Sunday, May 27, 2007

Chiseled

On Thursday I had my first class of "Chiseled", a weight training class offered through the university. Yes, it's called chiseled...which is what I will be in just six short weeks.

Even though I kept up with the rest of the class, I had to cheat my way through more than a few of the exercises and shook so much that I nearly fell over several times. Meanwhile, fifty-year-old women floated gracefully beside me, effortlessly lifting one another into the air with one arm.

By the end of the class, I was feeling very sweaty and humble despite being more chiseled than I was a mere 50 minutes before. As I bent over to pick up my equipment, I was so tired that I somehow lost control of my jaw. Time slowed as chewing gum fell from my mouth and landed on top of one of the weights. I was too mortified to look around and see if anyone noticed as I peeled my gum from the free weight.
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Hopefully nobody was looking but still...why do I have to be the gross kid at Chiseled?

7 comments:

kinneyland said...

The funny part to me is that from now on you will imagine the gum of a million strangers on your free weights and be forced to bring sanitizer wipes with you to the gym so you can work out.
Ah, your complexes. How I miss them.

Jamie said...

My complexes just growing in your absence Celia. If you ever move back to Calgary, you can reacquainted wiht them...

Karen said...

Where did you find that picture? I touch weights like those everyday.
If it makes you feel better I fell on my knees at the dump today! Tell me that's not gross. In shorts I might add.

DaveJenn said...

That chipmunk is freaky!!! I hope that's not what you're aspiring to look like!

Allejandro said...

The class was 4 or 5 days ago and she's still hobbling around like she don't got no knees. And she's planning on going running tomorrow. All I have to say is I better not get a call at work cause she needs me to come pick her up from some city pathway. My suggestion: run within hobbling distance of a bus route.

Heather M. said...

Hey, I didn't know you were doing that! WTG! I would SO do something like that with the gum.

Anonymous said...

Wow. I've known you for over 20 years and I'm STILL impressed!

 
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