Dear Gold's Gym -- I WIN!

As I said in one of my most recent posts, I can be an impulse buyer at times. People can convince me fairly easily that I can't live without their product or service. However, I've been trying to be better at this, and I have been quite successful. Yesterday was one of my greatest successes.

Remember when I signed up at Gold's Gym? They are quite the convincing folk there. I am currently in a two year contract that I can't get out of because they were just that good, even though I had a perfectly good membership at 24 hour fitness (and heaven forbid, I guess I could have just gone to the *cringe* BYU gym -- yes, you can think I'm a snob if you want). But that's in the past, and I do really like the gym.

Well, yesterday I was there working out. I was on the treadmill, just listening away to my music, when one of the personal trainers came up to me. I thought I was in trouble, so I took off my headphones (actually, Hilary's headphones. I can't find mine), and was like "yes?". She then went on to say that she had a free hour and was wondering if I would be interested in a free training session. I noticed she asked one or two others before me that said no, so I guess she felt I looked vulnerable. I suppose I was. So I agreed, very well knowing that she was going to try and convince me to buy personal training from her. I was determined to stay strong.

Let me tell you, it was an amazing workout. I haven't felt so worked out in a long time! She gave me some great tips, and kept complimenting me. She was like "you are in great shape, better than most of the people I give training too" and "Wow, you have very solid and strong legs. I'm so impressed" (HA). It was kind of weird, but whatever. After the hour was up, my suspicions were correct, and she brought me back to talk to her manager who was supposedly just going to ask me how she did. He did, but then he was like "so are you interested in seeing our personal training packages?" And I'm like, "No, no I'm not. I barely can pay my rent, this membership, and buy food, plus I have some credit card debt I'm trying to pay off. I am not going to buy personal training." He was a bit taken back but was like, "Well that's totally understandable! I'm in some debt too, and I would hate to take money out of your pocket. But I'm sure I could get you one session a month for practically nothing . . . 35$ a month even!" It was tempting, but I stood strong and told him there was no way I could justify buying it. He was really nice, and told me that if I ever change my mind, they would be more than happy to help me out later. I thanked them and left, feeling proud of myself.

So, I'm on my way to being a better person. Yay me! I have to tell you though, I am so sore today. All over my body. But it's good pain, and I kind of like it. Is that weird? At least now I have some good tips for workouts in the future!

Another reason I'm kind of sore is because yesterday, Forrest was trying to teach me to play soccer. Trying, being the key word. As I've mentioned, he loves soccer, and he's good at it. I, on the other hand, have about the athletic ability of a doornail. However, it was kind of fun. Granted, I wasn't very good and I'm sure it frustrated him at times, but he was very nice and patient about it. He's hoping to get me good enough (or at least, able enough) to play on his intramural soccer team this spring/summer, which I think is kind of a high goal, but hey, it's always fun to learn new things. I've always wished I was more athletic, so it will be a fun adventure. However, I have a huge bruise on my leg that kind of hurts, because at one point I'm pretty sure I kicked Forrest and it ended up backfiring. That happened a couple times actually. Oh well! haha