SO I have been legit killing at the gym lately. Like no one's business. I'm like addicted to going to the gym. Crazy I know. But true.
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| Here I am, post gym a couple weeks ago. Lovin every minute of sweat |
Anyway I wanted to share my thoughts on classes vs. working out alone with ya'll. I'm a class person. There's a very good chance that, if I don't drag my ass to the gym and have an instructor tell me what to do for an hour, I just won't do anything. Like I HATE the treadmill. And the bike. And basically working out by myself. And I think it's cause I lack competition with myself. Like I'm a competitive person.
And let's be real. I don't compete with myself. Because I'm already #winning.
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| Just like this fine individual |
But seriously, I just don't work as hard unless I'm in the vicinity of someone else doing the same thing. Cause I totally turn it into a competition. And I get very smug when I feel like I've won (....which is why I'm probably going to hell). To be fair, it's usually one of the best people in the class I'm mentally competing with, but I just don't work as hard when I'm gymming by myself. I mean, I feel a lil burn, but I very rarely drip buckets like I do in my Saturday morning BodyCombat class. (which I'm totally missing this weekend when I go home. Wah).
Don't get me wrong. There are days when I just wanna tune everyone out and plod up like 500billion flights of stairs to prepare myself for the zombie apocalypse and/or a serial killer movie, or just wanna veg out on the couch. Those are the days I bop over to Blogilates (homegirl is cray but I love it. I linked y'all to her beginners calendar which I am totally doing right now, cause I haven't done pilates in forever and a day) and workout with the BFF I've never met Cassey. Or I do some yoga vids or some such nonsense. But I very rarely get the satisfaction I get when I go to an actual class. I will stop in the middle of a video to catch my breath. I'm way less likely to stop in the middle of an actual workout cause I don't want the super fit preggo woman next to me judging.
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| That woman is indeed a magical pregnancy unicorn. Props to her, even though I hate her every minute of class we have together, because she's better than me. |
I know you CAN get fit without a gym or classes, but honestly, I don't think I could. I would blow it off, I would stop and say it's too hard, or some other bullshit we all know is not even true. I personally need a) someone telling me what to do and b) someone to compete with. I don't get that when I gym by myself. (yes I use "gym" as a verb. Deal with it).
What are your thoughts? Class or alone? How do all you lone wolf gymmers push yourselves? Or if you're a class act, what are some of your favorite classes? Right now my faves are Les Mills BodyVive and BodyCombat, and anything yoga. Lemme know in the comments- now that I've decided fitness is like, a thing, in my life, I'm always down for some fitspo. :)
Anywaysssssssssss I'm off to get ready for BodyVive in an hour- gotta get to the chiro and then to the gym. Talk to you guys on the flip side!
~K
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