blissfish

Also chiming in: blissfish and salembroomrider are the ones who got me back into exercising. I was an athlete growing up, particularly in high school (track and field). Over my life I've learned and loved 8 active-motion sports, but none were as fun to me as scuba and weight lifting. Pregnancy abruptly ended my stint with the latter, and a scuba trip just isn't in the plans right now.

I started doing some walking/jogging on my own finally a few months ago, and so I jumped at the chance to try the gym once blissfish joined. I love that my body seems to be craving it rather than having to push myself to do something it doesn't want to do. The rewards are huge. There was an immediate change in my walking posture, and running on the treadmill floods me with endorphins for days. Best of all, a crystal clear pool, a hot tub and a metholated steam room at my 24 hour disposal, none of which I have to clean or maintain. Weirdness: I have gone there as much as 5 times in a week during more than one week, and didn't feel stressed out about it at all. In fact, going less than 5x/week feels like I'm cheating myself out of something wonderful.