Sun, Nov-16-03, 14:02
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Senior Member
Posts: 537
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Plan: BFL
Stats: 151/142/?
BF:35%/23%/15%
Progress: 5%
Location: Seattle
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Hello el corazón,
congrats on taking the challenge!
As a relatively newcomer (I just finished week 3 and my husband week 2) I started out just like you. I could either buy very minimal equipment (adjustable weights and possibly an adjustable bench) or look into joining a gym for my birhtday. I opted for buying equipment and jogging for cardio, but after a week of extremely frustrating workouts (my minutes between sets were spent in a mad frenzy trying to take the collars off the weights, get the new weights on and get those $&*# things back together, and refer to the book to see how to properly do the exercise. then there was cardio. I jogged one day in circles around the parking garage and the next time drove to the beach to jog on the sidewalk (at 3am). It was dark, empty, my fingers were frozen, my radio didn't come in, and the air chilled my lungs and made me cough all day! I came to the conclusion that BFL was going to lead to either bursting a blood vessel from frustration, perpetual sickness from winter morning jogs, or giving up. So I was going to hunt down those elusive probell or power block Wanda showed me and think about buying a compact rowing machine from a coworker for $20 for cardio. I knew I'd soon want to have other equipment though, like a stationary bicycle. I returned the freeweights and bench. On the way to the store to look at them I saw a gym fairly close to me had a $19 a month special so lo and behold- I not only joined but I fanagled my couch potato exercise-free hubby join too. We were both weary of the money we'd spend AND the fear we both had of working out in front of people.
but 2 weeks later, we are both feeling the benefits and what looked impossible is now becomming a stronger habit each day. I don't feel as apprehensive about working out in front of people, even the muscleheads that hang out in the free weight room. My husband quickly got over the jokes and fun his friends poked at him for joining a gym and (gasp) exercising! (Jealosy, if you ask me) And now the small sacrifices we have to make to pay our gym memberships seem small compared to all the problems our limited budget and small space allowed to work out at home.
Sorry to make a short story long.. I've been reading BFL success stories this morning and I guess it fueled me up.
Good luck!
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