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My butt hurts
Jan. 19th, 2011 09:08 pmI do not do new years resolutions. Never have. I am annoyed by those who do, at least the ones who show up the first two weeks of January at my gym and hog the machines. Otherwise I don't think we should limit ourselves to trying to change up our lives only once a year.
That said, my husband's company has a wellness program. If we allow a nosy human to talk to us once a quarter (it used to be once a month. Cutbacks?), they will give each of us $250. The nosy human (I mean, "Wellness coach") has been suggesting that I find a way to make exercise more fun. Get out of my rut. They suggested trying out the classes at my gym.
I hate interacting with strangers. And fighting for floor space to then demonstrate to the strangers that I am an uncoordinated klutz who has never seen these moves before? Ugh.
So I bought a new game for the Wii. My last one, Cardio Boxing, was a total failure. Frustrating and dull. Turns out that I like Wii Fit Boxing, I do not like boxing in general. Or perhaps they just put together an un-fun game.
I ADORE the Wii Fit. But I have played the games and exercises a LOT. I think it qualifies as part of my rut.
This time, I bought Wii Active2. It had better reviews than many competitors, used the Wii Fit board, and I liked the idea of monitoring my heart rate and putting sensors on me.
Four days and three sessions using it later, I like it. Their "30 minute" sessions take more like 45-60 minutes of real time. I like that unlike a gym class, once I have seen an activity I do not have to re-watch the painstaking directions again. I like that it monitors my heart rate, and when I get a high heart rate I get more calories burned credit. I like that the activities are short. So if I hate jogging (which I do), it is over pretty quickly. I like that it seems to have a wide variety of exercises, and it mixes them up day to day. So while I may be using the same muscles, the activity looks and feels different. Thus far I have successfully sweated all three times. And today I woke up with really sore gluts. I was not sore yesterday, it did not hurt to do the exercises... And yet today I am all about the muscle soreness.
It has a "nine week program." I am supposed to exercise four days a week. I'm not sure how I like being locked into WHICH days I choose... We'll see how that works out long term.
That said, my husband's company has a wellness program. If we allow a nosy human to talk to us once a quarter (it used to be once a month. Cutbacks?), they will give each of us $250. The nosy human (I mean, "Wellness coach") has been suggesting that I find a way to make exercise more fun. Get out of my rut. They suggested trying out the classes at my gym.
I hate interacting with strangers. And fighting for floor space to then demonstrate to the strangers that I am an uncoordinated klutz who has never seen these moves before? Ugh.
So I bought a new game for the Wii. My last one, Cardio Boxing, was a total failure. Frustrating and dull. Turns out that I like Wii Fit Boxing, I do not like boxing in general. Or perhaps they just put together an un-fun game.
I ADORE the Wii Fit. But I have played the games and exercises a LOT. I think it qualifies as part of my rut.
This time, I bought Wii Active2. It had better reviews than many competitors, used the Wii Fit board, and I liked the idea of monitoring my heart rate and putting sensors on me.
Four days and three sessions using it later, I like it. Their "30 minute" sessions take more like 45-60 minutes of real time. I like that unlike a gym class, once I have seen an activity I do not have to re-watch the painstaking directions again. I like that it monitors my heart rate, and when I get a high heart rate I get more calories burned credit. I like that the activities are short. So if I hate jogging (which I do), it is over pretty quickly. I like that it seems to have a wide variety of exercises, and it mixes them up day to day. So while I may be using the same muscles, the activity looks and feels different. Thus far I have successfully sweated all three times. And today I woke up with really sore gluts. I was not sore yesterday, it did not hurt to do the exercises... And yet today I am all about the muscle soreness.
It has a "nine week program." I am supposed to exercise four days a week. I'm not sure how I like being locked into WHICH days I choose... We'll see how that works out long term.
