I bravely went up to the gym that opened just up the road from where I live, paid my joining fee ($9) and agreed to the $10.95 per week for usage of the whole gym 7 days per week. Even for a non-gym person, how great is that? $47 a month for using every machine and access to every class.
I digress.
I have joined a gym once in my life. It was Contours in Mortdale (they have since moved) – a woman’s only circuit gym. I hated it from day 1. I hated everything about it. For a girl who spent most of her early life playing sport, since I broke my hips at age 15 (long story) I have a lack of confidence about my legs holding me up sometimes (again, long story, but when I hip breaks, you collapse quite spectacularly) and this affects my coordination. Once I am comfortable with a “move” it is not a problem but the first few times trying to master something can be challenging.
Anyway back to my story. I was completing a circuit when it was time to do some move or rather and I hadn’t done it before. The instructor yells out to the whole circuit “new girl up the back, can tell, she can’t keep up”. I was freaking mortified. I left, mid circuit and never went back. I never gave them that feedback – hopefully one day someone will show them this blog and they understand why they only had me for 3 weeks (by the way, a circuit gym is rubbish – just rubbish).
Forgive me getting off track. Again.
Bottom line is I am 42 years old and I was petrified of joining a gym. I thought it would be full of beautiful people all preening and pomping around. I was wrong, thankfully. The majority of people I see every day are just like me. Phew.
A 5.30am start is not ideal in winter but you know what, I don’t hate it. I will stick this out, finish what is set out to do (lose weight) and who knows, will probably continue to attend that gym.
Thanks Crunch Fitness – you may have taken your sweet time opening but I appreciate it!
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