Isn't that fun!?!?!? Congrats! Can I get your autograph?
I often get told (by the moms whose kids do karate) how much they admire me and they go on about how tough I am... Which is kinda funny, cuz I'm NOT that tough. I'm mostly stubborn (and stupid?), but I'm out there doing it. I try to get them to join in (if a 40-year-old formerly fat couch potato can do this, then anyone can!), but they just sit there with their snacks and watch the kids do it...
It's kinda sad.
Good for you.
Hehe, that's me, too. I'm even more stubborn/stupid when they try to tell me that I can't do something. Oh, yeah? Watch me.
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Leslie that is awesome that you were able to do those drills! That sounds so fun and you should be very proud of yourself.
Thanks, Leah. I'm glad that I didn't wimp out on them and could at least make a good try at them.
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This morning I H U R T. Everything is sore. My hammies, my butt, my arms--owie! Some twinges in my back, too, which means I had bad form on some of those partner lifts. Meh. Must work on for next time. I'm moving so slow today and trying to slowing stretch out the kinks.
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I think I like those drills almost as much as tire flips
(I am so messed up in the head )
Just wanted to let you know reading your log has inspired me to get back into martial arts. I went this evening to check into a local school here.
Thanks, and keep up the good work!
Wohoo, lots of ninjas! I love it
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So, BJJ tonight: warmup included those body/buddy lifts. This time I got the lightest guy in the class, though he's still 145 lbs. (No guessing this time: he actually says his weight a lot. I don't know why...) I made sure to focus on deadlift technique--hamstrings and glutes. On the carry part, the last bit, my glutes were almost cramping from all the tension. But I can't very well quit and say it's because my butt hurts
I've been slow in warmups all week; I've been out of gas by the time we run a few laps. Quite pathetic. Except for the body lifts, Tim was picking on me about being last in all the warmups. Grr. Later during drills he said I was too grumpy. And he's right: work's been yucky this week so I've been upset from that, then I'm tense and distracted so my jiu-jitsu stinks, so I get upset and cranky from that, and then I go back to work... Bleh. So, goal for rest of the week and next: be happy. Loosen up. Don't be last.
Also need to really start tracking. (I made it for 2? 3? days last time I tried.) I think I'm undereating. I keep waking up between 4 and 6 a.m. to my stomach growling. (That's probably the first clue that, yes, I'm not eating enough.) And I'm getting hungry between meals & snacks. I usually nibble on something if I have it or get some green tea. But at meals & snacks I still feel as if I can't eat anymore! Maybe I'll take a page from Olive Garden last week and just tack a big salad on to everything I eat...
Oh, I eat frequent meals. Everyone at work can tell what time it is by when I head for the breakroom.
Took my mom out to dinner last night and ate lotsa carbs. This morning, had oatmeal and eggs. Had a great day at BJJ. (And then Olive Garden fest afterward w/ salad and pasta.)
The more I think about it, I've been severely limiting carbs (oatmeal, rice, pasta, bread, and their friends, but been eating veggies or fruit with every meal) for the past two weeks. I should know better. I started Atkins a few years ago; did great the first week, but the second week I was cranky and lethargic. I've taken those quizzes to tell you if you should go low, med, or high carb, and I always come out "low" on those, but it doesn't work in reality. Silly me, having to learn the same lesson over and over.
Okay, so more oatmeal and orzo. And tracking. Track, girl, track.
Sometimes I wish there were a "delete" key for posts. Because now I feel dumb. If there's one thing that NROLFW has really taught me, it's that I'm not as much a genetic freak as I like to think. So today I had some downtime at work and starting reading about low-carb diets and found out that low energy & irritability as two common occurrences somewhere in weeks 2-4. Which means that I'm completely normal and was experiencing something completely normal. Doh.
But with BJJ 4 days in a row, that really wasn't a smart idea. There's no room for low energy or irritability at BJJ. However, TKD starts tonight. I'll start lifting before TKD (I goofed for today and forgot to check out the gym last week. *le sigh*). I think I'll read up more on low carb interspersed with higher carb days (higher for BJJ days) to see how those work and how I might be feeling on them before I jump to any more silly conclusions.
No need to delete - when you learn something, it helps everyone else learn too - maybe someone else was going through the same thing and now they understand too!
Enjoy class - I am trying to wake up enough for karate (2 hours sleep then up with sick child doesn't make me worth much today). But if I skip class, no results of belt test, so... must summon energy.
