I wasn’t a gym fanatic, never tried going to a gym. I’m not into treadmill, weight lifting, etc. I enjoy doing physical activity, contohnya jalan kaki, renang, or biking.. better than going to the gym. My thesis is about physical activity after all, hehehheh….. Sejak balik dari Belanda boleh dibilang jarang banget gue physically active, paling hanya sesekali renang.

Berawal dari ajakan ke temen untuk renang bareng, malah berlanjut ke ajakan untuk ke gym. Berbekal voucher guest pass dari dia jadilah kami ke Fitness First Mall Taman Anggrek (FF MTA), why we choose this location? because it has indoor swimming pool, our basic necessity.

Masuklah gue nemenin kawan yg udah member disana, setelah diwanti-wanti to give fake phone number (because they’ll hunt you down like dogs to get a new member). FF MTA cukup luas dengan ratusan alat dan beberapa studio, ada alat standard seperti treadmill, sepeda, stepper, barbel, dkk. Kamar gantinya juga besar dengan ratusan loker, single shower room with free shampoo, soap, etc, ada juga sauna and steam room, and also indoor swimming pool that I’ve told you about. Basically everything is available for a member who paid 350 rb rupiah a month.

So, first I start biking, while my friend start with treadmill, I find it quite interesting to see how the machine can count how many km I’ve gain and how many calories I’ve lost J tapi gue cuma tahan 15 menit, soalnya pemandangan cuma tv yang programnya gak asik, I should’ve brought my MP3 player.

Abis biking gue coba treadmill, rada gugup juga sih takut jatoh kayak di video klip Pink – Stupid Girl, kocak tuh…gak lama ada pengumuman bahwa kelas bike studio mau mulai. Temen gue dengan semangat 45 ngajakin ikut, sementara gue yg baru aja selesai biking males banget, didukung rasa penasaran juga, akhirnya I decided to give the class a try.

Kelas dipandu mas2 yg wajahnya gak gitu keliatan karena studionya remang2, dengan setting luar angkasa, lengkap dgn puluhan sepeda statis, ada macem2 lampu, en gambar komet, planet, bintang, dll di dinding kelas. Instruksi yg dikasih dengan bahasa campuran Inggris- Indonesia sayup2 terdengar karena musik yang disetel keras. Dimulai dengan lagu Maroon Five – Makes Me Wonder, kita diajak exercise dengan sepeda, pelan2, sampai terus lanjut ke lagu2 dance gak jelas dgn tempo upbeat, yg kocak kl masuk ke inti aerobic workout kita harus berdiri sambil ngayuh sepeda, pretending going mountain biking. Apalagi dengan teriakan khas dia, “Attacckk!!!” atau “Add resistance….” wahahahahh!!! gue mau ketawa…. Perintah attack dia malah buat gue kira we’re in a star wars episode and where is Obi Wan Kanobi then???? hahhaahah….while my friend said she imagine attacking a bundle of fat lump, hahhaha!!!!

Setelah kelas penyiksaan itu kami ke sauna 15 menit, dimana mata gue perih en keringat gue bercucuran…and finally we went to the swimming pool, good size, gak gitu dalem, but clean and well maintained. Tapi kita cuma kuat 30 menit bolak-balik renang itu jg gue banyakan gaya punggung yg rada rileks…

Then we take a shower and a lunch with a huge hotdog, wahahahha…so much for attacking the fat!!!

Malemnya gue gak bisa tidur, kaki gue mau rontok en sakit buat jalan, ampun deh…it still hurt till now, but gym?  if not so expensive, why not???