movies vs. real life part 4

following the other 3 parts, I present you with: ----------the work out----------- In the romantic comedy we always see a scene of her working out. It will usually follow a transformation point when she decided to make herself a better person, loose weight, quite smoking, dump the lame boyfriend, move to a better job, pursue her dream of being an actress/dancer/fashion designer/ Cello Player or something. She's determined, charged and well prepared; damn, she even brought a new training outfit. As soon as she enters the gym hall, all proud of herself, she sees all the beautiful well built people in the room and as she keeps staring at this good looking hunk at the back she walks right into a wall. But, she's still all filled with energy; she stands up, still head up and goes straight to the treadmill. The next scene, we see her on the elliptical-cross-trainer and we see a quick flash back how she always avoided/feared/had a miserable childhood memory with that particular machine, but hallelujah, she knows that today, if she pushes herself to use that machine today for just 10 minutes all her dreams will come true. Next scene, she's in a bubble bath, so proud of her achievement, with a cigarette in her mouth and a glass of wine in her hand, thinking to herself, that with that workout, she doesnt really have to quite smoking after all. Soundtrack: Turn the beat around by Gloria Estefan In the Drama version, workout is her escape from the troubles and routines of daily life. She doesn't need to go to a busy gym to workout, her life is busy enough with the demanding job, the family duties (whether she's a single mom, a rich businessman's daughter, an only child of elderly parents whom she's taking care of..etc). She has a small room in her home where she takes her music player and does her exercises at her own pace. With a yoga mat and a hanging sandbag, her routine involved sit ups, push ups, crunches , kicks and punches. In that small room she punches her pain away. She pushes herself beyond her limits each and everyday because that's the type of person she is, a strong woman who is going to have her way. The scene ends with her endlessly doing her crunches. Soundtrack: Fuego by Bond In real life, workout isn't really that much of a big deal. It's a useful distraction and an outlet for the negative energy one accumulates by time. She goes to the gym/ high impact classes /jogs regularly for at least 3 times a week for perhaps a month or so, then slacks for a month then back to work out for a few months and the cycle never seems to stop. Exercise fills her up with energy . her mp3player and her music is what makes her not thinking about leading man or catches up with her friends on the phone. However, in the high impact classes and other classes, she listens to the music the instructors choose, and imagines what life would be like if it was a movie and thinks of things to write in blogposts like these. Soundtrack: Get Together by Madonna or the voices of her friends on the phone