Lame Excuses
My office gym has one new trainer/motivator/advisor who started work a few months ago. She is very enthusiastic about getting people enthusiastic about exercise. She is also petite and thin in the way teenagers are.
One day, I asked her for some advice on a sore knee, and she got to asking me how much time I spend running, and if I did any strength training. I told her - no, I don't do much strength training - I have a little daughter, you see, and I don't get much time to work out. (Not like you, with all the time in the world to keep yourself fit, I was thinking. You wouldn't know how hard it is, you think I'm just whining. Just like my yoga instructor, who's slim like you, and flexible like only the young can be).
A month or two later, I overheard her telling somebody in the gym about her two kids, and about doing up their rooms. I found out that her oldest was about ten. Pie in my face :) Never, ever going to use the kid excuse again! And never ever going to judge people that quickly again.
And the yoga instructor? Well, she has one "kid" who'll be in college next year. Another who is in college now. And another who's been through college already. Things aren't always what they seem to be.
One day, I asked her for some advice on a sore knee, and she got to asking me how much time I spend running, and if I did any strength training. I told her - no, I don't do much strength training - I have a little daughter, you see, and I don't get much time to work out. (Not like you, with all the time in the world to keep yourself fit, I was thinking. You wouldn't know how hard it is, you think I'm just whining. Just like my yoga instructor, who's slim like you, and flexible like only the young can be).
A month or two later, I overheard her telling somebody in the gym about her two kids, and about doing up their rooms. I found out that her oldest was about ten. Pie in my face :) Never, ever going to use the kid excuse again! And never ever going to judge people that quickly again.
And the yoga instructor? Well, she has one "kid" who'll be in college next year. Another who is in college now. And another who's been through college already. Things aren't always what they seem to be.
posted by Myna at 8:30 AM
3 Comments:
very nice blog name... my favourite poem too.. loved the way it rhymes. and all the best on your gyming
Damn, I was using the same excuse all this while ;)
But her kid is 10 year old, she certainly has more time than us ;)
I agree with TD:-))) another excuse lol..
btw I still remember your routine & trying hard to get my butt off the coutch but its not working:-)) somehow its glued to it:-) One of these days I am gonna start exercising:-)
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