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June 14, 2007 / Thursday
Frequent Flyer
At the gym earlier today, my neighbor on the sit up benches looked over and said, "Hey, are you a frequent flyer?"
"Uh, this past month I've been," I replied. I wondered whether I was emitting detectable radiation from my many recent flights.
He went on to ask me a question about carry on bags, something having to do with his friend and some bags he gave her and whether I thought she'd be able to bring both on the plane with her. I answered his questions as best as I could.
"Thanks for having the answer," he finished, "You look like a frequent flyer!"
I do? Me, with my bright orange sneakers, lime green shorts, Flickr T-shirt, fading purple hair, gigantic leg bruise, and forearm scrapes? I must have been emitting radiation!
And he must have had a Geiger counter.
In other wackiness, during my seated calf raises I looked over and saw a woman at a bench with plates on either end of the bar. "Holy crap!" I thought, "That woman could crush me! Where does she hide all that muscle?" Seconds later, she started her next set... of dumbbell rows. Phew.
Since I hate leg extensions, I traded them for a minute long wall sit. Why a minute? No reason, other than the fact that it seemed like a nice round number to me. My legs were shaking through most of it, but I kept my eye on the clock until I had completed the sit. "Think Cummo! Think Cummo!" I repeated to myself. Ow, that was painful.
But I did it. :)
Comments
Um... dumbbell rows?
Posted by: Jennie at June 15, 2007 10:21 AM
Yes, these. :)
Posted by: Viv at June 15, 2007 10:40 AM
Oh, I've done that! I don't know the name of anything.
After I hurt my rotator cuff, I did 4 kinds of arm/shoulder exercises on a regular basis, and my gf-at-the-time loooooved my arm muscles. Hm, maybe it's time to do them again.
Posted by: Jennie at June 18, 2007 03:16 PM