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HollyGolightly

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Does anyone here have one or know someone who has one of these inversion hanging pieces of equipment like a Teeter's? Any thoughts you care to share?
Are you talking about the back thing? Where you lie down on a bench that inclines to stretch your back out? My husband has back pain and our friend has one of those, so he tried it out. My husband also has sinus problems so the pressure in his head from that angle out-weighed his desire to stay that way for long. But our friend bought it for his wife, who also has back pain. She still has pretty severe back problems, I don't think it's helped much.
 

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Are you talking about the back thing? Where you lie down on a bench that inclines to stretch your back out? My husband has back pain and our friend has one of those, so he tried it out. My husband also has sinus problems so the pressure in his head from that angle out-weighed his desire to stay that way for long. But our friend bought it for his wife, who also has back pain. She still has pretty severe back problems, I don't think it's helped much.
Yep, that's the one. I got one. You're only supposed to do it for 5 minutes or less many times a day. And most reviews I read said it does take consistency and time to notice anything. I do know the first time I used it, I slept soundly. It was crazy. I don't feel like I ever hit that deep sleep, but I did that night.
 

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Well, due to various reasons, I am back in the gym. Tonight while I was riding the bike, a Zumba class was going on. As some of you know, I loved Zumba many moons ago, UNTIL the perky little hyped up 18 year old decided all us old fat ladies needed to dance in groups with each other, and dance towards each other, and do West Side Story challenge dances back and forth -- I fondly called it the Zumba
circle jerk.

I quit when we started having to touch sweaty strangers. Nope. Let me make a fool of myself in my own little space.

Anyway, this Zumba class, I did not see one
circle jerk
dance routine. Nobody touched anybody else. So, next week, I may just give it a go.
 

HollyGolightly

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Well, due to various reasons, I am back in the gym. Tonight while I was riding the bike, a Zumba class was going on. As some of you know, I loved Zumba many moons ago, UNTIL the perky little hyped up 18 year old decided all us old fat ladies needed to dance in groups with each other, and dance towards each other, and do West Side Story challenge dances back and forth -- I fondly called it the Zumba
circle jerk.

I quit when we started having to touch sweaty strangers. Nope. Let me make a fool of myself in my own little space.

Anyway, this Zumba class, I did not see one
circle jerk
dance routine. Nobody touched anybody else. So, next week, I may just give it a go.

Zumba is one of my favorite forms of exercise. The instructor does not make us touch each other. I think that it makes it a whole lot better. I can not imagine touching someone else that is sweating during zumba.

No touching in Zumba!!! Ick! It's bad enough to have to face the mirrors.
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No touching in Zumba!!! Ick! It's bad enough to have to face the mirrors.
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I know! right? Just as there is no crying in baseball, you don't touch sweaty strangers in Zumba! When she first started having us do this, I was like, are you kidding me? I'm in a room of 50 women and I start snapping my fingers and saying Sharksssss, Jetsssss, Sharksssss, Jetssss. No one got my joke. Everyone just sort of looked at me like I was some insane woman talking about Oceanography and Aeronautics. Nope, they were too stupid. They looked at me like I was talking about fishies and zoom zoom airplanes. Gah!
 

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I know! right? Just as there is no crying in baseball, you don't touch sweaty strangers in Zumba! When she first started having us do this, I was like, are you kidding me? I'm in a room of 50 women and I start snapping my fingers and saying Sharksssss, Jetsssss, Sharksssss, Jetssss. No one got my joke. Everyone just sort of looked at me like I was some insane woman talking about Oceanography and Aeronautics. Nope, they were too stupid. They looked at me like I was talking about fishies and zoom zoom airplanes. Gah!

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danie

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I know! right? Just as there is no crying in baseball, you don't touch sweaty strangers in Zumba! When she first started having us do this, I was like, are you kidding me? I'm in a room of 50 women and I start snapping my fingers and saying Sharksssss, Jetsssss, Sharksssss, Jetssss. No one got my joke. Everyone just sort of looked at me like I was some insane woman talking about Oceanography and Aeronautics. Nope, they were too stupid. They looked at me like I was talking about fishies and zoom zoom airplanes. Gah!
A zumba like that will kill your brrrother.
Forget that zumba and find another.
One of your own kind; stick to your own kind.
 

HollyGolightly

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I know! right? Just as there is no crying in baseball, you don't touch sweaty strangers in Zumba! When she first started having us do this, I was like, are you kidding me? I'm in a room of 50 women and I start snapping my fingers and saying Sharksssss, Jetsssss, Sharksssss, Jetssss. No one got my joke. Everyone just sort of looked at me like I was some insane woman talking about Oceanography and Aeronautics. Nope, they were too stupid. They looked at me like I was talking about fishies and zoom zoom airplanes. Gah!
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