String?? Sounds like torture yes bune ,they do I had a free session with a personal trainer as a prize for being last in the triathlon(63 mins for 500m swim, 10k bike and 5k run) Actually it was three sessions Didnt go back after the first He said, oh you want to lose weight, and then proceeded to take me through the most pathetic workout ever I had to do a hard tready session after that so my gym trip wasnt wasted
I can stretch out and my arms - it gets a bit crowded with more than 2 in though - much bumoing of strange legs - and i know theyre riddled with bacteria or chlorine - but the jets are wonderful for stiff muscles - i use them to massage injuries and tight bits - which can look very funny if its a groin strain!
steam rooms are my faves
btw - i get lightheaded in the sauna sometimes - nearly passed out in the shower - very embarrassing - what causes this?
The instructor made me do it! Before the class she handed out lengths of string and told us to tie them round our middles to make us keep out abs switched on. I decided to leave mine on till Twelfth Night - not!
Almost as much fun as doing tricep extensions with a balloon between my elbows. I reckon the next thing will be lying on strips of paper to make sure our arms don't drift during the chest track.
Desmond Morris wrote in "Bodywatching" that the typical woman's waist gets about 6 inches bigger after having children. I can almost agree with him. Mine used to be 22" and now, at the same weight but after lots of pregnancies, nothing will persuade it below 25", and that's on a cauliflower-free day.
a good personal trainer is one who understands the individual and doesnt just produce a standard programme - they should fit something to your needs not just churn out theyre bog standard stuff
Benz, I think they just assume that women want to lose weight. When I said that my objective in going tot he gym was to run a marathon seven months hence, the instructor not only didn't sneer, he said, "That makes a change - they usually say they want to tone up and lose weight".
If he'd said I needed to lose weight, I'd have been the one laughing.
You're right, Bune. Nobody can make anybody do anything if they aren't at least half-willing in the first place, and if my locus of control ever becomes externalised then I hope someone will apply a swift dose of either ECT or euthanasia.
made me very wary of the cold plunge at Harrogate - i went in once and then decided that the multiple shower jets were preferable - didnt used to have that poblem - i guess i was fitter and used to higher temps - used to get very hot and sweaty when i worked out - now i just have to be a bit careful - get lightheaded weighttraining if I push it too much - not pleasant!
One of the first posts on the first Fat Club thread was Lamb lacing into people (especially doctors) who assumed that because she was slightly padded she wasn't fit. A week or so later she posted a 70min 10-miler.
Bune, Benz, why dontcha just pop round to my place? The kids are in bed, there's plenty of wine (and your gin, Benz, and I'm sure we could dredge up something non-alcoholic) and nibbles, and we could chat without getting crossed wires.
Bz - yes it is but it only happens on the weights and the rower though - i dont understand it?
Vrap - ive come round to thinking differently about fitness training - would quite to work with older and less fit people who want to exercise for health rather than superfit who are doing it for 'excellence'
getting older and my own health has humbled me - 10 years ago i would have been one of those people who felt smug about the larger people in the gym i am ashamed to say - but i have been taught a tough lesson! pride cometh and all that!
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Sounds like torture
yes bune ,they do
I had a free session with a personal trainer as a prize for being last in the triathlon(63 mins for 500m swim, 10k bike and 5k run)
Actually it was three sessions
Didnt go back after the first
He said, oh you want to lose weight, and then proceeded to take me through the most pathetic workout ever
I had to do a hard tready session after that so my gym trip wasnt wasted
I can stretch out and my arms - it gets a bit crowded with more than 2 in though - much bumoing of strange legs - and i know theyre riddled with bacteria or chlorine - but the jets are wonderful for stiff muscles - i use them to massage injuries and tight bits - which can look very funny if its a groin strain!
steam rooms are my faves
btw - i get lightheaded in the sauna sometimes - nearly passed out in the shower - very embarrassing - what causes this?
Almost as much fun as doing tricep extensions with a balloon between my elbows. I reckon the next thing will be lying on strips of paper to make sure our arms don't drift during the chest track.
Desmond Morris wrote in "Bodywatching" that the typical woman's waist gets about 6 inches bigger after having children. I can almost agree with him. Mine used to be 22" and now, at the same weight but after lots of pregnancies, nothing will persuade it below 25", and that's on a cauliflower-free day.
Sigh, cant remember mine being that small
cant imagine anyone making you do ANYTHING vrap
If he'd said I needed to lose weight, I'd have been the one laughing.
I think if you pay they make more of an effort, or you wont go back and they lose money
Sad, but true
maybe ill fork out
But he just assumed i wasnt at all fit
Bune, Benz, why dontcha just pop round to my place? The kids are in bed, there's plenty of wine (and your gin, Benz, and I'm sure we could dredge up something non-alcoholic) and nibbles, and we could chat without getting crossed wires.
Cant leave cardiff
Yeek! Look at the time! If I stay up much longer I'll turn into a pumpkin. Or two half-pumpkins if I don't remove this piece of string.
Night-night. See you tomorrow.
xx
but it only happens on the weights and the rower though - i dont understand it?
Vrap - ive come round to thinking differently about fitness training - would quite to work with older and less fit people who want to exercise for health rather than superfit who are doing it for 'excellence'
getting older and my own health has humbled me - 10 years ago i would have been one of those people who felt smug about the larger people in the gym i am ashamed to say - but i have been taught a tough lesson!
pride cometh and all that!
im watching footy - wass up with the ubergooners? : - [[
at least scousera lost so we might still be top!