A couple nights ago, I was with my BFF Jo at the gym for a weight-training workout. She wanted to start with a prolonged chunk of time on the elliptical, which I was cool with.
It’s been a while since I just stayed on an elliptical machine for 30 minutes. Okay, not a crazy long time, but at least a month or two.
Wow, it’s boring, hey?
After about five minutes, I was so over it.
So I decided to switch my iPod over to my Zumba® class playlist to practice my choreography.
If you’re wondering how one practices Zumba® choreography while they are on an elliptical, I can tell you that it involves a lot of bouncing in place while your legs move, and a lot of very animated arm movements. I tend to use my arms to represent both my arms and where my legs should be moving. I know, it sounds weird and confusing, but I swear it makes perfect sense to me.
So I went for it. I started to run-dance my way through my playlist, getting completely caught up in what I was doing, flinging my arms around, throwing punches, flexing my muscles, the whole bit.
Then I happened to glance over to my right…where another girl on the elliptical was looking at me like this:
I glanced to my left and noticed a security camera.
Well, shit.
Did I stop? No. Did I tone it down? A little.
Lesson learned: Andrea, sometimes you’re in a public place. This isn’t your car, after all.
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