Keep posting about your food and workouts - it really is helpful!
No need to delete - when you learn something, it helps everyone else learn too - maybe someone else was going through the same thing and now they understand too!
Enjoy class - I am trying to wake up enough for karate (2 hours sleep then up with sick child doesn't make me worth much today). But if I skip class, no results of belt test, so... must summon energy.
Keep posting about your food and workouts - it really is helpful!
I'm glad that I understand it better now. And I really wasn't all that low--probably 100-150g of carbs most days. Apparently it doesn't take much for me to feel the effects of no carbs. Most low-carb info I found said 60g for people who work out a lot should be plenty. I see more reading and experimenting in my future...
Oo, I'd forgotten how insidious stance work can be. We drilled front and back stance last night at TKD (we instructors joined in the misery, er, fun), and tonight my quads hurt! And of course kept trying to tighten up during the BJJ warmup. Meh. Bad quads. Quit it.
I think part of the issue might be that my quads are trying to make up for lazy glutes and hamstrings. Need to do more wake-up stuff for them before class. Other than that, though, class went well.
After class, the guys went over to their improvised "perfect pullup" contraption (reminds me of those gymnastic rings, except with PVC pipe) and started knocking out pullups. When they were mostly done, Tim told me to jump in there. I grabbed 'em and did two complete pullups before I even realized what I'd done. Couldn't finish the third and then Tim had me start jumping up, catching myself for a second at the top and slowing lowering, and then jumping again. It hit me as I was leaving class later that I did two pullups! Wohoo! Only 8 more to go to Goal 1.
WoooooHooooo!!!! You mistressed the pullup! I can do 2 in a row now too but that is all. Nice work.
I regularly eat under 200g of carbs a day and most of those are in fruits and vegetables. My typical day is 140 or so. I cannot do an Atkins type diet though. That kills me.
WoooooHooooo!!!! You mistressed the pullup! I can do 2 in a row now too but that is all. Nice work.
I regularly eat under 200g of carbs a day and most of those are in fruits and vegetables. My typical day is 140 or so. I cannot do an Atkins type diet though. That kills me.
The trick will be doing them again
I'm still trying to figure out my ideal carb amount. Except for the crabbiness (and usually I don't even notice it; someone else has to point it out; I think I'm normal), I actually feel really good when I'm low carb. And I feel as if my body looks better. It just has no energy... I'm still looking in to how I can take what I know and am learning and apply it to my specific schedule, life, and body.
Had to sub these because Oly lifts & any derivatives aren't allowed at the university gym. These felt great--my first time lifting with an Oly bar, too! I think I can go higher, but there was a guy waiting for the squat rack.
DB Single-leg RDL: 1x6x25/15-lb DBs, 2x20/15-lb DBs Bent-over Row: 1x6x25-lb DBs, 1x6x20-lb DBs, no 3rd
Meh, bad form on both. Too much back in the RDL, and that made my back tight in the row.
DB Single-Arm OHS: 3x6x20/10-lb DBs DB Standing Press: 3x20-lb DBs
All the incline benches were taken by guys posing, er, doing bicep curls.
Plank: 3x60s Woodchop with DB: 1x6x15, 1x6x10, no 3rd
There's only one cable machine of any kind in the gym, and some guy had it. So I tried to do this with a dumbbell. It felt weird, so I only did 2 sets. I gotta look up how to do those again.
Bodyweight Matrix:
time 1: 2:53
time 2: 3:05
This was my first night using the university gym. It's free for me because I work in the nearby research park, and it's also just down the hall from TKD, so I can hit the gym and go straight to TKD. I wasn't too impressed, though. There's pretty much only 1 of each bench/rack/machine: one power rack, one squat rack, one Smith machine (thank goodness), one cable machine, etc. It's rather hard to get anything done. Olympic lifts and their derivatives are not allowed: one, because there's a bunch of non-intelligent people in there who would find creative ways to injure themselves, and two, because these same people drop the weights, which bounce and hit the mirrors and break them.
I watched one guy do shrugs for nearly an hour. Another was doing what almost looked like maximal loads on the bench press; one lift, walk around for ten minutes, one lift. Lots of bad form. Lots of lifting while watching the mirror intently. Lots of heavy loads over a few inches range of motion. Lots of dropped weights (mostly <20-lb DBs *cough*). Did see one guy (the one who was waiting for the squat rack after me) doing squats, deads, and lunges with good form.
