Vanessa invited me to attend a 24 Hour Fitness recreation class with her last nite, something called “24 SET.” I understand that SET is an acronym, but I don’t know what it stands for, except that it was a Seriously Excruciating Time. I didn’t realize how hard-core that class would be, so I maxed out all my major muscle groups plus biceps during a 3-hour workout the day before, on Sunday. Everything hurt during class except my ass, and I’m sure that’ll hurt later. The class, as it turned out, did some Seriously Excruciating sTuff on every muscle group, plus cardio. Hopping around the stepper while doing bicep curls (with weights), one-legged dumbbell squats and squats with the bar over our shoulders, pushups, crunches, lunges, hammer curls, tricep extensions, hip extensions, bench presses, deadlifts, we worked our shoulders, chest, back, hamstrings, quads, abs. The last time I sweat that much in just an hour of exercise was in a spinning class. Jeebus!

Vanessa asked at the end of class, as we dripped and oozed our way back to the locker room, whether I’m up for taking the class with her again next Monday. I said, “Okay.”

I’m in so much pain today that I’m skipping the gym. I’m going to lunch.