Personal Trainers

I get a kick out of watching the personal trainers do their thing at the club. They seem to operate out of the same playbook. The current script is to do something with kettlebells (lots of kettlebell swings), something with a box, and to do some mini squats in the cage with a barbell. The latter is especially clever because most of the people getting personal training would never approach a barbell or cage. I'm not sure why the trainers don't teach them actual squats. They put a barbell across the back and half them bend the knees just a little then back up. Makes me think of Tugg Speedman in Tropic Thunder, to the little kid with the stick figure: "I will call you... Half Squat." But they aren't even half squats. More like quarter squats.

In January the trendy trainer exercise was to get people to crouch on an inverted hemisphere. "For skiing", I bet. I saw a poster advertising the imminent arrival of some sort of weighted tube with handles that promises to be the next excellent exercise accessory. Looks like one of the battering rams cops use on doors. Can't wait to see that in action.