dumb bells

the other day i went and bought some weights. just some simple free weights that i can use to get ready for the upcoming bathing suit season. actually the reason i bought them was that my doc said that i should have at least some muscle mass on my arms in case i ever need to pick up anything heavier than my pants. i could just join a gym i guess, but my feeling is that i need to get in better shape before i join a gym. also i went to a gym recently and none of the equipment resembled any of the stuff i was used to from high school (when i was last in a gym) and it seemed to me all too likely that i'd wind up sitting on some machine backwards and either ruining my stance or being laughed at and eventually asked to leave. so right now the workout at home option seems to be just the thing. although i've only had the weights for like 4 days so the sessions have been kind of in the 2 minute area. and the reason that is is because i opted to skip the whole "working your way up" method of excercise and start right out with weights that are almost to heavy to pick up or look at. and that is because when i went to the sporting goods store i thought "there's no way i can just come in here and buy the children's sized weights. i need to look like i'm not shopping for my grandmother. better go with something hefty." i went with the 20 pounders. which may seem like toys to most people, but for me that's enough. and as it turned out just the perfect heaviness when standing in a long line of people just buying magazines and bandana and other really light stuff. and i thought "imagine the bad ass who walks in here and buys the 250 pound weight sets. do they feel pressured to try and just make one trip to the car?" that's what i would like to see. and then i wonder if the person who can just walk out of here with the 250 pound set does stuff like that when buying a washing machine or piano. "no, thanks, i got it. my van's just down the street." but so for now i've got these weights and so far haven't really noticed much change. i'm guessing it'll take a few months before the effects kick in. and maybe i'll just work one arm a lot more than the other so i have this crazy super strong arm and the other one for shaking peoples hands and high fives. wouldn't that be something. gross.