Since I was very young, I have always been a jock.  At the playground, I had to be the fastest when we played tag or dodgeball.  In high school, I was head of the track team.  Because of this, one of my greatest joys has always been getting new exercise equipment.

I can still remember the first time I got new balance exercise equipment in high school.  I thought the shoes were ugly, but I've always had wide feet and they were the only ones that would fit me.  Although I would've liked to have one of the more popular brand names, such as Reebok or Nike, it still made me feel so proud that now I finally had my own running shoes.  The next piece of new exercise equipment I got was my jersey when I made the team, and I can not remember a prouder moment.

Of course, now I'm older, and the emphasis of my exercise program has changed somewhat.  Most of the new fitness equipment that I get nowadays is not geared towards playing a specific game, but towards keeping me in shape.  The other day, for example, I got some new weight lifting equipment.  I have been using one of those bow flex machines for a long time, but never got around to picking up a decent set of free weights.  So when I finally saved up some money and got the new exercise equipment, you can bet I locked myself in the basement for a week.  Every chance I got, I was downstairs pumping iron!