“Seventeen…eighteeen”
I clenched my teeth as I counted the number of times my biceps were flexing. I could feel the tension on both my biceps as I lifted those 10kg weights on each hand. Straight ahead was a wall-like mirror where I was observing my progress.
“Twenty!”
I exclaimed as I brought the weights back down. Yes, ladies and gentleman, like many of the typical young corporate yuppies you have heard, I too have joined the gym. I guess what really got me into joining a fitness club here was the fact that I had finally come to terms that I needed to exercise if I wanted to stay fit and continue functioning properly in my daily life. Up until now, my exercise had only consisted of weekly futsal games. I didn’t even like jogging in the area near my place because…well I found to be plain and simple boring.
But I guess I can’t run from the fact that in order to renew my body and keep it in “optimum” levels, excercising was a gonna be a must in my weekly habits. Although the membership isn’t cheap at all (190 bucks a month!) I gotta say it’s a step for me towards the right direction. And I have to admit after my sessions every time, I do feel a whole lot better, both physically and mentally.
But my membership is only gonna last me for 3 months (Hence that’s why is $190) and after that I have the option of renewing my membership for the rest of the year if I want to, which I think is great because rather than paying $150 for a 12 month contract commitment, paying a little bit more for just a quarter will allow me to assess whether I will want to still continue gymming.
I’m honestly skeptical though whether these fitness gurus can help me gain weight. I did confess to them that I wanted to gain more weight and look abit more…”meaty”. And they did assure me, that with proper dietary meals and exercise, it is possible. In theory that’s quite obvious, but I have always contented to the fact that I will never gain weight no matter how much I try – it’s just not gonna happen. But anyway in the midst of all my cynicalistic view, I am curious to see if this time around, things will be different for me.
So I guess it isn’t really hard to see what will make it into my 2009-New Year’s Resolution list eh?
