{"id":10940,"date":"2017-04-08T15:07:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-08T19:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/?p=10940"},"modified":"2017-04-08T15:07:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T19:07:43","slug":"lifting-my-spirits-at-the-gym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/lifting-my-spirits-at-the-gym\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifting my Spirits at the Gym"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been lifting weights for years, starting on the farm long before joining a gym. My early lifting equipment happened to be hay bales and logs. Once I\u2019d grown and left the farm, my weights were the type typically found in a gym. I continued working at one gym or another for years, until we purchased our own house and created a home gym.<\/p>\n

Now, after years of lifting at home, it was decided that I\u2019d lift safely at a gym due to my epilepsy diagnosis. A local gym would work perfectly as I\u2019ve just recently regained my driving clearance, I\u2019m now 6 months\u2019 post seizure.<\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t been in a gym for more than a decade, I was very self-aware and uncomfortable the first time I walked in. As I moved toward the front desk, I thought it was oddly placed in the back of the room. It wasn\u2019t until I reached the desk that I realized the entry door to the gym was from the back of the building.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s my first day and I\u2019ve already entered the building wrong; I\u2019ve walked the gym floor with street shoes.<\/p>\n

Approaching the desk, the twenty something attendant became confused about online sign-up. After explaining that online sign-up is possible through their website via MindBody, I asked for a tour. I had to remind him I was a new member and unfamiliar with the gym layout.<\/p>\n

I arrived dressed and ready, I dropped a few non-essentials in the locker and hit the floor feeling like an outlier<\/a> among these seasoned gym goers. Having spent years using my equipment, I had to acclimate myself to various machines and gym layout. I moved around the space with trepidation as it was busier than I\u2019d hoped.<\/p>\n

In the first moments back in the gym, I knew all eyes would be on me, I was very self-conscious in the moment. At home, my dumb bells are hex shaped while the gym uses a larger diameter rubber dumb bell. The large rounder head felt different. I\u2019m not Sheldon, I think the larger diameter of the rubber dumb bell moves the weight farther away from the center of gravity, making weight feel heavier.<\/p>\n

As I start to process through my first few sets, I\u2019m trying the dumb bell system out and find the larger head size awkward. I start low on each lift, working my way up until I\u2019m at the top of my range. As I move up in weight for the lift, I realize the weight choice is too heavy and racked them. It was at this point a ripped-shirt dude-brah felt compelled to impart some words of wisdom. My first thought was how rude and had I been trying the gym, I’d walk out and never return.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m hoping the self-conscious feelings go away as I get to know people and resocialize myself. My next visit will be at an earlier hour hoping it’s dude-brah free.<\/p>\n

Even with the little interruption, I’m already feeling better and excited about accessing a wider variety of equipment.<\/p>\n

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