Reminds me of my son. When he was going into the 9th grade he said he was going to go out for football. A week after practice started I asked him why he wasn't playing football. He said " I was going to but they wanted me to practice everyday"
Keep at it Bumper. The hardest part is geting to the gym. Once your there you might as well do somthing. And anything is better then nothing. See you in March.