Dokai ([info]dokai) wrote,
2005-07-14 10:05:00
  • Mood: amused

Exercise log entry


Made it to the gym at 09:00 this morning, departed at 09:55. Still don't feel like I got a REAL workout in. I guess I'm too "old school", and I'm not counting it as a "REAL workout" unless I can't move at the end of it. ;-) I can remember years ago,, standing in the shower at the dojo after brutal classes, and not being able to get my hands up to my head to shampoo my hair because my arms couldn't move higher than my waist. The bar of soap would feel like a brick. LOL. Oh well. I least I actually started to perspire a little towards the end of today's workout, so jumping from 25 min to 45 min must have accomplished SOMETHING.

I still don't know if I'm going to make it through the whole "break in" period without trying to step up the intensity. I'm TRYING to listen to the trainer's recommendations. Guess I'll just have to suck it up and quit whining. Aren't you glad you clicked on that lj-cut? ;-)

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[info]just_shoe_me

July 14 2005, 14:22:28 UTC 6 years ago

the pain will come eventually, I suspect...I know what you mean though. I judge good workout by how incapacitated I am the next day. :)

[info]dokai

July 14 2005, 15:45:52 UTC 6 years ago

With me, it's usually TWO days later that the REAL soreness sets in, but yeah, you know the mindset. ;-)

I'm going to sit down with their class schedule and see what other things are available. They used to have once (or twice) a week classes in judo, tae kwon do, speed bag/heavy bag work, and a few others that could be added to my daily resistance/aerobic routine. Ideally (imho) I'd have resistance and aerobics every day, and then do a different "elective" each day.

[info]maru_mari

July 14 2005, 14:51:40 UTC 6 years ago

settle down there, tiger. ;)

I say stick with this for a bit longer and if you're still being bored by it, insist that you are bumped up to a more intense training.

I remember quitting kung fu because it was waaaay too diluted : ( it was boring and i didn't feel i was learning anything more than a few self defense moves. I certainly wasn't being exhausted by it... tragic really.

[info]dokai

July 14 2005, 15:52:18 UTC 6 years ago

Don't you hate that?

It's ironic that so many dojos are "dumbing down" the classes in order to avoid discouraging the masses that aren't there to challenge themselves, but end up discouraging the select few that ARE there for the challenge. The students seeking challenge would train there for YEARS.

I thought about possibly owning a dojo one day, but there'd be no way to make any money running it as traditionally as I'd want. Better to just train my sons, I guess.

Yeah, I'll stick with it. I'll just whine about it here once in a while to get it out of my system. ;-)
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