It's time to get up off your butt and go to the Rec Center. You know the weather's going to be lousy tonight so there's no chance you'll go for a walk. Besides, you promised to meet your colleague over there. Just go!
Ignore all those students milling about. They don't care how flabby you look in your gym clothes--in fact, they don't even see you. As far as students are concerned, you've entered into the invisible age.
Pay no attention to the scale in the corner. Well, okay, just once--step on the scale to see how you're doing, but then immediately put the results out of your mind.
Don't be afraid of the elliptical machine! It won't bite! It doesn't even care how long you've been neglecting the Rec Center. Just get up there and start stepping.
You can stop after 20 minutes--but not before. Not five minutes early. Not even one minute early.
And you can't stop in the middle of a song, even if your 20 minutes are up and the current song is "The Boxer."
And you obviously can't stop until your heart rate drops into more normal range. So just keep stepping--but slowly.
There now. Don't you feel much better? Don't get too relaxed, though--time to walk the track!
2 comments:
I love the Boxer. It's a great travel song, too.
Have a good workout!
Interestingly enough, I was reading this post with my personal trainer's voice in my head. Definitely sounds like things he would say, especially with "Get to stepping!" and then pushing to go onto the next set of exercises instead of relaxing. Haha!
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