June 6, 2010
Fending Off The Know-It-All
I considered live blogging the Flyers game tonight. But then I realized that I would probably be writing a string of obscenities, followed by an occasional "YES!" and then a bunch of hair-raising, "No! NOO! NOOO!" chants and I figured that wouldn't be very entertaining. Also not entertaining? That stupid doodle-doodle song that Chicago sings every time they score. Mute button on the remote? Check.
Instead of telling you about how wonderful it's going to be for Philly to take the Cup in Game 7 in Chicago (because you already know how awesome that will be), I'll tell you about how I went to the gym twice this weekend and how I can barely move, laugh, breathe, walk or blink without being in pain because of it. I seriously hate that I had to stop working out because getting back into the shape I was in before is going to be no small feat. I will also tell you that I am currently trying out a different gym for a three week time period to see if I like it. Mr. BBM has joined with me as well.
On Saturday, we walked into the gym and there were only about five other people there. Sweet! No one was going to bother me. I put on my mean face, stuck my headphones in my ears, turned up the volume and got to work. I decided I would try out my new prescribed knee sleeve to see how I liked it.
About half way through my work-out, a rather overweight and out-of-shape looking older dude started talking at me. I tried to look away but he kept at it and stood right in front of me. I pulled out my headphones, obviously irritated, and he started on this whole tirade of, "I saw you over on those two machines a while ago and I see you have knee issues. What did you do? The reason I ask is because I have knee issues too and my ortho told me those machines are bad for you. You're not supposed to use them. You're supposed to do natural movements like deep squats and lunges, not extensions." He continued on for a while and I glared at him with my most irritated look I could muster.
I then told him that I'm not allowed to do deep squats (not to mention deep squats and lunges are the most natural movement I can think of-I mean, I practically walk through the grocery store doing lunge, deep squat, lunge, deep squat, because that is oh-so-natural, GRR), that I spent 8.5 months of my life working with a physical therapist under the direction of an ortho surgeon and that I also worked out with a personal trainer for about a year who was also trained and personally experienced with ACL issues. I told him he should continue to do whatever his surgeon told him, and "I'll continue to do what mine told me." I stuck my headphones back in my ears and turned away, 180 degrees so there was no question our conversation was now over.
As we were leaving, I told Mr. BBM that my workout had been great, minus my little know-it-all knee man encounter. Mr. BBM told me the dude could have cared less about my knee. He was trying to open up a line of communication with me. I would say he failed pretty miserably. Opened and closed in a matter of about 30 seconds. Score 1 for me and my headphones.
I can not stand guys who go to the gym and interfere in my workouts. I truly wish they would mind their own business. I give off the "leave me the hell alone vibe" plenty, avoid any and all eye contact, and still, it happens whenever I go. Maybe I need to check out the gym during the "soccer Mom" times, or maybe I should just pretend I don't speak English next time.
Or perhaps to let him know I'm really not conversation worthy, I should start singing that Chicago doodle-doodle song thing. I guess it might be good for something after all.
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This is probably the wrong time to tell you I’m a Blackhawks fan. 🙂
Go sing your doodle song until your head explodes buddy. Wrong time indeed! GRR! Remember that pic of us from Tequila Con??? You know the one… Im thinking of that right now. 😉
Years ago, I had a guy stop me to tell me I was doing squats wrong. I’d researched, was comfortable with my method, and felt it was the least likely to cause me knee/back problems.
Hmmm… I was getting ready to say that I prefer people to leave me alone in the gym, but I did have a guy point out a flaw in my benching that could have caused shoulder problems.
Well, in any case, when guys give me tips I don’t have to try to figure out if they’re hitting on me or not.
Maybe I need to school you in the “leave me alone face” because NO ONE speaks to me in the gym.
Although that could be because I go at 5:30 am.
Unless you think he was lying about his own knee problems, you should try looking at the situation from his perspective.
After you have many different people approach you over the course of the three years since knee surgery, each telling you something completely different, you tire of it very quickly. I trust my doctors, physical therapists and trainers. I go to the gym to work out, not converse. As a Mom, I have a limited amount of time and I dont need advice. It would be different if I was looking for advice. Im not. The scar he had was a knee replacement, which is an entirely different protocol than ACL reconstruction. I appreciate your comment, but it just gets really annoying to be interrupted all the time at the gym when Im minding my own business, expecting other people to do the same.
DO you speak any other languages? That could be interesting… as long as your interrupter doesn’t speak the same language… better!