Twelve Unintentional Benefits of Exercising
January 13, 2009
At my 6 am Jamie Atlas’ ski conditioning classes I am building muscle, gaining flexibility and burning calories. Of course!
There are, however, the following side effects…
1. Waking up 6:30 am on non-exercise days and feeling like I slept in
2. Drinking my daily recommended amount of water before 7 am
3. Sweating like I am in a sauna, actually more like a steam room, while everyone is fully clothed (no awkward moments, accidental views of unsightly body parts, and no shaving my legs!)
4. Learning the Australian language. I think I’m learning although I still say, “What?” to Jamie a lot. Of course I noticed that he also says, “What?” to me a lot. Luckily this isn’t a serious communication barrier.
5. Getting out of the house at least three times a week, even if it is dark and really cold outside.
6. Exercising my brain by trying to figure how to repeat the “complicated” moves ten more times but now starting with my “other” left leg.
7. Possibly being motivated to actually go ski after hearing that everyone else in the ski conditioning class has been up skiing, many times. Some even skip ski class and actually go skiing! The nerve.
8. Feeling very energetic and motivated to accomplish everything on my “To Do” list, at least for the first hour after I get home.
9. Watching the local Sloan’s Lake fox troll the neighborhood in the dark morning and finding out he/she smells like the sewer. Can foxes live in the sewer?
10. Wearing workout clothes any day of the week and people just assuming I went to my ski conditioning class. Wait, maybe this isn’t a good thing. Maybe people will start wondering why I don’t shower and get out of my sweaty clothes.
11. Going out in public with some seriously scary bedhead and not caring, well at least realizing it is dark and my workout mates haven’t made funny of me, to my face.
12. Eating breakfast twice! The one at 5:30 am doesn’t really count, right?
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1. Jamie Atlas | January 14, 2009 at 10:33 pm
What a great article! I feel inspired to write an article titled “the 8 unintentional benefits of working out with Jen Grauer” (not sure I can come up with 8 half-decent ones, let alone 12!.
Hmmm… lets see…
1: She inspires others to move as fast as her nimble legs can go
2: She puts a smile on your face just because she always has a smile on hers
3: She mentions you in blog posts (thanks Jen!)
4: She reminds you that it is important to be passionate about what you do, regardless of what that might be
5: She makes me feel less self-conscious about wearing my shirts inside out occasionally
6: She asks lots of questions which means I get to talk a lot (and who doesn’t love that!)
7: She has cool friends that do cool things which I can live vicariously through
8: She reminds you that good things sometimes come in short packages (I mean vertically challenged!)
Thanks Jen. You are bloody awesome! Crikey Wallaby Dingo Billabong!
2. Jennifer | January 14, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Crikey Wallaby Dingo Billabong?
Those are some new Australian terms. I may have to Google a translation .
Oh, about the smile thing. I think many occurrences may just be misinterpreted contortions of my face, like today while trying to hold my arms out straight, while pulling a weighted cable from the side, standing on a bosu ball and squatting twelve times. Ya, I’m pretty sure that wasn’t a smile.
I was smiling, however, when the heavier weight kept ripping me off the bosu ball and while trying to curl a 5 gallon water jug. I was a regular comedy act this morning!
Thanks for great classes Jamie! You always keep things interesting, challenging, and fun! The health nut lectures aren’t bad either.