You know you do BodyPump too much when …
Posted on Sunday 6th July 2008
Variations on this theme have been going around for a while, and I though it was my time to have a go too.
- You can tell the release number in the first 5 seconds of the warm-up track
- Every other song you hear in the supermarket makes you look around for a bar
- Your non gym junkie friend looks at you strangely when, listening to the radio, you keep saying “Hey this is the [insert muscle group] track from [insert release number]“
- The people in the next car next to you at the traffic lights wonder why you are doing bicep curls
- Your entire wardrobe is red and black
- You have more gym outfits than work clothes
- When you’ve got a little extra cash and buy a new BP top when you really don’t need to!
- You dye your hair red to match your Bodypump clothing
- You avoid ANYTHING that will interfere with your classes
- You get up at 4:45AM to do a class
- Most of your friends are body pumpers
- You pick up a box with a three and one rhythm
- You keep your elbows in when scratching your nose
- You stand in line with your knees slightly bent
- You look forward to using the porta-potties at the music festival
- You judge every person you see by what BP could do for them
- You open your own pickle jars, thank you very much!
- You carry all the groceries in from your car in one trip
- When you sit on the toilet, you pull your hips back, push out you chest and check that your knees don’t go beyond your toe line.
- You go to the disco, on your first song, you move every major muscle group to properly warm up.
- You prefer to eat donuts with your thumb in the hole!
- You get mooned and instead of being offended you correct their form!
- You’ve never been back to the weight room since you started BP!
- You can’t lift weights without music!
- You think a song sounds better in BP class, than it does on the radio.
- When you go to sit down on the couch, you do a few squats first
- You have nightmares of missing your classes, or being late
- You dream about Bodypump
I’m sure there are plenty I’ve missed but I’ve tried to cull duplicates as much as possible. Feel free to add any you think merit inclusion.
Omg this is so true
Does having PUMP plates on my car count lol
Hi Rick!
Found your blog doing a Google search on BodyPump - love the reviews you put up on the releases each time they come out! Anyway, I had a good laugh over this post, here are a few more I thought of:
1. You found this blog doing a BodyPump search on Google
2. When you can’t sleep at night, instead of counting sheep, you listen to BP tracks on your iPod and mentally picture all the moves until you drift off
3. You download BP songs from iTunes and make up your own workouts at home from memory (refer to http://www.dietgirl.org/dietgirl/2005/05/diy_body_pump.html)
Thanks again Rick, I’ll be back regularly to read up!
I’m looking forward to BP68 too, it’s got the promise of a few songs I love. Instructors get the Masterclass here in Melbourne on 16 Nov, I’m guessing clubs will launch it around the same time as Perth. Yay!