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May. 11th, 2009 08:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
swingchickieit's so silly that i swell with pride and accomplishment just from running some errands after work. all winter i hibernated, vegging out in front of the couch from the moment i got home from work... now that it's spring and i have more energy, i'm awake enough to get some things done... and i act like i've done something big.
this evening after work, i drove all over the area returning things i'd bought for the bathroom renovation that i didn't use. then i took some of the money from those returns and raided DSW for a snazzy new pair of sneakers. why? because i'm going to join the gym near my house. i rarely went to the gym at my company when i was a member, because it was in a building that was a pain in the arse to get to and had really limited hours... this one is open long hours, so i don't have to rush there after work to get in a quick run on the treadmill before they close. plus, they don't hold aerobics classes in the afternoons on weekends, so i'd have a whole mirrored studio to use if i wanted to bring a hoop and practice new moves. i'm thinking it'll be especially good on the weekends -- jack usually sleeps in, and i'm up super early, so i spend a good 2 hours drinking coffee and surfing the 'net while i wait for him to get up... i think putting on my sneakers and hitting the gym would be a much better use of my time.
one question more the LJ-ers who are more active than me: is there really a huge difference between cross-trainer and running sneakers? in other words, i bought a pair of running sneaks because i thought they looked the coolest... but if i wear them during an aerobics class, am i going to get completely misaligned or something wacky like that?
this evening after work, i drove all over the area returning things i'd bought for the bathroom renovation that i didn't use. then i took some of the money from those returns and raided DSW for a snazzy new pair of sneakers. why? because i'm going to join the gym near my house. i rarely went to the gym at my company when i was a member, because it was in a building that was a pain in the arse to get to and had really limited hours... this one is open long hours, so i don't have to rush there after work to get in a quick run on the treadmill before they close. plus, they don't hold aerobics classes in the afternoons on weekends, so i'd have a whole mirrored studio to use if i wanted to bring a hoop and practice new moves. i'm thinking it'll be especially good on the weekends -- jack usually sleeps in, and i'm up super early, so i spend a good 2 hours drinking coffee and surfing the 'net while i wait for him to get up... i think putting on my sneakers and hitting the gym would be a much better use of my time.
one question more the LJ-ers who are more active than me: is there really a huge difference between cross-trainer and running sneakers? in other words, i bought a pair of running sneaks because i thought they looked the coolest... but if i wear them during an aerobics class, am i going to get completely misaligned or something wacky like that?
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Cross trainers and running
Date: 2009-05-12 12:47 pm (UTC)Being inconsistent and with a short attention span, I like cross trainers because then I can do any activity (in a gym or outside) and have shoes that will bounce and support me in every direction. I've known people who fall off of steps or treadmills because they are wearing shoes that don't work with that activity.
Good luck and good for you for joining a gym and committing to working out instead of drinking coffee and surfing the net!