Day #449 Second Day - Whew!

I made it through my second day at the gym—and my first Silver Sneakers Class. The other members of the class were very welcoming – and we started the class by singing Happy Birthday to a member who turned 89 on New Year’s Day.  I figured I could keep up.

Ha!

By halfway through the class I was doing five repetitions for every 8 the instructor counted out. Thank goodness the last exercises were done sitting in a chair!

Then I went out to the treadmills. The woman on a machine across the aisle was reading a book while she walked.  I’ll have to remember to take a book next time. I walked for 15 minutes while I waited for my 1:00 appointment with the Personal Training Manager. 

At 1:00 the manager told me I was in no shape to consider a personal training program. He wasn’t quite that blunt, of course. He diplomatically asked me how I’d enjoyed the Silver Sneakers Class, and when I told him how out of breath I’d gotten, he said I still had a lot of work to do and ought to wait a few months before even considering a trainer.

Suited me just fine. I have to get to where I can keep up with an 89-year-old!

BEEattitude for Day #449:

       Blessed are those who do what they can with what they have, for they shall eventually create honey.

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Day #448 Silver Sneakers Report

Well, I did it.  I went to Body Plex yesterday and swiped my Silver Sneakers card.

Then I looked around at all those machines – and headed for the cycle room. I know how to do that without accidentally pulling the wrong muscle. I haven’t ridden on a bicycle since I wrecked my bike in 4^th grade by slamming it into a brick wall. Not intentionally. There was a spread of gravel on the pavement, and when I tried to turn to the left, the gravel helped my front wheel slip out, straight ahead. Where the wall was.

I limped home, dragging my twisted bike along with me, and never got another bike throughout my childhood. You break it, you do without it was the philosophy in my family.

Still, yesterday I thought I couldn’t go wrong on a stationary bike. They keep the lights low in that room—apparently so nobody can see what anyone else is doing during the classes. I didn’t have to worry, though. I was the only person in there.

I looked at the clock, climbed on, slipped my feet into the stirrups, and started to pedal. I made it for ten minutes before my legs were completely jelly. Fortunately I didn’t collapse when I stepped off the machine.

I made an appointment for a one-hour orientation so I can use the other machines.

And then I went and sat in the sauna for a while.  Ahhhh! Love that exercise!

BEEattitude for Day #448:

       Blessed are those who move with joy, for they shall fly happily throughout life.

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