Unintentionally, a little corner of the gym has turned into “our” corner. We use the corner so much that people comment on it. One day we had a new person lifting with us. As we headed over to set up our corner, another of the gym regulars told her, “Don’t let them take you in the corner! They took someone in there once before and they were never seen again!”
We like to use this corner because it’s out of the way. We can set up all kinds of equipment and leave it out for our workouts without getting in anyone’s way. We can do our push-ups without anyone having to walk around us. It’s also a really great place to stall for a minute if we get tired – not that we would ever do that.
Last Friday we did our “Multiple Choice Test” workout. This workout is set up so that you can do it as a beginner, intermediate or advanced lifter. We chose to do the advanced test, and it was harder than either of us remembered. Several complaints were lodged during the course of the workout, including, “Was it this hard last time?”, “Seriously, do you remember this being so hard?”, and “I’m really getting tired.”
The last thing we had to do was a one minute plank. There is a nice sweet lady who is often there when we work out. She sits and waits for her friend and we “allow” her to wait in our corner. But Friday we put her to work. We asked if she had a second hand on her watch. She did, and she agreed to time us for one minute. As soon as we started, we told her she had to tell us a joke to keep us entertained, because a minute is a long, long time when you’re doing a plank. And she, this nice, sweet lady, said, “Well, I don’t think I know any jokes that are clean enough to tell!” That was better than any joke she could have told.
If you come to our gym, be sure to look for us in the corner. We will probably be there.
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