A few years later I took up golf and switched my membership from curling to a full membership which allowed me to curl in the cold months and golf in the warm months. So it became my golf and curling club depending on the season.
Then my club announced all sorts of improvements including the building of a new fitness centre. After a few months on construction, the fitness centre opened last week. Better yet, the use of it is included in my existing membership. Not having a gym membership, I was pretty excited to have access to cardio machines (hello treadmill!) and weights.
Last Friday I headed there after work to check things out and I was impressed. They spared no expense and we have brand new, state of the art equipment, lots of weights, fitness balls, mats, and everything else a great gym should have. They even have, omigod, a rowing machine! (Apparently it's supposed to be referred to as an 'erg' but I prefer rowing machine.)
When I was in university I was taught by my sister (who used to row for her university) how to row properly. I was nowhere near as strong as she was but I loved it. I used to use it all the time...but that was almost 20 years ago. I figured I'd be a bit rusty but I was excited to try.
I hopped on and rowed (erg'ed?) for 30 minutes. It came back to me instantly and I fell into a rhythm that was easy to maintain. I kept looking at the screen and watching the numbers but really had no idea if I was flying across the water or barely moving the boat. All I know is that I did 6000m in 30 minutes (is that good?).
Afterwards I did all sorts of upper body weights using weight machines I haven't used in at least 10 years, since I cancelled my last gym membership. It was great!
I went again on Sunday morning and hopped back on the erg again. Again, I did 30 minutes and covered just over 6000m. Again I did a bunch of weight machines afterwards and went home feeling great.
When I was a curler, I liked my curling club.
When I became a golfer, I really liked my golf and curling club.
Now that there is a fitness centre too? I'm thinking I'm going to be hanging out there a whole lot from now on.
We got a rowing machine last autumn to keep the treadmill and the bike trainers company in our basement. It's fun (in that endurance-exercise-in-the-basement way). And 6,000m in 30 minutes is quite good! Enjoy the new fitness center.
ReplyDeleteThat's really awesome!!! Even better is that it's already included in your existing membership. Yay!
ReplyDeleteI love your blog and find it very inspiring, especially as hubs and I help our T1D daughter do all her sports and stay physically active. I've also been mulling over using my HR monitor on my runs. I really ought to give it a try.
ReplyDeleteI have to say, I found your blog and got excited because I saw you curled. I then realized you also live in Canada where it is much more common. However, I'm also a diabetic who curls, I just happen to live in Minnesota (almost Canada). I wish my curling club would add a fitness center. My life would be complete. #dblogcheck
ReplyDeleteI used to row for UVic and the very mention of an erg still makes me nauseated. Let's just say I left it *all in the boat! (Or the gym, in this case.)
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