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The Irony Of It All
Brad Hollerbach

A Reason To Hate the Number "55"

Posted Friday, February 20, 2009, at 8:45 AM

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  • I've never been accused of not working. You should have seen me this past fall when I prepped and installed 1500 square yards of sod by my lonesome. I'm surprised I had any fillings left after running a rototiller for hours on end.

    As far as BodyPump I've never participated in organized cardio, but rather enjoy it. Although, that being said, you will not catch me in Zumba (sp?). Complete lack of rhythm.

    Definitely, better than going up a pant size.

    By the way, is that a new picture of you?

    Thanks for reading.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Mon, Feb 23, 2009, at 9:49 PM
  • I like Samba's, as long as you swing your arms or something on the 2 and 4 beat it looks like you know what you're doing.

    I feel ya though Brad. I can lift weights, do push ups or sit-ups until my arms don't work anymore. Anything related to cardio however...I will come to within an inch of my life within a matter of minutes. Call it exercise induced asthma or whatever, it stinks. I don't feel out of shape, and I can run.....I just have to carry an inhaler and cough violently every so often.

    When I worked at a mental institution for children they would play a pilates (sp?) video, and the kids didn't want to do it because they said they'd look silly or that it was hard, to try and keep their spirits up I'd do the video with them. Those things are really really hard. The beginner videos are ridiculous. I felt like I should have watched the pre-requisite beginner video on contortionism and had an oxygen mask to get through it.

    -- Posted by ZeRo1 on Tue, Feb 24, 2009, at 10:18 AM
  • I LOVED BodyPump! I was just too lazy to take my fat@#$ to the gym. The trainers there are great and you will begin to see results very quickly. Maybe we should get a neighborhood BodyPump class together. That, or you should just drive by my house and force me to go with you and your wife. Acctually, I can't cause I already terminated my membership :( Oh well, maybe you'll see me walking my dogs soon. I promise I won't let them do their business in any of your yards!

    -- Posted by PeggySue on Thu, Feb 26, 2009, at 1:25 PM
  • Bodypump is nothing more than a commercial cookie cutter program...doing that many repetitions is overkill...a big waste of your time. another disadvantage of a class like that is there are so many people, that the instructors can't take time out to correct form...so many of the movements are performed incorrectly that people are putting themselves at great risk for injury.

    -- Posted by KAATSU on Sun, Mar 1, 2009, at 8:09 AM