It's another gym blog. It seems the only two things I write about are Becky and the gym. But there is so much blog-worthy material in both of those categories.
So, lately I have been swimming laps instead of doing the elliptical.
I don't really have a good reason for this other than I am getting really tired of all the songs on my ipod and I don't know how to update it. I have kind of been working out to "Promiscuous girl" (please don't judge) since 2006. It's pathetic. I even have the techno version of the Hampster Dance song on there. One time I tried to update my ipod but I somehow ended up deleting every song on it except for "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas - and if you have ever tried to work out to "dust in the wind" it's kind of depressing.
So rather than getting new music - I have just chosen a cardio activity that will not allow for any.
But I have discovered that the pool area of the gym is where the most annoying people gather. And when you get perfect strangers, in nothing but a thin layer of spandex in the same body of water - awkwardness abounds. And when a land person (like myself) tries to be a pool person, it doesn't go well.
Yesterday there was a guy at the pool who kind of just stood on the deck and watched me do my laps. Actually, he walked up and down the deck following me as I swam - like we were at some type of swim meet. I think this guy probably spent three months as an assistant coach to his daughter's swim team back in like 1992 and somehow he got the impression that I needed/wanted swimming advice.
"Hey - what lap are you on? Be sure to cup your hands, keep your legs straight....try to do 15 laps..."
Um....excuse me? did I hire a personal trainer? What the heck? Now, I know my swimming technique is probably sub par. I kind of look like a like a frog. But I am not trying to make it to olympic trials - pretty much my only fitness goal would be to be able to fit into my jeans after I dry them.
So - American flag pants man, grunting man and selfish magazine hoarder - I miss you and I am coming back.
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3 comments:
oh my gosh. i LOVE your against-your-will swim coach. that's almost more than i can handle. a good lol. thanks, linds. love you and see you in a few! --sari
i know a really good swimming instructor in gilbert who would be very willing to help you with your strokes or have you ever considered the less popular side stroke? you could talk to this gentlemen while picking your apple and putting it in the basket. this way you could scream out to the equipment cleaner guy if he is harrassing you.
yay gym time! did you let the wanna-be swim coach have it? I bet you were gracious...I don't think I would have been :)
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