Stalls

My sister-in-law Keri tells me that the workouts on the blog look like they take an hour and a half to two hours. Don't worry - my attention span gets maxed out at the one hour mark. And I don’t want you to think you have to spend your life at the gym to have a proper lifting session. We have a couple of workouts that can run over the allotted time but we will let you know when they do.

The only time we run over an hour is when we have a lot of catching up to do. Or when we use a lot of stalls. We have been accused of not really ever working out, just cruising around the gym talking and acting busy. And every once in a while one of us says, “I just don’t want to work out today,” and we go have a beer.

So the workouts should only take an hour.  But if you would like some assistance in making a workout last longer, listed below are just a few of the stalls we like to use. These have been strenuously tested and are guaranteed to work.

• You need a drink of water.

• You need a Kleenex.

• You need a fresh towel.

• You see someone you know and you have to say hi. Preferably someone who talks a lot.

• You need to fix a piece of malfunctioning equipment.

• You can’t find the right weight.

• You have to hide Laura’s cleaning bucket.

• You have suddenly forgotten how to set up the machine and have to find someone to help you.

• You have a sudden and temporary, never before experienced, flare-up of carpal tunnel.

• Your cell phone goes off at an opportune moment (like right when your partner challenges you to an extra set of push-ups).

We hope that you will find these helpful. If you know of any other good stalls, please let us know!