Last night I worked out for the first time in months and months. It's true, I've fallen terribly out of shape!
After signing up at Gold's Gym, they have a policy where they give you a tour, a physical, and a session with a trainer. Naturally, I didn't want any of this. I understand why they do this, but it's not like I've never been in a gym before. Yet, I went along with it (reluctantly and complaining as well). During the process, my poor roommate went along with me to bridge the language gap, I think he was actually entertained by my complaining.
The first step was a quick tour. Ok, this is where that is, and this is where you do this. Great. Next, came the quick physical. I'm ___cm's tall, I weigh ___kg's, my arms and chest are __cm and __cm (I leave it blank because I can't remember, which is probably a derivative of the fact that I couldn't relate to what those meaurements mean). Then I step on the body fat scale. Finally, something I can relate to, a percentage.
This, of course, is after I tell my roommate of the great days of my youth when I was only 4.5% body fat at Regis...oh, the good ole' days...Bam! 11%! What! Holy Bill of Rights Batman, I'm flabby!
So this joke physical test all of a sudden became a real mission for me: get my out-of-shape body back into acceptable form.
My goal: 10lbs (maybe 2.5kgs?) and down to 7% body fat in the next 4 months.
PS. I won't have any blog updates for the next two days, going on a quick trip to Central Peru. Hopefully I'll have some good reflections and pictures to share!
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
My first earthquake...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/03/content_10753319.htm
This morning the ground shook for a few seconds. It kind of didn't seem real to me, until people started freaking out. You would have thought they had never been in an earthquake, or, more realistically, remember what a big one feels like. Either way, it's a good reminder that Peru is on the ring of fire, which is so strange because before I went to bed last night I was thinking about writing a blog entry about the possibility of experiencing an earthquake. I scratched the idea because I thought it would sound a little dramatic.
Instead, now I look like I'm making stuff up. Either way, we felt a small earthquake, it was my first one, no damage, I'm alive, I hope I don't experience a big one, and I'm still disappointed the Cardinals blew the game (with the help of terrible officiating).
My last big development of the day: I signed up at the Gold's Gym. They wanted to charge me $/. 1,600 ($500) for 12 months, but my roommate and I woked them down to $/.1,200 ($400) for 12 months, which is almost as good as already being in shape...
My next blog entry will detail the 20-30% gringo surcharge effect...
This morning the ground shook for a few seconds. It kind of didn't seem real to me, until people started freaking out. You would have thought they had never been in an earthquake, or, more realistically, remember what a big one feels like. Either way, it's a good reminder that Peru is on the ring of fire, which is so strange because before I went to bed last night I was thinking about writing a blog entry about the possibility of experiencing an earthquake. I scratched the idea because I thought it would sound a little dramatic.
Instead, now I look like I'm making stuff up. Either way, we felt a small earthquake, it was my first one, no damage, I'm alive, I hope I don't experience a big one, and I'm still disappointed the Cardinals blew the game (with the help of terrible officiating).
My last big development of the day: I signed up at the Gold's Gym. They wanted to charge me $/. 1,600 ($500) for 12 months, but my roommate and I woked them down to $/.1,200 ($400) for 12 months, which is almost as good as already being in shape...
My next blog entry will detail the 20-30% gringo surcharge effect...
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