
that just the treadmill is enough for the day and book it out.
In all seriousness, how do I keep myself going to this
place?
Yes, there’s the cliché answer of knowing that it is healthy,
but for me it is also just as much about finding the humor in it all. Let’s
face it, no matter what, I’m going to look idiotic when I try out a weight
machine for the first time and my mascara is going to be bleeding down my face
by the second half of my run. However, at the end of the day no matter how
cringe worthy some of the moments are while they are happening, I can only
giggle at them looking back. If I could just learn to laugh about them while
their happening, well then, suddenly the gym is a happy place!
So here is my challenge to myself: I am going to try out a
new machine, no matter how frightening it looks, every single time I go to the
gym. This way the embarrassment will lose its potency and I can have fun no
matter how stinky and smelly it is.
-Brooke :)
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