I got lots of weird looks, especially during the single-leg RDL and the single-arm OHS. They were either thinking "WTH is that?" or "Who beat her up?" I didn't realize until I left that I have a ton of bruises from my knees down.
I'll keep going for a while, I think, and will see if I can make it all work. If not, there's a gym I can join, but I'd rather hold out until the Gold's opens later this year...
TKD
TKD was kick-intensive. Owie. Legs weren't so happy. I tried to show a round kick at one point, and on the return my hamstring nearly cramped up. Oh, yeah, that's fun. (I thought about switching lifting to before BJJ. Ain't no way I'll make it through class. )
I agree, no lifting before BJJ. I did check out a local martial arts school, but looks like I am going to have to wait until July when I get some bills paid off to free up enough money for the monthly tuition. How many nights do you do TKD?? This school is a mixture of TKD and BJJ with a little of this and that as well. Every class is very aerobic and includes a lot of push-ups, sit-ups, and jumping jacks between drills. They let me jump in the class and it felt SO good!!!
I agree, no lifting before BJJ. I did check out a local martial arts school, but looks like I am going to have to wait until July when I get some bills paid off to free up enough money for the monthly tuition. How many nights do you do TKD?? This school is a mixture of TKD and BJJ with a little of this and that as well. Every class is very aerobic and includes a lot of push-ups, sit-ups, and jumping jacks between drills. They let me jump in the class and it felt SO good!!!
Right now, I have TKD 2 nights a week, Mon & Wed. (I also go on Fridays, but only to supervise free practice. That's my OFF day.) I have BJJ 3 times a week: Tue, Thu, and Sat. (During the academic year, everything is different; I'll do BJJ 5x (M, W, T, H, and S) and TKD 2x (T/H).)
That's awesome that the school mixes TKD and BJJ, so you'll get upright and ground fighting. UFC, here she comes!
And OMG, I forgot how much Stage 3A can kick my butt Owie, I sore!
My hamstrings were so sore all day yesterday! Thankfully they loosened some by BJJ.
We had a new girl at class last night. (The other two girls have both dropped out.) She was actually one of the guys' ride, since he doesn't have a car, and he convinced her to come in and try it. (I think he used me as part of the convincing, too. When they came in, he said, "I brought you a friend!".) She used to play soccer, and she has a brother who she used to wrestle with, so she's rough-and-tumble. Yay!
I paired up with her for the night and tried to show her all the stuff the guys have taught me, especially all the "I wish I knew that when I started" stuff. She wasn't excited at the prospect of lots of bruises, but otherwise seemed to be having fun. (She curses in Spanish and Portuguese when she's not happy, and I understand enough to fall over laughing.)
Oo, and one of the other TKD black belts was asking me about BJJ classes on Wednesday, so hopefully he'll start showing up soon, too
Tomorrow after practice, I have to go help my brother set up a stand at a natural body-building show in town. Don't know yet if I'll go to the main show tomorrow night, but we'll see...
(She curses in Spanish and Portuguese when she's not happy, and I understand enough to fall over laughing.)
Glad you got another girl in the class... that's one thing I really wish we had more women in our karate school. The bruises and throws seem to scare them off a bit
The bruises and throws seem to scare them off a bit
Silly girls--that's what make it fun
No bodybuilding show for us today.
BJJ
Just a few people showed up today, and none of the experienced guys, outside of the instructors. Meh. I had to roll too many times with The Wild One, a guy who tries to brute force every move and who flings his elbows into my jaw and never notices. Grr. I feel as if I'm regressing when I roll with him; have to be careful not to play his game of pushing and shoving and arm-wrestling because then he does it harder. And I always get hurt from stupid stuff he does, which I seriously dislike. Today he wrenched my neck around trying to jerk in to a guillotine. (Is it bad of me to be glad that he never sticks around for Olive Garden and tire flips and pullups? Because I'm always glad when he leaves.)
Today after class, we did a few tire flips. Only one of the guys was really excited about it, and everyone else had somewhere else to go. I did 10 (5 down, 5 back) + 10 sledgehammers (per side; 20 total). Then we flipped the tire, jumped through it, and flipped it again. I got 4 total flips/jumps + 5 sledgehammers (per side). And that was it.
