Friday, February 23, 2007
Body Break!
Every so often I get the foolish notion in my head to get fit. And I ALWAYS fail miserably. Here is my history of quitting from start to finish:
X-Country Running
X-Country Skiing
Downhill Skiing
Soccer
Tennis
Karate
Horseback Riding
Wrestling
Archery
Boxing
Weight-lifting
Tae-Kwon Do
Chess (it's considered a sport)
Squash (Um, I might take it up again...)
I've probably forgotten an athletic endeavour or two, but these are definitely the highlights and are representative of my quitting inclinations.
Today I signed up for fitness training in my building. Henceforward, twice a week I will train with four of my officemates under the supervision of a certified fitness trainer. This afternoon, I met with head trainer Justin; a 30-ish man who wears his baseball cap backwards. When I arrived, he greeted me with a fist bump instead of a handshake. As I was 15 minutes early, I had the opportunity to watch four women who were wrapping up their training session. I sized them up quickly, and judged myself capable of taking three of them down, easy. The last one looked like a scrapper.
After the class wrapped up, I sat down with Justin to discuss my fitness goals. I explained that I wanted to work on my athleticism, with a focus on the following areas:
1) Agility
2) Endurance
3) eXplosive Power
I could tell he was impressed, because after I mentioned eXplosive power (making sure to emphasize the X), he broke into a big grin (yes, I'm hip to that fitness lingo).
Other athletic endeavours I'm currently involved in:
Ice skating - I would like to get good enough to play some hockey.
CN Tower Stair Climb - It's for the World Wildlife Fund. Please sponsor me and I promise to be your friend. This week I climbed the Simpson Tower (32 floors) twice to practice for the eventual climb (it's in two months).
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4 comments:
Oh man, I can't wait to see that eXplosive power. I've seen you run up walls and sing like a rock star, I'm ready to see you lift a small car over your head.
I'm a quitter too.
My list is also quite extensive.
Chess is not a sport.
You're gonna rock the CN Tower climb with your eXplosive skills. I think I'll probably pass out before I reach the top.
The only eXploding I'll be doing is eXplosive vomiting. I felt completely nauseous after working out.
My one regret in life is that I didn't push myself to the point of vomiting. A true winner would have vomited. Quitters never vomit. Vomiters never quit.
Chess is very demanding. I get the shakes whenever I play.
I'll sponsor you George - because people like you make this world a better place, people like me are fat and lazy! MMMM, fat....and at least you tried all those sporst to quit. Good for you and your half-assed attempts at fitness!
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