Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Day 54...special? or pitiful?...either way...SCARY!


Well, I had thought today's title would be "hundreds". "Hundreds" because I did 100 of each of the exercises on my list...but as usual, I was interrupted and talked to by strange men. One of those creepy conversations made me think..."I'm either very special...or very pitiful...". My knees are hurting today so the lunges were kinda hard, but doing a hundred pushups after my time off in the spring is a killer, especially after 100 medicine ball slams. After the first 25 pushups, I struggled through the rest...5 or 10 at a time...until I got to 100. I had a couple of times where I was hunched over looking at the floor while kneeling down...trying to recover and keep going.

Mr. C came by to say "hello" during one of those times...and then walked back and forth...for what seemed like no reason at all...at least 10 more times. Then, this creepy old lech that works there that is as wide as he is tall (he's very short) came by. He has tried to talk to me and watches me in the creepiest of ways...EVERY day. He has been teased by other workers for watching women while they are doing classes through the window...ewww. I've always tried to never make eye contact and ignore him, but yesterday the girl at the desk was talking to me on my way out and he ran out to join in. He talked my ear off. Anyways, he came by while I was in between pushups and said, "It's okay...you only have 50 more..(wink wink)!". I said, "That IS EXACTLY how many I have left." and looked away...hoping he would crawl back under his rock. No dice! He said, "You look like you do pretty good with your workouts, but I'd love for you to let me take you through a workout one day." Then he grabbed my hand...the one dabbing sweat off my forehead and shook it...gross! I just smiled to keep from jumping up and taking him down by the throat. COME ON!!! #1. Pretty good workouts!?!?...those are great workouts...written by someone that knows what he's doing and knows me, my body, and my capabilities...not some guy that just wants to see me bend over and do deadlifts! #2 HELLO!!!! You are old and in TERRIBLE shape...and YOU are going to "help" me??? I was quite scared by the next thought that came to mind....I know I look hideous and sweaty...I can't be so special that these men can't resist talking to me!...really! That begs the question, "Am I so pitiful that I look like I NEED help?" Then paranoia creeps in...Maybe I look weak? Is my form bad??? Am I pitiful rather than special???

After he slithered off, another trainer , R, ran over to say.."If you don't already...just ignore E! He is...well...he's uhhh...he doesn't know what he's talking about!" and shook his head. I said, "Oh, I know." and went back to pushups. What is this? Why can't I just do my workout without "help"?!? It is plain creepy! and it makes me feel gross...NOT good! Well, I finally finished my pushups and struggled through inverted rows and more lunges, but I did it...and I was sore and tired when I finished. Today I worked hard...despite the interruptions.

WEEK 8 / DAY 2

5 MIN WARMUP-CROSSTRAINER
100 X OVERHEAD LUNGES
100 X MED BALL SLAMS 10#
100 X PUSHUPS
100 X INVERTED ROWS
100 X OVERHEAD LUNGES
(37 MIN)

CARDIO
25 MIN RECUMBENT BIKE
30 MIN WALKING (4.5) ON TREADMILL
5 MIN STRETCH

TOTAL TIME=1 HR 42 MIN

1 comment:

s said...

O dear! Sounds very scary. I'm sure you don't look like you need help. These people are impressed because you do way more than they could. Either way, you're right, very scary. Which would you prefer? Invisible or scary comments?
I love your power songs addition. Very cool. I'm gonna check those out. The only one I recognized was stronger.