Came home, still kind of warm and energetic (freak!), so I hit the basement. Thought about doing Stage 3 B1 but wanted to go higher on deads than I can do with the row, so just played around. Should have written it down...
Pushups: 20
Deadlift: 1x5x50lbs; 1x5x70lbs; 2x5x90lbs
Pistol squats: 2x5
One-arm DB snatch: 2x5x15lbs
Pullups: 2; 2; 1; 1 <-- Whee!
various other little playing around stuff...
I had to roll too many times with The Wild One, a guy who tries to brute force every move and who flings his elbows into my jaw and never notices. Grr. I feel as if I'm regressing when I roll with him; have to be careful not to play his game of pushing and shoving and arm-wrestling because then he does it harder. And I always get hurt from stupid stuff he does, which I seriously dislike. Today he wrenched my neck around trying to jerk in to a guillotine. (Is it bad of me to be glad that he never sticks around for Olive Garden and tire flips and pullups? Because I'm always glad when he leaves.)
There's always a few guys like that - bad form and use brute strength and always ALWAYS end up hurting other people. We have two in our karate class - one is extremely tall and thin but very wiry-strong and has no idea how hard he actually does his techniques - but he almost always leaves a mark, ya know? The other is just plain crazy and has almost been kicked out of our school many times... he's not mean, but he loses it any time he gets at all excited (adrenalin or whatever) and ends up hurting people with things like grabbing a leg and throwing the person back while holding their leg so their knee gets wrenched or... bleh!!! I hate working with him (and he always smells bad too!)
Sorry 'bout your neck - that's one of my biggest issues with grappling - my neck can not afford to be made any worse than it already is!
DL: (1x6x50, 1x6x70, 1x6x80) 1x6x80, 1x6x85, 1x6x90
row: (2x6x20, 1x6x25) 2x6x40, 1x6x45 I want that triple-digit DL (official, anyway), and my row is so wimpy...So I split the moves out and supersetted them.
A little light on the pulldowns, but I overestimated how much I could lift in A after my break and so tried to not do too much. (But I did knock out a pullup before starting. Duh, lift more here. Silly girl.)
Back Extension: (Swiss Ball on bench) 3x6 YTWL: 3x6x5lbs
Front Squat: (2x6x45lb, 1x6x55lbs) 2x6x60lbs, 1x6x65lbs
Feel like I could go heavier but the bar is too hard to hold on to there in front. (Good news for my back squats, though)
DB Single-leg RDL: 3x6x20-lb DBs
Bent-over Row: 3x6x20-lb DBs
Finally--matching DBs on the RDL! BOR was too light, but I didn't want to be a DB hog...and it's my lower back that feels these, which I know isn't right; I think my form is good and all but that I'm having trouble bracing my core on this one...
Someone had my 20-lb DB on the first one. And all the inclinable benches were taken, so I subbed OH Press.
Planks: 1x90s, 2x60s
Russian Twist w/ Medicine Ball: 3x20x8lb
Again, one cable machine in the whole gym, and a group of guys goofing around on it. Pleh.
(Pullups: 2x1 - couldn't help it But it was one with the sideways grips, and that was hard. And it was after all the rest of that!)
Intervals (bike): 2min, 3x1min/2min, 1 min
I'm embarrassed to do the BW Matrix inside, but it was raining, so I jumped on one of the bikes. Was going to be late for TKD, so didn't get to finish them all.
TKD
Nothing crazy for me today. Stretched, taught one form, stretched. We did demonstrate a few of the forms and my toes cramped up (!), but otherwise fine.
BJJ
Swung by BJJ on my way home. Couldn't help it. They were mostly done, though, so I just hung around for a few minutes and then went home. We've got a whole bunch of new guys showing up, right when the remaining experienced guys are taking off for the summer. Not too excited about that, but we'll see how it goes. Class on Thursday nights might change to MMA only (no BJJ). I'll still go, though I really do want to roll...
Tim's been saying for weeks that he was going to switch the Thursday night BJJ class with the MMA class. Tonight he finally did it. Forgot to mention it until class started, though. (MMA used to be after BJJ; now MMA is first, with free mat after.)
Class was just punching and moving. Punch for 4 minutes straight, then hold the pads for your partner. We started easy just to loosen up, but even then, at the end of the first 4 minutes, my shoulders were burning! Tim would throw in pushups or burpees between sets whenever he felt like it. The guy I was working with was pushing me good, too. I tried to take a drink from my water bottle after class, and I had to lean back instead of moving my arms up. Ow!!!
