You can do what I do arachne and just give the workers a death glare while I recoup between sets…It’s worked so far
I usually get the “why do you lift with your shoes off?” question from other patrons. I give them a chop to the throat to send a message to the gym employees “If you address my shoelessness you get a chop to the throat.” It’s a little extreme but gets the job done
[quote]polo77j wrote:
You can do what I do arachne and just give the workers a death glare while I recoup between sets…It’s worked so far
I usually get the “why do you lift with your shoes off?” question from other patrons. I give them a chop to the throat to send a message to the gym employees “If you address my shoelessness you get a chop to the throat.” It’s a little extreme but gets the job done[/quote]
LOL! I don’t think that’s extreme. It really just efficient to let them know up front what they are dealing with. A kindness, really.
It’s funny, I used to really look down on people who said distance running was “boring.” You mean, you don’t want to trot for two and a half hours at a stretch? What kind of a weak-willed, ADD loser are you?
Well, apparently I am now a weak-willed, ADD loser; I find I don’t have as much patience for really long runs. There’s always a little voice in my head saying “Don’t you want to do sprints and plyometrics instead?”
Strength training really conditions you to want instant gratification. Quick strength gain, improved appearance, getting to do different things on different workout days. And distance running is all about, well, endurance: putting up with something thankless, and loving the very purity of its thanklessness, and just being alone on the road for its own sake. It’s very unworldly and almost innocent – or at least that’s what I learned as a cross-country kid with an idealistic coach. So there are times when I regret not being a 40-mile-a-week person any more. Maybe one day I’ll go back to it – but right now I’m liking what I do these days.
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
2 miles,
10 sprints, 30 s each
3x20 squat jumps.
It’s funny, I used to really look down on people who said distance running was “boring.” You mean, you don’t want to trot for two and a half hours at a stretch? What kind of a weak-willed, ADD loser are you?
Well, apparently I am now a weak-willed, ADD loser; I find I don’t have as much patience for really long runs. There’s always a little voice in my head saying “Don’t you want to do sprints and plyometrics instead?”
Strength training really conditions you to want instant gratification. Quick strength gain, improved appearance, getting to do different things on different workout days. And distance running is all about, well, endurance: putting up with something thankless, and loving the very purity of its thanklessness, and just being alone on the road for its own sake. It’s very unworldly and almost innocent – or at least that’s what I learned as a cross-country kid with an idealistic coach. So there are times when I regret not being a 40-mile-a-week person any more. Maybe one day I’ll go back to it – but right now I’m liking what I do these days.[/quote]
ooooh I used to live for the road work, and now prefer heavy crap.
I wrestled in college and did extensive road work, still plenty of jumps,
hills sprints etc.
but really it was road work I got up to 10 to 13 miles 6 days a week,
little bit of a problem there.
I was a cross country kid, too. My high school boyfriend and I used to get up and run a couple miles BEFORE we went to cross country practice. Heh. Yeah, we were kinda nuts. I don’t run at all anymore–that was a lot of years ago.
Oh, I’m horrendous at parties. I normally wind up hanging out in a corner with the alcoholics – not because I’m at all a heavy drinker, just to avoid having to dance.
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
Oh, I’m horrendous at parties. I normally wind up hanging out in a corner with the alcoholics – not because I’m at all a heavy drinker, just to avoid having to dance.[/quote]
well with an attitude like that ::takes large gulp out of cup and backs out of thread slowly…::
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
It’s funny, I used to really look down on people who said distance running was “boring.” You mean, you don’t want to trot for two and a half hours at a stretch? What kind of a weak-willed, ADD loser are you?
Well, apparently I am now a weak-willed, ADD loser; I find I don’t have as much patience for really long runs. There’s always a little voice in my head saying “Don’t you want to do sprints and plyometrics instead?”
Strength training really conditions you to want instant gratification. Quick strength gain, improved appearance, getting to do different things on different workout days. And distance running is all about, well, endurance: putting up with something thankless, and loving the very purity of its thanklessness, and just being alone on the road for its own sake. It’s very unworldly and almost innocent – or at least that’s what I learned as a cross-country kid with an idealistic coach. So there are times when I regret not being a 40-mile-a-week person any more. Maybe one day I’ll go back to it – but right now I’m liking what I do these days.[/quote]
I can identify with all of this. I do love running on occasion, when the endorphins are right or it’s a pretty day/nice route, and I like spending the time with my dog, but when people say they run to “get in shape” my first thought (after “yeah, good luck with that”) is, Sucks to be you!
When I was running the most it was also the time I was reading Thoreau all the time, giving away my clothes, and chasing boys with dreadlocks. It can be sort of a cult thing. I will say though, if you need to really bang a problem out mentally a run is pretty helpful. And I like collecting T-shirts.
Distance running is all about, well, endurance: putting up with something thankless, and loving the very purity of its thanklessness, and just being alone on the road for its own sake. [/quote]
You don’t need to run to get this feeling. Have a couple of kids and that feeling can last for the rest of your life
I used to run years ago when I was in basic training. I never got the endorphin rush. I got the vomit rush. Every. Single. Time. I guess we are all built differently. I get the endorphin rush from lifting heavy and feeling like adrenaline is shooting out my eyes to the point that I don’t notice when my palms are ripped up and bleeding. I guess we take it where we can get it right?
Distance running is all about, well, endurance: putting up with something thankless, and loving the very purity of its thanklessness, and just being alone on the road for its own sake.
You don’t need to run to get this feeling. Have a couple of kids and that feeling can last for the rest of your life
I used to run years ago when I was in basic training. I never got the endorphin rush. I got the vomit rush. Every. Single. Time. I guess we are all built differently. I get the endorphin rush from lifting heavy and feeling like adrenaline is shooting out my eyes to the point that I don’t notice when my palms are ripped up and bleeding. I guess we take it where we can get it right?[/quote]
I WISH I got an endorphin rush from lifting. I love it, nonetheless.
Oh, wow, basic training – another reason to be impressed. I guess I’ll learn about the kids when I get there.
I do like lifting better. I think I’ve been more successful at it, at least (I was never that fast a runner).
