As it states in my 'About Me' Page, I am a current senior at Illinois State University. I am a active individual, who likes to stay fit by spending my time at the University Recreation Center ('Rec' for short). I generally like to lift weights there daily, following a simply routine I have customized for myself. I randomly will switch this routine up if my workout partner requests something different than I originally had planned but I mostly stick to a schedule. Each week consists of trying to hit each major muscle group, while trying to keep the workouts are efficient as possible. I generally finish working out within an hour to an hour and a half. Long days can be 2 hours, however, are more not common.
Now that you understand my general schedule, I need to vent about something that bothered me the other day while I was at the Rec. First off, I need to comment that I was tired and not feeling prime to be working out and it was LEG DAY. Nevertheless, I was there and ready to give it my best. My workout partner decided to start with leg press. For those of you who are new to working out, leg press is generally one of the more dreaded lifts because the amount of weight that can be done is usually significantly higher than most all other lifts. It can be scary at times. We painstakingly finished the 5 sets of leg press we set out to do with minor complaining because the Rec was experiencing a power-outage and the water fountains weren't working. Doing any form of exercise without water is difficult for me because I tend to sweat more than twice as much as the Average Joe. Eventually I stooped to getting my bottle filled from the bathroom sink, while the bathroom currently had no lights. No biggie, as long as I had some water I was happy. After leg press can squats. I jumped on to do my first set and decided after doing it that I wasn't going to do another because my back had been bothering me from the day before because some friends and I were playing basketball the day before. My workout partner proceeded to do his first set, and after decided that he wasn't going to wuss out like me and continued to do squats. As soon as he finished his 2nd set, a worker of the Rec approached us and explained that because the power was out, and not coming back on for an extended period of time, the Rec was closing for the day.
The Rec closing? How unfair! Despite my unwillingness to do squats and my lack of drive to push myself, I had made it to the gym and wanted to get something out of it. What a waste of time. I wish I would had just gone 40 minutes earlier and gotten my workout in before they decided to close.
However, I am not mad at the employee of the Rec who told us we had to leave. You can shoot the messenger because of the message. It was a good call they made to make everyone leave in the end because of the issue with the water fountains. People working out and pushing themselves without a supply of water can be very dangerous. I'm glad they kicked everyone out in the end it was just hard to accept at first.
Quote of the day: 'I don't suffer from laziness, I enjoy every minute of it!'
