Weight Lifting
When I was in high school, I was in a varsity sport every season for four years. I was constantly working out and exercising. But, like many people, that ended when I graduated. In the last three years, I have been out running a grand total of maybe 30 times. I hadn't lifted weights, either, until last week. A friend and I decided we should start working out.
We started Thursday at Ball Gym. It's a very nice facility, but seemed kind of small. We lifted again Saturday, and because Ball Gym was closed for the day, we went to Irving Gym. I liked it there better. Not only is it closer to where I park and where my friend lives, but it was also much bigger and had more equipment. Both of us are sore now; he's never done any kind of strength training, and I have lost a lot of what I used to have. I really hope we stick with this. As time goes on, it gets easy to justify missing workouts. The plan now is to lift three days a week, typically in the mornings before class.
Right now, we aren't doing any conditioning, but I hope that once the weather gets nicer we can start running before lifting. I think the campus has a lot of good places to run, because of its size and variety.
On a somewhat related note, I used to work out with the Ball State power lifting team when I was in high school. I only went to a few of their workouts, but it was really neat. I have no idea if such a program still exists at Ball State. I may look into this, but I'm not currently in any shape to be competing.