Oh, and funny: the gloves we use are boxing gloves so they HUGE on my little hands. I can't make a proper fist; my hands are more clawed out because the gloves hold them there. (Very bad form! Maybe I'll ask Tim if I can use my little MMA-style gloves that we use in TKD... or try to find the smallest pair of gloves they have.)
Free mat time, most of the guys left or just laid around; they were tired. A few of the more experienced (and better conditioned) guys worked a takedown, so I hung around with them and watched and finally got to try it. They said I did good.
Went to free practice for TKD last night. Rolled with one of the guys there (actually, the only guy who will roll with me). Realized very quickly that he knows no jiu-jitsu (or judo or anything--he just rolls and scraps). It's funny, because I rolled with this guy 2 months ago, right before I started, and I couldn't have told the difference then. Definitely could tell last night. I was trying to work techniques, while he was trying to muscle me around. And he kept trying to "correct" my technique, usually by telling me something that isn't legal in jiu-jitsu. Meh. I only rolled with him for a few minutes, and then said I needed to stop. Won't make that mistake again...
BJJ
I love Saturday practice. It really isn't laid-back; it's just as intense as our weeknight classes; but somehow it "feels" more laid-back. I dunno...
I had to roll with The Wild One again today. I've decided to really focus on defensive techniques when I'm with him, mostly because that's all I have time for. Didn't do too badly; still had to tap a lot so he wouldn't hurt me. He was trying his grab wrists/yank to armbar trick again, which he can pull off because he's so much stronger than me; I just put my arms behind me and tried to work around. (Hehe, he hates that; doesn't know what to do with it.) Actually stopped him from turning a few other armbars he tried. He pretty much only tries armbars...
But, after class and after he had left, Tim came over and talked to me about him. He said he nearly stopped our round earlier because the guy was being so rough, but he said I was doing good countering him so he didn't. The other guys chimed in, too, that he's wild with his elbows especially and goes hard and goes straight for taps instead of technique. We all agreed he doesn't seem to be doing things on purpose to hurt us, just that he doesn't realize that he has no control. So, Tim has noticed, which is good because he'll keep an eye on that guy when I roll with him, and the other guys have noticed, so it's not just me.
He said he nearly stopped our round earlier because the guy was being so rough, but he said I was doing good countering him so he didn't. The other guys chimed in, too, that he's wild with his elbows especially and goes hard and goes straight for taps instead of technique. We all agreed he doesn't seem to be doing things on purpose to hurt us, just that he doesn't realize that he has no control. So, Tim has noticed, which is good because he'll keep an eye on that guy when I roll with him, and the other guys have noticed, so it's not just me.
There really is one (or 2?) in every class! Other than "rolling", you could be describing the crazy dude in our karate school! He's not mean, he's just... outta control and a real hazard. Sensei has had to stop him many times, even pulled him out of sparring rounds because he can't be safe. Glad you didn't get hurt!
I have ringworm. One of the guys noticed later on Saturday. I thought it was a bug bite. Nope, definitely a ring today. Grrr. I've got stuff to put on it, but I probably have to sit out for 2 weeks until it goes away. There aren't enough angry smilies in the world for this.
(The guys just laughed and said it just means I've passed one more initiation... We really need a new initiation...)
Didn't go to the gym today, just in case. Went by TKD to tell the guy I rolled with on Friday, then went home and did parts of Stage 3, B2:
Upper back still trying to round on BoRs. Supersetted with pistols because I forgot to do them with DLs, and then realized Wide-Grip Pulldowns were supposed to go with Pistols...
Pullups: 2.25
Yes, I count fractions of pullups. Every little bit matters. The awesome part is that the full 2 are strong and from a full hang.
And I got bored... Man, I have a short attention span...
I'll check with Tim tomorrow night and see what I have to do about the ringworm. If I really do have to take 2 weeks off of BJJ (well, I'll still go, but will just have to watch {and twitch and pout}), maybe I'll look at doing something different for these 2 weeks. Meh. Very frustrated right now, that's all...
Went to BJJ tonight and asked the instructors if I had to sit out because of the ringworm. They said no, just keep it covered. Whoot! It's right on the side of my elbow, so I have to cross-wrap tape around my elbow, which means it looks like I have a huge area taped up.
