Today, I started my first
day of 5K training. While I was only able to do half of the first recommended workout,
I feel like it was a damn good start.
I’m not one to pay for
things if I don’t have to. This goes for books, TV shows, movies, apps... If I
can get it for free, I will. That being said, I paid $3.96 for a Couch to 5K
app from Active Network, LLC. So far, I like it. There are four “coach” options,
depending on what kind of motivation you need.
There’s Constance, who’s
gone through the program and is very encouraging. That’s who I’m using and, so
far, I like her.
Next is Billie. She’s
described as “no-nonsense” and won’t be your cheerleader but she’ll help you
though.
Then there’s Sergeant Block.
As his name suggests, he’s the drill sergeant type which means lots of
screaming... which some people like, judging by the popularity of boot camp
training.
Finally, there’s Johnny
Dead. He’s a zombie. I don’t get it, but I guess it’s some people’s thing. It’s
not mine.
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Look at this cute sports bra! Mine's green.
From Addition Elle. |
Over the summer, I bought active
wear pants, a good sports bra and I’ve been pretending to take a real interest
in my fitness. I already had pretty good running shoes, although they’ve seen
better days. I even looked into joining a gym!
I went to a women’s only
fitness center that is pretty reputable. I filled out their questionnaire which
was supposed to give some insight to how I wanted to go at it. After talking
with two different workers, and I got a quote. They wanted roughly $150/month
from me. That’s absolutely insane! That’s almost $2000 a year! Who the heck has
that kind of money to spend on a gym? Not me, especially if I still want to go
on vacation and enjoy my life. Let’s face it, I want to get fit, get into
shape, but not at the cost of no longer having a life. There’s a discount gym
right near my house, but it’s so beyond basic. There are no trainers to help
you use the machines safely. I’ve never really “worked out” (yep, quotation marks totally needed there) so, I’m not sure my
random and somewhat lacking CEGEP gym class memories will prevent me from
getting hurt. I may join it anyways because some yoga classes should be good
for me. It’s only $10/month (which is way more within my price range).
So, I woke up this morning
at about 7:45am, determined to start jogging. I’ve been telling myself that I
was determined for a while, but I’m just really good when it comes to lying to
myself. It took a bit of internal coercing, but I did it. I got up, got
dressed, got out of the house by 8:15am. I walked to my local park, turned on
my app and started. And felt immediate shame and discouragement because jogging
HURTS. I only got halfway through the 30 minute program because my ankle and
calves and knee hurt too much, but I figured better doing half of the program
relatively safely than the whole workout and hurt myself.
I’m going to try again on
Tuesday.
