Lady Chaos at the Gym

[2Shy]

I'm a walking catastrophe area. I have a high threshold for pain combined with a tendency to bruise, so I'm always discovering "mystery bruises."

For two weeks, I've sported a nice, rainbow-hued circle on the inside of my left wrist, the result of gesturing while talking and ramming my wrist against a bar.

Wednesday takes the cake, though. It was speed bench day. For tricep work I decided to do the rolling tricep extensions I'd seen Spatts do in a video.

I decided to forego the "rolling" part when I neglected to pull the dumbbells far enough apart on the return and wound up slamming two 20-pound dumbbells against my temples.

Owie!

Now I have matching bruises on either side of my forehead.

What a maroon!

 

[TheProject]

OMG!

I've managed to whack myself on dumbbells before, but never left a bruise!

Poor thing...I bet that really hurt!

 

[2Shy]

he he ... especially my pride!

I said a few, choice, ladylike words.

Too bad that one wasn't captured on film!

 

[b fold the truth]

Cheese ALWAYS hits himself in the face while doing face pulls...I just sit back and watch him...every week.

B True

 

[TheProject]

Cheese ALWAYS hits himself in the face while doing face pulls...I just sit back and watch him...every week.

B True

It's not nice to laugh but...

 

[b fold the truth]

It's not nice to laugh but...

It wouldn't be funny...if he didn't do it EVERY time...

And it is funny to hear him grunt and groan...then say..."ouch"...

B True

 

[2Shy]

Hey, that's what I said! "Ouch!" Then I looked around to make certain no one else had seen me and decided to do the cat thing: you know, "I meant to do that!" Russian physiologists have published studies showing that braining yourself with dumbbells increases muscle mass ... yeah. I'm sure I read that somewhere.

If I'd hit lower, I'd have two black eyes. Pretty funny.

Anyway, Cheese can borrow my Russian B.S. excuse if he wants.

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

sorta OT here-- but w/bruising-- if your taking blood thiners (like aspirin) you will bruse easier... Vitamin C helps.

anyway-- I smashed my head on the bar once (checking out a cute guy)-- no bruise just really embarrassed

 

[Ceebs]

sorta OT here-- but w/bruising-- if your taking blood thiners (like aspirin) you will bruse easier... Vitamin C helps.

Iron, too. (The supplemental kind, not what you're lifting!)

Am I the only one who saw the thread subject and thought of an all-girl heavy metal band? "LIVE! ONE NIGHT ONLY! LADY CHAOS! APPEARING NEXT TO THE SQUAT RACK!"

 

[2Shy]

LOL Ceebs! I thought it sounded like a comic book Supervillianess.

Well, I do take my multi, but will try to up the Vit. C and Iron. I've bruised like this ever since I can remember. Sometimes the only way I remember where I've been is by the bruises ....