{"id":924,"date":"2011-04-19T14:13:27","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T18:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noelfigart.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/19\/didn%e2%80%99t-swim\/"},"modified":"2011-04-19T14:13:27","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T18:13:27","slug":"didnt-swim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelfigart.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/19\/didnt-swim\/","title":{"rendered":"Didn\u2019t Swim"},"content":{"rendered":"

I thought<\/em> that there was no lap swimming after I’d be getting home for teaching, so I prepped to lift weight, instead.\n<\/p>\n

No, I didn’t work out first thing in the morning. On days when I’m teaching in the morning and<\/em> opening the gym, I don’t work out before I do all that. I’m all for<\/em> getting a workout done right away, but my cutoff for how early I’m willing to arise for non-emergency purposes is four in the morning. So no, won’t be working out before<\/em> I open the gym.\n<\/p>\n

Yes, I lifted for about a half an hour.\n<\/p>\n

I hate going into a busy weight room when I don’t know the guys there. It’s just this thing<\/em> I have going. And it was busy with some guys working with some trainer I’d never met.\n<\/p>\n

So, I creep over to the bench press, get in my sets, then get over to my non-favorite squat rack (my favorite on was in use) and load up the bar to lift. I’m getting all these looks<\/em> and it’s really distracting, but I go on with my workout. I know it can’t be because of how much I’m lifting. I can name six female gym patrons who regularly squat twice the weight I was working out with. I ignored it and concentrated on Savatage while I got on with my set.\n<\/p>\n

After I’m done an unloading the bar, the coach dewd comes over to help me do so. I had to bite my tongue not to say, “For a ten pound plate. REALLY<\/em><\/strong>?”\n<\/p>\n

Well, as it turns out, it was actually a good thing I bit my tongue. His comment, “You’ve got a good squat. What’s your sport?”\n<\/p>\n

Okay, for the non weightlifters, being complimented on squat form is a high-order thing at the free weights. Being asked what my sport is makes me a bit giddy, what wit me having none. I don’t know for sure, but I’m half wondering if the looks were because my form was being pointed out.\n<\/p>\n

I thanked him and commented that I don’t really have one, but I swim a lot. He told me he thought I ought to get into Olympic lifting.\n<\/p>\n

Well\u2026\n<\/p>\n

In reality, I’m not<\/em> strong enough to consider competing, and my focus really does need to be regularity of workout over competitions. But still, it was pretty damn flattering.\n<\/p>\n

Though, I need to remember that half a bowl of oatmeal at quarter to five, while a so-so breakfast, is not going to be enough fuel for a weight-lifting session at quarter to one after teaching a class. I need to pack a bento on days I intend to work out AFTER I teach. I intend to avoid that, as I prefer to work out first thing in the morning, but still, I got it out of the way before I came home. So now I can relax with a good conscience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I thought that there was no lap swimming after I’d be getting home for teaching, so I prepped to lift weight, instead. No, I didn’t work out first thing in the morning. On days when I’m teaching in the morning and opening the gym, I don’t work out before I do all that. I’m all … <\/p>\n

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