#different today

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July 5, 2021

So, on my physio’s advice, I joined a gym last week.

Today, I had a session with one of the personal trainers as an “induction” where she showed me how to use a bunch of machines.

And… she was so baffled by me.

“How did you injure yourself?”

“Netball.”

“Do you play professionally?”

“No”

“Okay so how often do you play?”

“2-3 times per week”

????

“Okay so it’s like…a big part of your life then?”

“Yeah. Plus umpiring, coaching…”

“…. Ooooooo kaaaaay”

[session starts]

[it rapidly becomes obvious I do NOT know how to use machines when I literally get on one backwards AND upside down]

Her: still trying to work out how I can be very sport and yet negative gym

“So…. Have you… *never* been in a gym before?”

“I mean… technically I did go in once on a year 9 PE excursion?”

“And… you… play a lot of netball…”

“Uh huh.”

[cue more polite wtf faces]

:insert several politely worded “gyms are good pitches here:

Anyway, this is all a long winded way of saying I’ve joined a gym, and was deeply amused by the gym people’s inability to make sense of me :)

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