<p>Well, if someone were trying to discreetly take photos, they would pretend to be talking on the phone so it wouldn’t be obvious they were using the phone to take photos. I swear I read a story about this about two years ago, and it just stuck with me. I believe it is more prevalent in high school locker rooms, but we do have high schoolers using our gym.</p>
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<p>This makes me sick!!! (Just kidding, kind of.)</p>
<p>teriwtt-- I find what you describe annoying. There seems to be a lack of respect for common space everywhere these days. You are in a tough situation though because when you swim you need to change. I don’t think taking photos is likely a huge risk, though I couldn’t be sure. I also find it offensive that a trainer would speak about her clients in public. I think what is said and done in training should stay in training and not be shared.</p>
<p>Everyone- thank you for all the information on core exercises and the warning on sit-ups. I’ve watched the video (thanks deb) a few times and will start tonight.</p>
<p>I had a beautiful walk outside today, though I needed to be cautious of the ice. My H and I walked over 4 miles mostly in the woods, but at times it felt like balance training as we tried to avoid falling. I still love the fitbit.</p>
<p>The information you all share is more than I can absorb at once. I hope to add the core exercises to my walking routines this week and in two weeks when I am on vacation I will learn the food tracker app. I am trying to treat this all like PT, adding a little each week and building on the past weeks.</p>
<p>Idad- I hope your shoulder is doing better today and that this won’t be more than a minor setback.<br>
PG- hang in there. progress is measured in months and years and not weeks. i love the suggestion kmcmom shared about finding your minimum level to default to during the rough patch.<br>
MOWC- I really like your name. I am also glad to have the Treadmill name you ordered.
MLH- got a great chuckle from your comment!</p>
<p>PG, with two sets of twins and a single, no wonder she wants to go faster! She has to work out her frustrations. </p>
<p>Phones in the gym and locker room. Hate it. I can see a quick conversation where necessary, but not a long one. And why not text? I have been known to grunt and make loud sounds when on the tm next to someone on the phone. Cameras? Ugh. </p>
<p>Trainer and spin for me. No one asked to go faster.</p>
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<p>Thanks, kmcmom. It looks like I dodged a bullet. I’m pretty much fine this morning. A can feel a little bit when I reach my arm behind me, but no pain through my entire range of motion. The ends of my elbows where I landed are a bit tender. I’m leaning towards giving my usual Monday workout a go. I actually suspect that having a little bit of shoulder muscle from DB bench press probably helped me i the fall.</p>
<p>On BMI</p>
<p>My BMI hovers right around 25. It a really lousy index on an individual level. It was never suppose to be used that way, but like so many easily measured “health” parameters, it’s misused and probably a negative motivation for most people. Doesn’t help that the definition of “overweight” was lowered from 27.9 to 25 in 1998. Millions of perfectly normal Americans suddenly being told by their doctors that they are “fat”. Plus, the way it’s used statistically isn’t even accurate. My BMI as measured by my doctor includes my clothes, my glasses, my wrist watch, my cell phone, my car keys (with flashlight and mini-knife), any my belt.</p>
<p>Or how about the “middle-age” person who aggressively looks to improve their bone mass to prevent osteoporosis and who is successful with vitamin D, load bearing exercise, etc. Their BMI does up. </p>
<p>MOWC:</p>
<p>Nice job walking by that tin! One of the challenges of these little maintenance corrections is that the stuff we eat (or don’t eat) today probably shows up on the scale in two weeks. So it’s not like you get an instant reward for tightening things up. Losing the weight originally gives stronger motivation as the scale (or the notch in the belt, or whatever) gives more frequent payoffs. I weighted the lowest this morning I have since the first week of November. Now, we’ll see if it was a fluke or if I can back it up.</p>
<p>Hmmm…interesting thing to think about now. I am aware that it is really easy to snap pictures of people. Really easy. </p>
<p>As far as people asking to go faster in spinning classes, never heard it. If people want to try a different style or exercise during the class, they’ll talk to her before or after class. No one keeps on saying faster. If you want to go faster, go faster.</p>
<p>On phones: I can’t even imagine why people walk around the grocery store with a phone to their ear. Sheesh, it’s all I can do to remember to buy dish detergent without the distraction of carrying on a conversation. :)</p>
<p>What is wrong with talking on the phone while shopping? </p>
<p>If I’m shopping, texting takes too long to clue whoever Imm talking on what I’m doing. If Imm looking at something and it may be something they want, texting takes too long. Calling is much faster.</p>
<p>I think iDad means having whole conversations not related to the shopping. I especially hate when someone keeps talking while checking out, trying to pay etc.</p>
<p>I sort of blew it today. I ran 2 miles this am (still tired and sore from the tough run yesterday) in the cold. Right now it is 60 degrees and gorgeous. I wish I had planned a noon run. I thought I had a lunch meeting, but I was wrong. Tomorrow when I planned to run at noon it is going to be 30 with terrible winds.</p>
<p>~ 4 mile park run. 39 degrees, no wind, Canadian geese having a leisurely lawn breakfast.</p>
<p>Ahh, MoWC, understand I do now. </p>
<p>Pointless public phone conversations. The things I’ve learned about strangers’ lives just by being in the same aisle.</p>
<p>Lustig has a new article in The Atlantic on sugar addiction:</p>
<p>[The</a> Sugar-Addiction Taboo - Robert H. Lustig - The Atlantic](<a href=“The Sugar-Addiction Taboo - The Atlantic”>The Sugar-Addiction Taboo - The Atlantic)</p>
<p>Apparently, MOWC was not the only person who ate the whole bag of Lindt chocolates:</p>
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<p>What I want to know… Why did I have to eat an entire 2 pound bag of pistachios within a few days of buying it? :)</p>
<p>I ate the bag over several days… :)</p>
<p>I want the bag.</p>
<p>Clearly I need to eat lunch! :)</p>
<p>teriwtt,</p>
<p>That’s not just rude, but breaking all confidentiality. I’d definitely talk to management about a trainer discussing her clients where others can hear.</p>
<p>All you need is a cold… That would make even one Lindt chocolate unappetizing. 
