Back At It
Monday 1-11-10
Monday was the first day of the Lifestyle change game. Participation is voluntary, we broke up into teams of 4 and make positive change in our lives. Like most things at Joust I really enjoy the camaraderie and "belonging" to something. With the game there is a lot of logging, keeping track, ciphering and math none of which are my forte, however there is one area that I am focusing a great deal of energy on--the “Transformation" category--getting rid of a bad habit and implementing a new good habit. There are two bad habits that I have had for approximately 20 years and want to eliminate—consuming soda pop and chewing tobacco. Unfortunately, these go hand in hand for me so I thought now is as good time as any to address these two habits. I did get a jump start on the “game” and started Saturday 1/9/10 so I am into my 4th day without dip or soda, and am happy to say I have not ripped anyone's head off.
Mondays workout was quite the challenge, kind, gentle Melissa is the writer of the workouts this week and my what a wonderful job she does. Five rounds of 50 wall balls and 25 pull ups what a nice gentle start to the week. Boy that Melissa sure knows how to ease into things—baptism by fire comes to mind. To finish things off we were lucky enough to do 100 sit-ups with a medicine ball (with a partner). I was the odd man out so one of the gym stronger members was there and volunteered to assist me.
Thus far turn outs at classes have been up and a lot of new people have been showing up which adds to the fun. Melissa and JenN, co-owners of Joust, are constantly tweaking things to offer the best possible product, which I appreciate, keep up the good work.
Tags:chewing tobacco,medicine ball,pull ups,soda pop
