Glamorous is a waste of time

Only strong can produce those loops for a full minute

16.09.2014

Day 158

So says Erik-Lee. He differentiates between looking the part when you’re doing your circuits and really breaking a sweat. He watches our medicine ball slams:

‘Slam it down with bad intention,’ he calls.

‘That’s why it’s called ball SLAM you know

‘Just letting it fall down is doing nothing for your strength.'

The battle rope is a station where the glamorous exercisers really look pathetic. If that long, heavy rope isn’t throwing a few Loch Ness Monster loops across the grass, your upper body and core is just not doing its job. Wiggling  it in a non-committal way is wasting everyone’s time. A minute on the battle rope should leave you gasping, sweating and hammering in the heart department. That’s not glamorous, but the effects will show in that décolleté dress. As if I will ever wear one of those. Here’s a nice graffiti of one, though. Seen on the side of a house in Nunhead.