An old proverb says that a journey starts with a single step, but I'll bet that person probably has never joined a gym - it's not the single step that will hold you up. There is a learning curve - not the gym - but fitting it in. Since I"m doing this before work most days it took a bit of configuring to figure out how I would do it since I'll have to take my morning shower and get dressed there.. The gym I joined has 2 private showers which was one of the big pluses, I hated shared showers in high school and hate them as an adult. Then I have to bring all my own supplies plus a towel, office clothes, blow dryer, shoes, etc... and it all needs to fit into one bag. I did a dry run on the weekend so I could time the drive, packed my bag and off I went. The whole thing looked better on paper.
Oh, and did I mention there's a sign that asks all gym members to limit their time to 15 minutes? Hmm! The first go around I went over the time limit a bit but that was partially because I forgot to bring soap which is considered an Important Part of any shower. FYI - shampoo will do in a pinch. But all in all it was not too bad and I thought I had it. But like I said - it was a practice run. This morning I got there early early and worked out for over an hour, it felt so good to really break a sweat! As I finished up I saw the shower was open so in I went. First of all just because you stop moving doesn't mean you stop sweating. And when you sweat you're clothes stick to you. Have you ever tried to take a wet, tight sports bra off? It takes on a life of its own, the more you pull the more it rolls and sticks. It was sort of like that scene in Alien when the guy is trying to pull the face hugger off before it sticks it's probe down the guy's throat - but not quite as exciting.
In the shower, that went well, thank you for asking - I had soap and everything this time but the clock is ticking. Pulling clothes on while you're still a bit wet is the reverse of yanking off a wet sports bra and of course everything rolls up like a window shade, clock is ticking. My hair, which is getting long refused to behave and looked like it had been styled by a deranged monkey but I figured I would straighten it out in the car and put my make up on there too. But all in all I looked (somewhat) decent today and as time goes on I'll figure it out. It also might be time for that haircut I've been putting off.
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