You need to find a good deal on a treadmill or recumbent bike, so you can pop in a movie and watch while you exercise. Amazing how quickly time will pass if you're not really paying attention. And you don't have to push yourself like mad for a short period of time. It's good to get your heart rate up, to be the most effective. But if you spread it out (like over the span of the time it takes to watch a movie) then it can do quite a bit of good, too. Pretty soon it'll become habit.

Bitch, please. You aren't ugly. But yeah, if you mean real people who are there to lose weight, tone up and get their sweat on, then hell yes! My kinda place. I don't need to go somewhere that people have to first do their hair and make-up, slip into their brand new size 0 "workout" gear and proceed to half-assedly lift the 5lb weights before making the rounds to socialize and oogle the meatheads.

So you should totally try to resurrect your mom's treadmill to use in between gym visits.

Oh, I can see that side too. I've just been to a couple gyms where people who didn't seem too into it were taking up machines while chatting on cell phones or trying too hard to look "pretty" for everyone else. It didn't stop me from going, because I tend not to care if I'm looking fat, sweaty and "unattractive" while I'm attempting to fix the situation. I just appreciate more of the mixed environment, I guess. My favorite has been Ballard Fitness. I need to find another good one in West Seattle.

Depending on how old it is, and how long it's been since they had it serviced (if ever), it might be pretty noisy. Ours isn't set up by a television since we moved, so I tend to listen to an iPod. Need music with a good beat that can help keep me going. Sometimes the cheesier (see: 80's pop) the better.

Sounds good for interval training. I'll have to check it out, thanks! I also keep a cheap little CD player downstairs and enjoy working out to Matthew's Ironmix (2004?) CD and a mix CD that quent made for me a couple years ago, that has a good variety of tunes.

Comcast OnDemand also has some pretty interesting workout programs. Among other things, you can bellydance or do a Tai Chi workout with David Carradine!

You did know there's OnDemand karaoke though, right? (Although ours has been hosed for the past few months. Unacceptable.) Not the greatest song selections, but it'll do in a pinch. :D

Again, I'm sorry.

There is really no tactful way of mentioning these things, but I don't want to ignore it either. It is a major landmark in all our lives and although you might not like me mentioning it at all, or in parrall to something silly like I Love TV, life doesn't seperate these things out for me.

Because I don't want to be disrepectful, or any ruder than I've already been, I've attempted to edit it a bit.

I still don't really feel like there was anything wrong with it the way it was before.

This is Holly Orlando (AKA "russian")

I'm trying to leave anonymous messages with most of my friends list (those who allow anonymous comments), because my LiveJournal has been hacked into. Hopefully everything will be resolved, as RUSSIAN has 6 years worth of memories. I'm just letting everyone know the situation and that if bizarre and fucked up comments/posts show up under my username, it isn't me.

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