We got upgraded to the first class last night flying out of SF, and I did not even touched my Dilettante chocolates that were given to me with my coffee.</p>
<p>No gym (or anything else) for me today. Yesterday I managed to miss the bottom step coming downstairs at 5:30 AM. (No, I hadn’t turned on the light; yes I should have.) My left foot and right knee were pretty sore. I got ice on them right away, and spent the day on the couch. I thought I’d feel better as the day went on, but I felt so much worse – I could barely hobble around. We decided I should go for an x-ray today to see if I broke anything. BUT, when I got up this morning I could actually get around much better. I’m not ready for any real exercise, but at least I’m on the mend. Big relief – especially since H & I are supposed to be leaving for FL on Wednesday. (I say “supposed” since there’s also supposed to be a snowstorm headed our way.)</p>
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<p>Aaarghh. Believe me, I feel your pain. I had the ice bag all day yesterday, too. It’s such a helpless feeling to fall on stairs, because you know nothing good is going to come from it. It’s such a “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” moment!</p>
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<p>I’m glad to report that I was feeling perky enough to navigate the stairs to the basement and try my workout. I was prepared to bail out if my shoulder hurt.</p>
<p>Goblet squats (50lb KB): no problem
3 pt single arm rows (50lb DB): no problem
Step ups (2 x 30 lb DBs): no problem
DB Bench press (2 x 40 lb DB): no problem</p>
<p>I did back off on the range of motion on the bench press just a little. Instead of coming down to the weights touching my chest and elbow below the shoulder, I did stop an inch or two higher as full depth is tough on shouders.</p>
<p>The only thing that really gave me any trouble was the side planks, only because the ends of my elbows are bruised and tender. I played through pain just a little bit on that one, although I do side planks on a thick exercise mat, so it wasn’t too bad.</p>
<p>All, in all, I am apparently no worse for wear. I was, however, a good deal more careful on the steps outside.</p>
<p>Now. that football season is over (for my team), it was time to dive into my backlog of fitness podcasts during my workout. Starting with a really interesting two part interview with Tim DiFrancesco, the strength/conditioning coach for the LA Lakers who has been getting tons of media coverage lately for feeding the team butter and steak and saturated fat and so forth.</p>
<p>Nothing beats working out to an interview that starts with goblet squats and ends with a Lakers post-game meal of surf and turf salad: lobster, rib eye steak, aged cheddar cheese, and a salad with a cilantro olive oil vinaigrette. Darn, I’m getting hungry.</p>
<p>In any case, this stuff must have nutritionists seeing red:</p>
<p>[L.A</a>. Lakers’ Tim DiFrancesco On Building Strength and Resilience | Sports Coach Radio](<a href=“http://sportscoachradio.com/l-a-lakers-tim-difrancesco-on-building-strength-and-resilience/]L.A”>http://sportscoachradio.com/l-a-lakers-tim-difrancesco-on-building-strength-and-resilience/)</p>
<p>[Tim</a> DiFrancesco Inspires An L.A. Lakers Real Food Revolution | Sports Coach Radio](<a href=“http://sportscoachradio.com/tim-difrancesco-inspires-l-lakers-real-food-revolution/]Tim”>http://sportscoachradio.com/tim-difrancesco-inspires-l-lakers-real-food-revolution/)</p>
<p>Wow, CBB. Glad you are on the mend. This has been a dangerous week for our thread!</p>
<p>Deborah- I didn’t actually eat the bag. Tempting, though!</p>