I've joined a sports club

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I've joined a sports club

by hobbyhorse @ 2009-10-07 – 19:29:33

I can't believe it! I'm so unfit and scared of getting ill that I've actually joined a sports club. It's a David Lloyd club and it's just down the road from us, we can walk or cycle there if we want.
It's expensive but something has to be done to get me off this office chair! I imagine my heart as like those chicken heart giblets with fat all round it - I have to get fit urgently!
I hate gyms, I hate sport. But I have to bite the bullet!
There is a swimming pool and a sauna too - I was surprised at how nice it is - better than my last experiences of 'such places' in the past.

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- brokendownangel ^Pro
- 2009-10-07 @ 19:48:34
I hate the gym too but it has to become a habit and then you just do it. Good for you, it is so easy to slip into bad habits and damage our bodies but is relatively easy to reverse the effects x
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- hobbyhorse
- 2009-10-07 @ 20:31:01
Thanks for the moral support. I need it!
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- sweetymon
- 2009-10-07 @ 20:33:28
The sauna is my favourite place in the gym. But it's good for you, it's cleansing! And swimming is one of the best sports. I hate gyms too, but I need to start getting my fitness back too... let's challenge ourselves together! xx
- - hobbyhorse
  - 2009-10-07 @ 20:36:22
  Good idea! I'm not that keen on saunas actually - it's a bit too hot! But OK for a short time. My OH has already noticed that the club serves wine and beer! So the slippery slope has started before we've even had our induction session!
  Wow but there is some scary machinery nowadays. There's this machine that apparently all the celebs use where it sort of vibrates your muscles and 10 minutes equals an hour's workout. Sounds my sort of thing!
  xxx
  - - sweetymon
    - 2009-10-07 @ 20:42:10
    Hahaha, that's brilliant! Have a glass of wine while you sit by the pool, - perfect! I've heard about those, even looked into buying one, they do sound amazing but they're so expensive. They remind me of those 40's machines that you put around your waist and they vibrate as well! Maybe I'll pop into my local gym and see if they have one... xxx
    - - hobbyhorse
      - 2009-10-07 @ 20:46:02
      Actually I went to a gym in Florence that was so old fashioned that they had those belts. They were hysterical!
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- Bushka ^Pro
- Bushka
- 2009-10-07 @ 20:43:53
That'll get you going....must keep at it for the first four weeks...until the experience of the endorphins 'kick in'
- - hobbyhorse
  - 2009-10-07 @ 20:47:07
  You're right. The first times will be terrible. Especially as I am terrified of all those machines and make a total fool of myself getting on and off them.
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    - Bushka
    - 2009-10-07 @ 20:57:19
    wave: You'll soon be into it....
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- Miza-T
- 2009-10-07 @ 22:13:34
Well done

I don't like the gym neither, I'm too lazy, but I may join one now that I'm thinking in giving up smoking

xx
- - hobbyhorse
  - 2009-10-07 @ 22:19:04
  Smoke? I don't believe it! Yes, it's a good idea to give up.
  I'm too lazy for a gym too, but the expense concentrates the mind a lot!
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- janetweightreed
- http://www.janetweightreed10.blog.co.uk
- 2009-10-07 @ 22:45:44
Fast walking is very good for the constitution
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- catsInVienna
- 2009-10-08 @ 07:49:44
That is a great idea. I do not like sports too, only swimming and riding horse and bike.
- - hobbyhorse
  - 2009-10-08 @ 09:25:31
  That sounds like a whole lot of sports!
  - - catsInVienna
    - 2009-10-08 @ 10:14:13
    Yes but at the moment I do not do anything. lol!
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- catsInVienna
- 2009-10-08 @ 08:41:35
BTW: I have the lecture hall, where Einstein sat on my blog. It is an amazing Jugendstil building.
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