Friday, November 21, 2008

On fitness classes

Finally went to the gym this week after a long hiatus. Tonight I tried a pilates class. I've decided that I like taking classes at the gym, if only because the catchy music and the different movements somehow deceive my body into thinking that I'm not actually exercising. It's like my body thinks I'm just reaching down to pick up a piece of paper on the ground, except about 30 times in a row in sets of 3, to the beat of a catchy song. Or today, we pretended that we were holding a giant cup with our arms and rotating left and right, left and right, left and right, left and right... about a million times, until my puny arms were shaking like sheets of toilet paper in the wind. in fact, my whole body was shaking by the end of the class. it was pathetic. But at least i've come to the conclusion that i need to find forms of exercise that will trick my body into thinking that i'm having fun and not actually exerting physical energy. 


I did notice one guy who has been in every class I've been to. Granted I haven't been to that many, but even when I pass by the exercise room and peer in, I see him! Doesn't matter if it's yoga or pilates or the one with the weights and the loud spastic music. Even tonight, I noticed he was in the class before pilates. I think it was some aerobics class. So while everybody filed out of the room, this dude stuck around, took off his shoes and socks, and then rolled out his pilates mat. I think the guy is addicted to fitness classes. I also noticed that he's like BFF with the instructors, since I usually see him chatting it up with them after class. Does this guy live at the gym?? I suspected that maybe he was trying to score some digits with either the instructors (who are usually women with great bods) or the other people in the class (many of whom are CLAGs [cute little asian girls]). But who would want to go out with a guy who spends every night of the week in fitness classes?? Come on!

2 comments:

Sophia said...

can i just say that i'm always weirded out by the overly enthusiastic men who are in my step aerobics classes? very questionable.

on the other hand, kickboxing is a great place for men to pick up women.

Liz said...

lol.
there are TOTALLY those people at my gym. except, the women are the ones who go to all of the classes, and the men (all muscle meat-heads) are ALWAYS by the weights...

i hope i don't become one of the gym addicts...