Item No. 118
Written on Friday, May 22, 2009
I’ve been on a fitness kick lately. Someone online equated it to leveling up your character in an RPG, except the character is you and the results are real. Although in this case I can’t make myself an attractive female. Or can I?
I bought a jump rope last Friday to use for cardio exercise. I forget how I even came across the idea of doing jump rope, but the main benefits I saw were that it should be easy (I did it as a kid. Come on.), didn’t require me to actually travel anywhere (”Run for fun, what the hell kind of fun is that?”), and I could do it in my apartment (ground floor).
My first attempt to jump rope was horrible. Hell, my second and third attempts were pretty bad too. So far I haven’t been able to do more than 30 consecutive jumps without messing up. I also get really winded and start sweating after a few minutes of jumping, yet I’m supposed to do this for twenty minutes for a complete workout?
I’ll keep at it and build up my endurance and stamina. It’s probably a good sign that I’m more exhausted after three minutes of jump rope than I am after 20 minutes of running. I guess that could be seen as a sign of how out of shape I am too.
About
Eric Lim works as a front-end developer in Orange County, California and spends his time squandering his potential.
In his spare time he surfs the internets, pirates music and movies, pets strange kitties, and makes a big mess when he eats. He also tends to say things that make no sense because he doesn't really listen to himself when he talks.