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Well, I started the day with my first Curves workout. And well, I feel kind of weird saying it, but it was actually sort of fun. I liked the atmosphere, I was there early enough that there wasn't a crowd (in fact, when I got there, there were just two women finishing up and the trainer, and one other woman came in as I was finishing), and the trainer had a good sense of humor and explained the machines quite well.
I like the setup there: there are maybe ten machines and ten "recovery boards," padded, springy-like boards between the machines. It's circuit training: you start on one of the recovery boards, running in place or whatnot, then every thirty seconds (I think) you move to your left to the next station. Recovery board, machine, board, machine, etc. It's set up so that two and a half circuits are a complete workout. The machines themselves are hydraulic resistance; as the trainer phrased it, you want to make them "swoosh" as you're using them. That's how you know you're doing it right. She kept reassuring me, as she demonstrated, "If you can't make it swoosh right away, don't worry, you'll get it." She was impressed, though, that I managed to get the hang of it pretty quickly. She even told me at one point, "You could work here!" I was amused. :)
Also, she was impressed with my flexibility in the stretching. She even asked if I was a breech baby, since apparently breech babies tend to be more flexible (like, contortionist-flexible). I don't think I was, at least my mom never said I was. But, I did have ballet training as a kid, and she said that muscles that were used a lot in youth are the ones that tend to bouce back fastest. So with the ballet and marching band/flagline, I have decent starting strength.
I was actually smiling when I got home from Curves. Matt and I went out to the outlet mall in Anthem after that, and I spent money at the Hanes/Bali/Playtex outlet. New bras, new pantyhose, yay! But now I'm wiped out.
I'm going back for my second workout on Wednesday morning. I should get into my game at least long enough to make an exercise icon.
ETA: Exercise icon. Yay.
I like the setup there: there are maybe ten machines and ten "recovery boards," padded, springy-like boards between the machines. It's circuit training: you start on one of the recovery boards, running in place or whatnot, then every thirty seconds (I think) you move to your left to the next station. Recovery board, machine, board, machine, etc. It's set up so that two and a half circuits are a complete workout. The machines themselves are hydraulic resistance; as the trainer phrased it, you want to make them "swoosh" as you're using them. That's how you know you're doing it right. She kept reassuring me, as she demonstrated, "If you can't make it swoosh right away, don't worry, you'll get it." She was impressed, though, that I managed to get the hang of it pretty quickly. She even told me at one point, "You could work here!" I was amused. :)
Also, she was impressed with my flexibility in the stretching. She even asked if I was a breech baby, since apparently breech babies tend to be more flexible (like, contortionist-flexible). I don't think I was, at least my mom never said I was. But, I did have ballet training as a kid, and she said that muscles that were used a lot in youth are the ones that tend to bouce back fastest. So with the ballet and marching band/flagline, I have decent starting strength.
I was actually smiling when I got home from Curves. Matt and I went out to the outlet mall in Anthem after that, and I spent money at the Hanes/Bali/Playtex outlet. New bras, new pantyhose, yay! But now I'm wiped out.
I'm going back for my second workout on Wednesday morning. I should get into my game at least long enough to make an exercise icon.
ETA: Exercise icon. Yay.
