My wife convinced me to do a new class at the gym that she hadn't tried before, and it would be my first class in about ten years. She said that according to the description, it should be more about strength. As you can imagine, this was always going to be a recipe for disaster.
The gym app at this club is pretty good in my opinion, but it is probably because I have never gone to a gym with an app before. Prior to this one which we joined a year ago, I had been a member of the same gym for two decades, and while they might have had apps and the like, I must have been too old school to use them.
This was the first class I have been to at this gym, and I was looking forward to doing something different and based on the overview, it was right up my alley. I am out of shape in the sense that my lungs are in atrocious condition due the asthma, but I am still pretty strong considering I lost a lot after the stroke, and not quite as, but still relatively flexible for a guy.
This class is low cardio.
Lie!
This class is suitable for everyone.
Lie!
High intensity and strength.
True.
I got about 25 minutes in before my lungs gave out completely, and then I started to just do random pieces between my own things for the next ten minutes, before moving into stretching mode. The trainer came over to see if she should call an ambulance, or if I needed some of the elderly women in the class to carry me out to a couch to recover.
I exaggerate slightly.
But, I didn't recover enough after the first 25 minutes to go on, so I ended up just stretching and rubbing my neck, which was in bad shape before entering into the class as it was. That is no excuse though, because the parts of my body that gave out, were my glutes which are strong but not up to repetition, and my lungs, which are shoddy.
However, what was quite interesting about this experience was that despite not being able to do the class, I was also glad that I did it. More than that, as I was stretching and everyone else was laughing at me and my wife was shaking her head in second-hand embarrassment (in my head at least), I didn't really care. In the past, I would have cared far more, but now I have come to accept that despite what I used to be able to do, I am nowhere near that level now. I might be again someday, which is unlikely, but if I am to get there, it is going to be a lot of attempts that will be fails as a whole, but will be small steps in part that take me forward.
As I was waiting for my wife to leave the gym, the instructor came up to me again to check if I was okay and once confirmed, asked if I would come back. I said "probably!" and weirdly, I meant it, because I think that it is good for me to push at least sometimes much harder than I am able to comfortably go, and get used to the taste of failure. But, perhaps if I keep it up, I will also get a whiff of some small successes and perhaps one day, be able to make it all the way through the session.
While I got very sweaty considering the short time I was actually doing anything (sign of an approaching heart attack perhaps), I don't think I did enough to get that feeling of doing enough at the gym. However, there were indeed lessons learned, so even if there wasn't much potential for physical gains, maybe I made a step forward mentally and emotionally.
So not an utter failure.
Small gains add up.
Taraz
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It is great you did go to the class and are willing to come back.
It may be harder for you due to your stroke and the asthma but when I was 30, I was completely out of shape. My brother encouraged me to go on the bicycle with him on a almost flat path and after a 10-minute ride (the trip was gonna be 1 hour), I just could not follow his pace and decided to come back to the house. I was exhausted!
When you have not been training for years this is what happens. The good thing is that your condition improves quick, at least to a certain point, and it will be way better than today for sure.
Happy for you!
How is your fitness now? You ride a lot if I remember, so I am guessing that at least that part has improved.
A month of 3 classes a week, and I think it would make a big difference. Perhaps I should give it a go :)
I've been "buried" by the work at the farm in Portugal during all the summer and have not been on the bicycle more than five or six times. I hope I can go back to cycling during this winter but still need another trip to finish the house
That work is worth it though :)
I've had classes like that before that I have tried to take at home. They say it is great for beginners and then it ends up totally kicking my butt if I can even finish it. There is an Australian couple that has a fitness series and their stuff kills me all the time.
I think this is another reason why everyone hates Australians.
lol
Could be. :) Their stuff is good quality. It just costs a lot and has a high barrier to entry for some people.
https://teambodyproject.com/
Looks alright :)
lol!
Try Tai Chi sometime! If you want something that is really going to make you feel like a total clutz but still somehow make you significantly stronger, greatly improve balance and coordination, and not tax your heart at all (until you get much better at it) then Tai Chi is right up your alley. It sure has been up mine! And if old ladies helping you out is what you're into, then even better. I'm one of the youngest in my class!
That teacher will help you modify, I should think, if you really do want to go back. It sounds more like torture to me though.
This is something I have never tried weirdly. Pretty much everything else I have tried at some time or other. They don't have it at my gym, but I will try pilates again next. I used to do it several times a week for a decade, but haven't tried in a decade now :)
At our age, we need daily physical activity. Our body needs this. Slowly get into this rhythm.
I move a lot - just not move like this :)
Why do you go to a gym and make yourself tired this much? Last week, I ate less and walked much to reduce my belly, now I am sick :)
Because I like to eat! :D
When I first saw your cover photo I thought that it is a symbol of some new ability in splinterlands.
"Broken bulb" I have this ability now - it means my monsters are clueless in the dark and can't see or hit anything.
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