Hairs Cut

Just a quick note: I rarely make informed decisions when I get haircuts. After getting a haircut like this last one, I’ve gotten a lot of “Wow, you got your hair cut short!” Yes, apparently I did, but that just happened to be how it turned out. A combination of not being able to see without my glasses and never understanding what a hairdresser is asking me means I just end up with what they give me through a series of random answers to their questions.

There are only a few major decisions that I have made with confidance regarding my hair (cut off the ponytail, leave the sideburns, etc.)

I kissed a gym (and I liked it)

As I’ve been telling pretty much everyone this week, I went to the gym. Twice. (And not just to cut through it to get to a pool either, like all my previous gym experiences).

The big push was finding a friend to go with, so that instead of there only being one fat guy in the entire place exercising, there are two, and we can talk about D&D while riding exercise bikes.

Weight rooms are a bit scary. There exist many, many different kinds of machines. (And they have a plan?) It’s hard to know without being an exercise guru what ones I should use, and when, and for how long. I stuck with bench press and overhead press since they were machines I understood. Despite there being academic fields devoted to exercise science, I’m confidant that if I keep using the bench press, lifting more weight more often, I’ll get stronger.

Cardio and exercise bike are the big things that I like. I need to work on some stamina, but that seems like a pretty easy exercise that I can do regularly and simply to lose weight and get in shape.

Of course, there’s still things about the gym that I hate. Mainly, the fact that it’s all filled with gym people. These are the people who don’t need to be there at the gym. They already look good and are in good shape. There are no other schlubs randomly at the gym trying to lose weight and get in shape because they really need it. As generally comfortable as I am with being the outcast, I see why more people don’t do this.

Additionally, locker rooms are annoying. Along the lines of there being gym people everywhere, they’re all wearing gym clothes, instead of me who just wants to get in a quick workout in my jeans after class. Plus the main danger of locker rooms: get done your workout, turn a corner, and BAM, Asian wang.

All that aside, we’re trying to make it a habit of going. So my planned workout routine is as follows:

Monday: Wii Fit after work before class (rest if no time)
Tuesday: Gym workout after class, Wii Fit test when home
Wednesday: Wii Fit after work if feeling up to it (rest otherwise)
Thursday: Gym workout after class
Friday: Wii Fit workout
Saturday: Wii Fit workout (possible gym day, maybe every other week)
Sunday: Wii Fit workout

Obviously this all changes when the semester ends… especially if I lose access to the gym when I graduate!