Tonight was the beginners' class, and only 5 of us showed up! (Plus 2 instructors.) They wanted to show us a move after a bump sweep, but neither I nor another guy knew a bump sweep, so they had to teach us that first. The other 3 guys learned this last night. So we pair off, and I actually end up with 2 guys who had done this before, because we have an odd number. The guys say, "Oh, you haven't learned this yet; you go first." So I get in position, work through the steps, and sweep the guy back and down. The instructor watching us says, "Perfect." Niiice.
I do it a few more times to get the feel of it, and then switch off for the 2 guys to do it together. First guy gets halfway through and the instructor stops him. "No, not right. This way." Second guy gets his turn. "No, not right. Like this." They're still not doing it right. It's a hip sweep, and there is no strength involved in pushing or pulling your partner in any direction. But they were both trying to stay far away and to muscle it through. I'm littler than and not as strong as these guys, so I have to get in deep and do the technique right or nobody's budging.
Then we did the follow-up move, for when the guy resists the sweep. Again, no strength, and I had no problem. The guys again... not so good.
Anyway, the night was funny (or maybe I'm just sleepy), because the guys who had had extra practice weren't doing it right, and I walked in and got it. The guys were annoyed. The instructors were grinning. The two guys I was working with have done some MMA (non-jiu-jitsu; "freestyle" {brawling} stuff), so they think they know what they're doing. And they don't, and Tim doesn't really like them yet (but is kind of hopeful that they'll shape up) and he loves to sic the upper belts on them to tear them up during free rolling. Tonight, I got a bit of a turn at it, even though it was during the instruction part.
We only got 2 rolls in before class was over, and thankfully I had one of the instructors for both. Then the other guys all left, and another advanced guy showed up, so it was me, the 2 instructors, and the other guy for gi class/free mat. The 4 of us rolled for almost 2 hours! That was fun. I learn a lot from these guys.
Anyway, it's late, and I think I'm incoherent. Stage 3 A3 tomorrow...
MMA class last night. Managed to get the guys I trust until the very last round. We were doing ground-and-pound. Everyone was avoiding one of the MMA guys, and I was avoiding a few of the guys near me. So the two of us ended up without partners. Meh. I've got a little bruise under one eyebrow. Not cool enough for a black eye. Pooh. Spent most of the round just protecting my head and biting down on my mouthpiece as hard as I could--so that I wouldn't go off and knock him out. Really wanted to, though. Grr.
I do need to learn that my face is now a target. It isn't in TKD. We only feint to the face and then hit elsewhere. So I only half-heartedly block my face because I'm not used to punches actually coming through. But in MMA, nearly anything is fair game.
Trying an experiment this week. (Really, trying to get through two weeks of low carb!). Forgot to log M, but it was similar to the rest of the week:
So far, feel good. (Being very careful to not be grouchy/crabby .) Tightened my belt an extra notch this morning. Have only felt hungry about 30-15 mins before a scheduled meal/snack. Do need to eat more fiber, though; very low. (Hardly any vegetables but mostly because I'd have to go to the store, and that takes time I don't have at the moment). Plenty of energy during TKD/BJJ (but did have to skip a workout on W because of work, so it's not a completely normal week; had lots of energy on the intervals, though) and last night at MMA; I was still ready to roll afterward, but everyone left. Bums.
Ate last night, and am holding off eating until 5 p.m. today (protein shake before TKD). Still need to figure out what to do for tonight/tomorrow morning, since I have a ~2 hr BJJ class tomorrow. I don't think we'll be flipping tires or anything like that since the two guys who usually want to do it are at a tournament this weekend.
), but I'm out there doing it. I try to get them to join in (if a 40-year-old formerly fat couch potato can do this, then anyone can!), but they just sit there with their snacks and watch the kids do it...
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There's pretty much only 1 of each bench/rack/machine: one power rack, one squat rack, one Smith machine (thank goodness), one cable machine, etc. It's rather hard to get anything done. Olympic lifts and their derivatives are not allowed: one, because there's a bunch of non-intelligent people in there who would find creative ways to injure themselves, and two, because these same people drop the weights, which bounce and hit the mirrors and break them.
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Ugga
One of the guys noticed later on Saturday. I thought it was a bug bite. Nope, definitely a ring today. Grrr. I've got stuff to put on it, but I probably have to sit out for 2 weeks until it goes away. There aren't enough angry smilies in the world for this.
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