The Consequences of Fitness

[mel]

Sounds like a traveling griiiinnnnd, but way to keep working hard while away from home. I have a hard time not giving in to the temptation of using traveling as an excuse to slack.

mel

[Lost Dog]

Originally Posted by stingo

Yes, we alternate the heavier side each set.

I did alternate, but in this case, five lbs difference was not so different. You're pressing them together in front of your chest, so you're pretty balanced. It was really the shaking and quivering that were the problems, at this point...

Originally Posted by mel

Sounds like a traveling griiiinnnnd, but way to keep working hard while away from home. I have a hard time not giving in to the temptation of using traveling as an excuse to slack.

mel

I'll be honest that I didn't get enough sleep and drank slightly too much, except for the first night. I ate very healthy from breakfast until dinner, worked out, then drank.

Tue: pitcher of light beer
Wed: pitcher and a half of light beer, and half a bottle of wine
Thu: two 22oz Sapporo, a pitcher of non-light beer, and half a bottle of wine
Fri: Let's just say there was a lot of airport time before the flights and on the layovers, so we spent it in bars saying goodbye to each other.

I caught up on sleep by crashing in my seat before the plane took off in Atlanta and waking up when the wheels touched down on OC.

This was my first training class with salespeople, all my past classes were with technical people. Coincidence? I don't think so.

Originally Posted by Aoife

Our old old gym was like that. Not with the one db of the heavy ones. But the big, rusty, old cast iron ones. Some were rusted and pitted enough to have actual parts missing. I think one of the 30s was only slightly heavier than the 25s it had so much missing.

I like the character of the old stuff. Some people can't deal. On the 3rd day, this dick (he was a dick every day before) comes up while I'm doing my snatches and starts to lift the rusty 65lb one. He slammed it down, complaining about how "you can't get a good workout with this crap." I didn't say anything to him, but you'll notice that after I did my snatches, my entire workout was with that 65lb db.

[Aoife]

lolz

[sidonia]

Originally Posted by Lost Dog

I like the character of the old stuff. Some people can't deal. On the 3rd day, this dick (he was a dick every day before) comes up while I'm doing my snatches and starts to lift the rusty 65lb one. He slammed it down, complaining about how "you can't get a good workout with this crap." I didn't say anything to him, but you'll notice that after I did my snatches, my entire workout was with that 65lb db.

This is part of the reason the hubby and I are at the gym we're at...we like the smaller, privately owned gyms and the obviously well used equipment. I'll take some grit over all that fancy crap anyday!!!

[UConnJulie]

So are you saying that sales people are boozers?

[Lost Dog]

Originally Posted by UConnJulie

So are you saying that sales people are boozers?

No. They are partiers, though. The last time I was there, it was with a bunch of technical people. They drank a lot, but were really, really, really, really boring.

[Phaedrus49er]

English teachers are partiers and totally not boring

[UConnJulie]

So are social studies teachers ... they have to drink a lot to deal with the PITA kids!!

[RacerBill]

Originally Posted by Lost Dog

This was my first training class with salespeople, all my past classes were with technical people. Coincidence? I don't think so.

That certainly explains the booze. And you know who drinks even MORE than sales people? Marketing people, that's who.

Originally Posted by Lost Dog

I like the character of the old stuff. Some people can't deal. On the 3rd day, this dick (he was a dick every day before) comes up while I'm doing my snatches and starts to lift the rusty 65lb one. He slammed it down, complaining about how "you can't get a good workout with this crap." I didn't say anything to him, but you'll notice that after I did my snatches, my entire workout was with that 65lb db.

I guess the newer types of DB must be more aerodynamic or something. That would certainly make for a better workout.

[Lost Dog]

I've been sick since I've been back. No workouts. I'm almost good again.

[stingo]

Maybe you should've suggested that the pink dumbbells might suit his aesthetic.

[UConnJulie]

Feel better!

[RedLefty]

Sales people are contagious that way. I should've warned you.

[Aoife]

poor thing. bein six sux.

[Lost Dog]

Feeling MUCH better. I will probably workout tonight. I just realized that the last time I lifted was last Wednesday! The world didn't end, either.

[RedWifey]

Amazing, huh!?

Glad you're feeling better! Now, wash those hands so you don't get sick again!

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