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Fri Dec 4
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(this is a joke. I am now at an all woman's gym. Mostly for the Zumba, but the total lack of grunting male-ness while I sweat and flail about is rather fantastic.)
I find it fitting that a story about the US's messed-up health/fitness culture has a picture of a Bollywood actress (Shilpa Shetty) and her most likely Indian trainer. Americans: not even turning out sexy enough workout pictures for blog posts. Collective fail!
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There are also, of course, the sports-bra-only wearers, whom I salute for their extreme confidence.
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Sorry, I keep trying to post an image, won't let me.
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It's time women started sexually harassing men back. Ladies, next time you walk by a construction site, start make comments about their package. It'll totally freak them out.
Or smack a guy on his ass as he walks by you at your local gym. Or, even worse, walk right up to him and talk to him at close range, then watch him get flustered and tongue-tied. Cat got your tongue? Phhht!!!
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Their arrogance and lack of discipline in that area translates to their students, too. I hear people saying some whack shit to each other that is totally unacceptable. I understand for some people part of fighting is getting psyched up by shit-talking, but it gets outta hand sometimes.
Whatever. I get to punch 'em in the head eventually so it all evens out in the end ;)
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After all, these are martial artists, and part their program is ruling by fear. Students are there to learn discipline, and some of it will be harsh compared to what is acceptable in say, an office environment. Also, these guys are really young, inexperienced, unsophisticated, also possibly uneducated or from bad working-class neighborhoods—not that that's an excuse. They are like non-university frat boys, and they have all sorts of douchey hazing-type behaviors. The comments I object to the most are the ones about how I look. What am I supposed to do to cover up being a woman?!
I vote with my feet. And my pocket book. Or simply beat them at their own game, which, happily in my sport, allows for beat-downs!
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Edit: although one thing. Properly, a school should not be run by fear but by respect. A teacher should keep a class in line and should be capable of throwing down if necessary. But if you're afraid of a teacher, that's not a healthy environment.
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*not a euphemism for anything; actual chocolate muffin
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*Babies and pregnant women excluded. Bosses, pricks on the subway, racist fear mongers, brown-nosing little twerps with bad hair...all game for the punting.
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Not sure what we'd do about Glenn Back though. We'd have to sell tickets...
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So complicated.
We don't want to restrict it. It should be organic. One of those, "You deserve it. You know you do. So brace yourself, fuckface, this will be epic. THWAP!" kind of moments. And then life goes on.
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If you just let the hyper-competitive jocks be their own god-damn gym class, and let the rest of us do some tai-chi or some shit, everyone would be happier about exercise.
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I'm not sure if this was regional or a sign of the times (I grew up in) but I recall the President's Physical Fitness Program (or something like that) where all of us little ones had to engage in minimal strength training and aerobic exercise in gym class - primarily before middle school. Do programs like this no longer exist?