Today we went to the local YMCA. We have been members since March, but today we finally registered with the FitLinx program. Even though the young man who signed us up was new and obviously needed a bit more training, the program appears to be really neat.
They go through a series of questions--the usual background, health, what are you looking for from this program, which of your first born children are you prepared to sacrifice--and record all the answers in the computer. Then you get to the fun stuff of assigning workout programs (you know, choosing which mediaval torture chambers you want to be subjected to). After that it gets better and they test you in these chambers to see which can make you cry like a girl the most (also known as setting your range-of-motion). Then the true torture begins--start exercising!
When you begin on a machine you enter your ID number and it tracks how many wimpers and how many outright screams you let out, along with how long you lasted in a particular chamber and how much torture they were able to subject you to. The machines then assign points for the various wimpers versus screams. Understand the more screams the more points for assigned for that particular machine. After a certain amout of torture, ie., number of points, you are rewarded with free t-shirts and such. Now I am all about free t-shirts--ask my family. They will tell you that I do a 5K walk for the shirts and food (haha). I know I'm sick.
Now off those couches and head to your local Y! Let's be enthusiastic about that torture--you'll feel better for it! Let's see who can get to 15,000 points first!!! C'mon t-shirt!!!
Here's to less of me!
Betty
Inspirational Quotes
"Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us."-- Voltaire
"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young."-- Henry Ford
"Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful."-- Mark Victor Hansen
"There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there."-- Col. Harland Sanders
"Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open."-- Thomas Dewar
"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young."-- Henry Ford
"Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful."-- Mark Victor Hansen
"There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there."-- Col. Harland Sanders
"Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open."-- Thomas Dewar
FUN FACTS
** The parachute was invented by Leonardo da Vinci in 1515 **
About Me
- Your Other Mom
- Me...that's a difficult subject for me to discuss. To most people I seem very outgoing but in reality I prefer to stay behind the scenes. I have a great husband and a wonderful teenage daughter. (Wonderful and Teenager in the same sentence--isn't that an oxymoron?) They listen to my rants and raves and sometimes even hear them. We own a pest control company where I am the "office manager" and we homeschool. It's definitely a juggling act. A wonderful friend recently moved away and it still hurts, but there are other fantastic friends and we are commiserating together over the loss. I love to travel and cook. Give me the chance and I am outta here. Some favorite destinations: Lake Tahoe, Walt Disney World, and College Station. (Gig 'Em Aggies!) Where would I like to go? Italy - there I can feed both my 2 hobbies. Read On and Enjoy! Please comment...I love comments!
Christmas 2007 @ Disney World
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5 comments:
Hmm. We should investigate torchure chambers on this side of town. And remember, screaming burns calories!
HOW IN THE WORLD did I spell torture wrong???
I have been to your Y. they have some good machines that we don't have. I love the side twisty thingy for the obliques!
we have never signed up for FitLinxx...how sick are we?? we get tortured w/ no reward! :)
Oh, you definitely need to get rewarded for torture! No sense in doing it for FREE!!! (Not that the Y is exactly free!)
Here's to torture in the name of health. And t-shirts.
Good luck with all of your goals!
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