Greg and Kat's blog

The fact that I feel this way probably means that I really need to exercise! My friend Lisa and I have started going to the gym. We’re starting off slow – two days a week. On Mondays we have a yoga class and on Thursdays we have a spinning (cycling) class.

We started last Thursday. I didn’t really know what to expect from the spin class. For everyone that’s never taken one, it’s done on stationary bikes that have tension control. The instructor yells out stuff to do, and it’s like your riding a regular bike. You go up hills by increasing the tension, do sprints by pedalling as fast as you can, stand up and pedal, and pedal with no hands. It’s freakin’ hard, especially if you haven’t done any exercise in years. When the instructor yelled out that we were half-way through, I thought I was going to die – I thought we were almost done with the hour-long class. But, I stuck it out, and Lisa and I walked back to Biology on wobbly legs. Surprisingly my legs weren’t really sore the next day. However, my butt was bruised from the seat. This weekend I bought one of those jelly seat covers in the hopes of easing the pain.

Yesterday was my first ever yoga class. I was really surprised how out of breath and sweaty you can get doing yoga. The instructor did say that we were going to do some more strenuous stuff, so I hope I was supposed to be sweaty and out of breath. If not, I may just be REALLY out of shape. There’s also a lot of balance involved. I fell over a couple of times. Lisa and other people in the class did too, so I don’t feel so bad about that. And today, I’m sore. I think that’s a good thing though.

I also resisted the urge to buy fries from Wendy’s on my way home yesterday. Instead I had a veggie burger for dinner. I think it would have been better with the fries.