I’ve always felt pretty self-conscious working out in front of others.
Funny Story: for almost a year at Lifetime, I was using a twisting-oblique-ab-machine-thingy to twist to the left, then walking to the same machine next to it and using it to twist to the right. Then one day after working my non-existent obliques this way, I watched another person make some sort of adjustment to the one machine to make it go both directions. I had been doing it wrong for almost a YEAR! IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE!
In July 2020, we ordered a Peloton along with the rest of the world. I will never go back to working out in public. I was always too intimidated to take a class at a gym, and now I can take thousands of classes at home. And I swear that listening to the instructors tell me everyday how awesome I am, and how I can do hard things, I have started to believe it. I love Peloton so much I wrote it a love poem:
An Ode to Peloton
O Peloton, lovely peloton
It’s not just to throw your coat upon.
Whether cycling at home or out on a run,
Together we will get my workout done.
Each morning I go open your app,
I choose a workout with music that slaps.
I love it when Cody calls me his boo,
but there’s Jenn, Rebecca and Andy too.
I prefer to
schedule my classes,
Jess and Camilla help tone our asses.
Oh how you’ve helped my self-esteem grow
Strength, running, biking, bootcamp even row.
Celebrating all the holidays,
Even shouting out many birthdays.
If my house were to burn down again,
I would carry you on my back, Love Jen.