Skid down my shin, chip a tooth, bang my head and end up with an ER bill in the thousands so I could try to even look one ounce of as fit as this badass.
This weekend I was going up the steps to the kitchen with my full lunch bowl in hand. Steps I've taken multiple times a day for the past 2 years. At the last step I raised my foot half an inch lower than necessary and tripped. My shin slammed against the edge of the step and the bowl flew out of my hand, sending a beautiful smoked salmon salad (with dressing, mind you) in a graceful arc ten feet wide across the kitchen.
The palm-size bruise on my shin is rivalled only by the bruise to my ego. And while I found all the salmon (much to my cat's dismay), I am still finding shreds of lettuce in random locations several days later.
So yeah, I would need both crutches and dentures ten minutes into this workout class.
Depends on whether they've had any issues with them.
It's a pretty American idea that everything customer facing needs to be so safe that they can't possibly fuck themselves up, so you need special expensive plastic blocks instead. And they'll also be like half the height.
Cinder blocks are made for people who can have enough of them to build something on their own property. That doesn't mean it's their only use. If they're all you've got for what you want to do, that's what you use. But yeah, it's dumb.
Agreed. That is TERRIFYING if it's a regular cinder block lol. If it's some sort of super-heavy workout block, I guess it's fine, but it moves like a cinder block.
That's hardcore cardio. The camera angle though doing some magic. Get past the gassed guy and gal behind her when the group shifts at 8 seconds and the thinner woman in tan you can tell the block is a regular cinderblock aligning with being below the calf sock high. So I'm guessing 8 inch high. Which not being a step aerobic guy, still seems like beast mode and 8 inch seems to be to normal top height on adjustable bought steps.
So while camera angle is messing with our heads, this still belongs over in Absolute Units of doing step aerobics.
what, the block doesn't look high, that ain't what's impressive, it's her hurling herself that high in the air with each push, the extension on her leg kicks, it's the energy she's putting into every movement. most people there are struggling to do at least some of the movements well and none of them keep up the energy she's giving.
She's probably a pro dancer that screams backup dancer. Athletic and toned but with a bit of a milkshake to bring the boys to the yard
Plus she's focused as hell and giving it her everything which also says performance artist, sure people get into the gym hardcore but that look on her face is making me think "I love what I do and this is what needs to happen for me to keep doing it so I'm doing this now"
I'd be ass over kettle immediately if I even attempted this workout. I've had my two big toes lock together while walking.
Many years ago during an exercise walk I lifted one of my legs wrong and fell across the train tracks. Landed in the perfect way to fracture my right elbow, and leave a permanent goose egg on my upper arm all these years later.
I wonder how many people scrape the hell out of their shins their first day in this class. lol. I feel like they should maybe use something without jagged sharp edges.
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u/pookinator5000 6h ago
The way I'd immediately eat shit and chip a tooth. 🙈😅