Oh I don't know... Personally I hate kids at the gym. Not that I don't like kids sometimes only I have "been there and done that" and I just am not in the mood to deal with them at the gym. When I exercise I really want to focus and kids are not condusive to focus. Fortunately our gym has the kiddy room pretty seperated from the rest of it so I don't run into them often. So I would say that all this depends highly on how "cute" the kids were being. That said the instructor could have softened the message a bit.
BTW: I call kids "stickies" now. One day when yours are grown you will totally understand all of this.
Fair enough, thanks. And Lisa's point is good and I've made sure to check myself that I'm not holding a grudge against the instructor.
For many years I played sports where there's lots of yelling, crowds and heckling so I forget that many people didn't have that experience and may be more easily distracted. At my Y you need the ability to finish a set of deadlifts while swiss balls whiz past your head and treadmills are falling down like dominoes.
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I usually feel kind of curmudgeony about kids, on the other hand I like kids to feel welcome everywhere. At the pool I have always encouraged management to allow kids at all times, but if they are in the way, not shy about telling them what the rules are.
Partly funny story, vicious old lady at our pool was always harassing our little caboose. One day she told me how much she didn't like him and he bothered her that day. He hadn't come that day. I said only a little in return. She never showed up again.
Sounds like the instructor overreacted, but I can see why she might have found it distracting. In my mind, there's a big difference between a preschooler dancing around to the music and, say, a 10-year-old attempting to mimic/mock the class participants.
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The instructor did the right thing. She had her back to the kids, so I'm sure it was one of her trainees who signaled to her about the distraction. She was just doing her job.
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Before that I had my ART/PT appointment. He cleared me to do even more loading of the leg and really test it out. So far I'm not having any pain or tightness. The PT said she can really tell I'm working hard because I made all the exercises seem easier. So she added some split squats and more reps of bowler's lunges to the day's activities. Anerobic stress commenced.
That night we went out to eat and while we were at our table, the restaurant was invaded by over a dozen young teenage girls headed to a Rodeo concert (Toby Keith). They were all wearing nighties and boots (some had snow boots, some had cowgirl boots). I'm sure they would argue that they were "summer dresses", but they were nighties. White, lacy, flimsy and short. There were probably a couple of 16yo's in the mix, but most were a year or two younger, I'd guess.
The nice thing about RedWifey and our marriage is that I can be honest about things like this. I don't have to roll my eyes and go, "That's just so gross, yuck." I admitted that it was an extremely sexy look, albeit totally inappropriate for girls going out to a concert with thousands of people. It's the kind of thing that if RW wore for me, it'd be in the privacy of our home and I'd read the signal right away. Not subtle.
She asked me what I'd do if Samantha tried to do that in ten years or less. My answer was that I don't think I'd do any of that "layin' down the law in my house" stuff -- it's not my style and I don't like the sound of it. If she was old enough to try wearing something like that in public, she's old enough for her dad to tell her in very blunt, graphic terms what that outfit says to a guy. Whether she means it or not. Do you think that'd work?
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Inverted rows: 3 sets of 10 (wide, underhand, narrow), feet on largest swiss ball
T-pushups: 3 sets of 6, each arm, ending last set in isometric hold in bottom position
Deadlifts: 3 sets of 3, 205 pounds. Nice and light to try things out. Felt good.
Roman chair leg lifts
Scap retraction work
DB pinch holds
As I took the kids to pickup our Friday night pizza, I played the Beatles in the car. They loved it. As we got out of the car, Samantha said, "Daddy, those Beatles are silly. They're almost as funny as you!"
I felt honored. Then she followed it up with, "You know who you're funny like? You're as funny as the booty white chicken!"
Apparently she met the booty white chickens at the rodeo. We went there today (Saturday) and saw them together. They're OK, but I still think I'm funnier.
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Before that I had my ART/PT appointment. He cleared me to do even more loading of the leg and really test it out. So far I'm not having any pain or tightness. The PT said she can really tell I'm working hard because I made all the exercises seem easier. So she added some split squats and more reps of bowler's lunges to the day's activities. Anerobic stress commenced.
Good news, congrats. So, does "working hard" mean an assessment by caressing your bulging biceps a la American Beauty?
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That night we went out to eat and while we were at our table, the restaurant was invaded by over a dozen young teenage girls headed to a Rodeo concert (Toby Keith). They were all wearing nighties and boots (some had snow boots, some had cowgirl boots).
TK does put on a good show, but c'mon, can you say POSERS? (the girls, not you). I put snow boots right up there with Crocs: I don't care how comfortable they are; you still look like a dumbass.
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TK does put on a good show, but c'mon, can you say POSERS? (the girls, not you). I put snow boots right up there with Crocs: I don't care how comfortable they are; you still look like a dumbass.
You're a good man. If only you'd said Uggs sucked, too. Because they do.
I put snow boots right up there with Crocs: I don't care how comfortable they are; you still look like a dumbass.
We'll have to agree to disagree on that one. While I admit the idea of skirts with snow boots is paradoxical and silly, for some reason I find it aesthetically pleasing. And I'm guessing I'm not alone since the look is so pervasive among young females, even here in Houston where the climate doesn't dictate that anyone should even own a pair of snow boots.
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We've got a new girl at work who's styling something similar. No snow boots, so far. But, we had a day at the race track, where she wore a skirt and boots. According to my girl associates, it was simply bad and wrong, and she was obviously a slut. "Whew! Thanks for the heads up!"
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We'll have to agree to disagree on that one. While I admit the idea of skirts with snow boots is paradoxical and silly, for some reason I find it aesthetically pleasing. And I'm guessing I'm not alone since the look is so pervasive among young females, even here in Houston where the climate doesn't dictate that anyone should even own a pair of snow boots.
Like these charming snow boots? I'm sure they'd make any outfit look good.
