Interference

One of my very best friends, we'll call her Inspirational Workout Buddy (IWB,) recently shared this little story with me. She often comes home from work with a lot of entertaining stories because she works with a great variety of people. In this particular story, she received a call from a concerned mother. You see, her son, was in need of some personal training, or at least some abs work, since he, was apparently working on a bit of a spare tire. Now at first, IWB believed that the son in question must be a young student, probably a freshman, just getting the hang of being on his own. But no, it was later revealed that said student was actually a graduate student who would be getting married soon, and his mother didn't want him to look at his wedding pictures later in life and think he just didn't measure up to his wife. The mother requested the IWB contact her son regarding his options for losing that belly. IWB was at a bit of a loss as to how to respond to the whole thing, but here is her best shot at it. I think it was as good as it could be--I only hope that Spare Tire was expecting it!

Dear Mr. Spare Tire,

I just got off the phone with your mom- congratulations on your upcoming wedding! She wanted me to let you know about the Lifetime Recreation Classes- and some of the fitness equipment we have to work your abs. Since I am not a personal trainer I can not tell you how much weight to do on the equipment BUT I can show you how to use it. I am in the office Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

I have also attached a copy of the fitness class schedule for the quarter. I am not sure with your job and class schedule which ones may work for you but we have some great express classes at noon- and a new one this quarter called Butts and Gutts! That should be a lot of fun- we also have many yoga and pilates classes that work the core as well.

Please let me know if you would like a walk through of the weight room or if you have any questions about the Campus Recreation program.