A New Endeavor

I am always game for something new...I like to try doing things I have never done before...I even like challenges. Last Wednesday evening, I was invited by a friend to go to an exercise class with her for "Friend Night". The class was part of a exercise program that she has been involved with called BOOT CAMP!!! I went, and I have to admit...all the way over to the gym, my stomach was in knots... All that I could envision was these little anorexic Barbie doll muscle women heaving weights over their heads like veteran lumber jacks. As I approached the gym parking lot, I even contemplated not going in....playing hooky...making an excuse for not showing up!!! But, I took a deep breath, along with 2 Imodium's and I entered the gym LIKE I knew what I was doing! Fortunately I spotted my friend that had invited me quickly and ran over to her. My heart was racing as I scanned the room seeing it filled with scary looking contraptions that truly looked like they could hurt me! WHAT was I doing here?...I thought to myself. The trainer for the class that I was there for came over and introduced herself to me and was SO nice! My nerves began to calm a little as we went outside for the class to begin. Great!, I thought, we were going to go outside, away from the intimidating machinery that was daunting me in the gym. Outside, we began to "warm up". This consisted of placing our hands interlocked behind our head and then proceeding with 50 forward lunges. WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS I DOING THERE???? I was ready to go home after lunge number 5! Had I really volunteered to come to this class on my own free will? Well much to my surprise, I made it through the lunges and YES...I was "warmed up".
After that, we did MANY exercises to get our heart rates up. We did bunny hops, more lunges, bicep curls with 16 lbs. of weights, resistance bands, running up hills forwards and backwards...an entire hour of heart pumping activities! The trainer and other girls in the class were so encouraging! I felt so accomplished when we were finished! I had done it! I survived! I made it! and most of all...I truly enjoyed it! ...All of those fears, and anxieties that I had experienced were gone because I did it and felt so good about what I was doing for my self and my body! I loved it! I thanked the friend for inviting me and encouraging me...I thanked the other girls for supporting me...and I thanked the trainer for believing in me...and then.... I signed up for the May BOOT CAMP myself!!!!