{"id":1485,"date":"2013-04-28T15:15:52","date_gmt":"2013-04-28T20:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=1485"},"modified":"2013-04-28T15:19:42","modified_gmt":"2013-04-28T20:19:42","slug":"my-ywca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=1485","title":{"rendered":"My YWCA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Run: \u00a0Rest Day<\/p>\n

My YMCA is well loved. \u00a0The equipment is not shiny and new. \u00a0It is used. \u00a0It is loved. \u00a0It is wonderful.<\/p>\n

I lift at the downtown YMCA in Columbus, Mississippi. \u00a0It is an old building. \u00a0They used to have\u00a0dormitories on the upper floors that are now used for offices. \u00a0 (Too many vagrants. \u00a0Too bad.) \u00a0Now, it boasts three weight rooms (Circuit,\u00a0Nautilus,\u00a0and Free Weight) and a zillion cardio rooms with treadmills,\u00a0ellipticals, bikes, you name it. \u00a0Two basketball courts, indoor track and an indoor pool. \u00a0It has it all and I love every square inch of it.<\/p>\n

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I choose to lift in the free weight room because I am just too little (read: \u00a0short) for the “Machines”. \u00a0And because I love the feel of a 55 pound dumbbell in my hands.<\/p>\n

I am the only woman in the weight room. \u00a0When I first started there, the “guys” would roll their eyes and think, “Oh great.”. \u00a0I had disturbed their domain. \u00a0Their “Man Cave”, so to speak.<\/p>\n

It took a while to “earn my stripes” in the weight room. \u00a0For the longest time, they would not look at me let alone talk to me. \u00a0Now, I cannot get them to be quiet. \u00a0I am one of the “guys” and that is the highest praise. \u00a0(Plus, I can do more weight on the leg press than any of them~so they know not to mess with me.)<\/p>\n

The “Y” is my home away from home. \u00a0A place to exercise with fellow lifters, gather tips on lifting and gather lots of gossip! \u00a0I love my “Y”!<\/p>\n

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