Day One
Of exercise hell....
Most people that see me think I bear a strong resemblence to Buddah or the Michelin Man. Supposedly that will change starting today. Because of the problems I've been having lately, I signed up to start working out at the hospital's rehab center. Today, my trainer/interrogator Steve put me through the paces through the variety of machines.
The biggest problem I have with exercise is that its completely boring to me. The repetitive motion, the lack of conversation or the abilty to do anything except stare off into space is the biggest turnoff for me. The nice thing about this place is they not only have TVs in the room, but put in FM transmitters to broadcast the sound to a small radio. So at least I can watch the news while I'm putting two miles on the treadmill.
We will see what happens over the next few months. Thankfully Mr. Steve decided to end the orientation on a high note and decided to skip the who weigh-in thing. :-)
Comments
Your comments about "boredom" are exactly why I chose to pick up fencing. It's exercise, but it's exercise that will keep me interested. Although, sadly, I think I may be at the upper end of the scale where it can be done without inducing myocardial infarction. I'm not sure if you'd want to do it, since (last I knew anyway) you were bigger than I (although I did pack on a few more pounds so who knows).
Good luck with it, though!
Posted by: Derek | January 5, 2004 11:00 AM