A letter from Ellie's DH re: tri-state class

elliemom

Cathlete
Dear Cathe, Ladies and Gents,

I was lucky enough today to join my lovely wife and her dear friends on a tri-stater trip to Cathe's gym. I am also very lucky to be ALIVE!!!! I apologize to any and all that I may have hurt in the past by saying ridiculous things like
"I can do that"!!!! Just for the record " NO I CAN'T"!!!!

I have teased Ellie endlessly about wearing the word Pause off of all of our remotes. Today, as the picture will show, I learned that there is NO PAUSING Cathe!!!! That tiny, little dynamo could seriously hurt me.... and she did.

Now being a man of honor and not wanting to show my weakness, I will admit that at first I found the class quite enjoyable (the first 5 min.) Ellie warned me to pace myself because we still had 55 min to go. Did I listen??? NO, I am a MAN. We don't listen. Especially to our wives. Am I very,very very sorry for not heading that advice???? You BETCHA!!!

At the 20 min mark I was purple, sweating profusely and searching for the nearest trashcan to hurl in. But it was also at around that point that I became delirious and continued on. I am a MAN!!!!.

Seeing Jerry and Dianna and Bud and Ellie tearing around that place was just about as humiliating as i thought it could get!!! Until the senior citizen class started coming in and had to hold the door for me. NOT JOKING!!!!
A few of cathe's people who I was introduced to now know me as the PURPLE GUY!!! seriously, i was purple. Ellie was kind enough to drive the car home where I promptly threw myself on the couch and have not moved since.
I have attached a picture for your enjoyment.
YES, she is holding me at gunpoint as I write this and I will be apologizing FOREVER but I am unable to move any other muscles except those in my fingers. I MUST obey her commands. Until I am strong enough to stand on my own 2 feet again. SOMEDAY!!!!

I bow to ALL who are able to complete any Cathe routine. And go right ahead and pause anytime you want. If I learned anything today it is that breathing is essential!!!!

Les (ellie's DH)
 

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Les, this is a great post! I am LOL right now! The pics are the icing on the cake. Glad to hear you've learned to "appreciate" Cathe and her workouts!

(PS--They do get just *a little* easier if you keep doing them.)
 
You rocked the gym, my man...even got a shout out from Cathe towards the end!!!!!!

Hilarious stuff!!!!!
 
Hey you went, you did it and you survived! and were willing (even if it is at gunpoint) to apologize for your past statements.

So, when are you going back for more. I can always use a good laugh! :D
 
That is great! Thanks for sharing Ellie! I am NOT going to let my DH read this since I signed him up for the RT!

Carrie
 
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Les / Ellie,

Hi Five Les....so the question is will you be going back for more friendly torture?? :p

Loved reading your post! Well done :)

Therese
 
OMG, Les, you are so funny!!! :D:D:D I thought you did great, and you were such a lovely shade of purple at the end, I might add. ;)

Look at it this way, you made it through and you were still standing when class was over!!! Seriously, the senior citizen class was looking pretty good after that class!!

Hope you recover soon and we'll see you at another Tri-Staters get-together.

My DH's in tears right now! (Okay, I confess, he's chopping onions!) No doubt we'll both be popping ibuprofen tomorrow!:eek:
 
Dear Barney... (aka Les):

Please do not take this the wrong way as it is meant in the nicest possible spirit of friendship and care... YOU SHOULD ALWAYS LISTEN TO YOUR WIFE! Even though she seems to talk a lot and sometimes I'm sure you hear the "wah wah wah... wah wah wah" (Think Charlie Brown here ~ all men do!) we have found her an invaluable wealth of information regarding Cathe's classes! Ellie knows this stuff from the ground up! Literally! (wink wink)

Also, just a suggestion, but I would start poppin' those Aleve, Ibuprophen and Doan's NOW! Tomorrow you will not be able to move! And I suppose she conveniently forgot to tell you about DOMS? Sorry, it's too late for the conversation now, you will suffer as we suffer after every Cathe workout!

I do have to give you PROPS though for admitting that you only a MAN! Sometimes DH's get this notion that even though (in their eyes) us women hold you in higher regards than the gods, we only say those things for your egos and because we are smarter than you give us credit for! It's nice to know that a little dynamo named Cathe can humble even the biggest of men! I did notice that you were not exactly willing to give up the remote though!

Now enjoy your evening and hope to hear from you again... once all your body parts are functioning again!

your friend in fitness...
 
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Les, you poor thing. You know what you've done, right? Now that you survived ONE class, you're marked for MORE classes. Not to mention my next visit, when I will simply INSIST we all workout in your living room. Ellie...do you have Drill Max? {insert evil laugh and the devil smilie}

Great job! Way to hang tough!

Gayle
 
OMG, Les your synopsis of the Cathe class was hysterical. I am giggling at my desk and my coworkers are looking at me like I am weird :rolleyes:.

At least you have a new nickname now. We'll just all have to refer to you as Barney.

I have to add. You have a wonderful wife and I have enjoyed getting to know her on these boards. You are one lucky man.
 
Les here.

Who in their right mind would do this to themselves more than once????
My word for today- PAIN

Barney
(although I am a much lighter shade today)
 
That is one of the best posts I've read around here! Wish I could have seen it!

Thanks for the smile! :D
 

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