Your most graceful moment. . .

L

lrhollid

Cathlete
I must confess, I am a klutz. Not your average, run-of-the-mill klutz, but one who consistently has bruises from bumping into tables, has sported three broken toes from walking into things (and once kicking my dysfunctional car too hard), second degree burns at least once a month from kitchen mishaps and the yearly trip to the emergency room to stich something up.

And now, a sprained ankle.

It was my third time attempting IMAX 3; I was preparing to give a particularly enthusiastic, and to my mind, masterful display of athletic prowess during the third interval (lunges), when I slipped (crashed) off the end of the step to the sound of a loud snap from my ankle. No jumping for me for at least two weeks. . . sigh. My husband came home, shook his head and told me I needed to stay in a padded room.

Any other klutzes out there?

L:)
 
*raising hand high and jumping up and down*

Oh Oh! ME!!!!

*jumps too high and falls flat on butt*


Yup. I'm a total klutz. Although, since I have been doing workout DVDs, I find that my coordination and balance has significantly improved (Yoga has helped immensely in this arena). But I'm the kind of person who trips over nothing ("That carpet just jumped up and grabbed my foot, did you see that?"), and falls off my step during step aerobics, and stubs my toe on the bed frame (DAMN that hurts!) and gets burned in the kitchen and all that fun stuff.

So you're not alone. I'm fallin' over right there with ya. ;)

Hope that ankle heals up real soon!
 
L, i have to say you decribed that very poetically!!! i have been known to get a little over-enthusiastic myself. and i have permenant bruises on my legs from bumping into the drawer handels in my kitchen. when i am doing my workouts my dogs hover under me and usually i incarcerate them during my step workouts for all of our safety, but i have dropped a weight on my foot(which i blame entirely on my dog!), catapulted into my sliding glass doors(trying not to step on one of them) and nearly droped a barbell on my head because one was licking my ear and tickling me to death while i was trying to do chest presses. lots of accidents happen when i am working out!

i hope your ankle is better soon!


jes:)
 
I'm pretty okay on the step. However, when I first started to kickbox, I once punched my own cheek while attempting an uppercut. Needless to say, I made sure I got my form right from then on.:)

Hope you're feeling better and healing fast.

Pinky
 
Me too!!

I can trip over a piece of lint. I always have bruises. My husband is always asking me where I got this one or that one. I look at him and say "I don't know!" I got a new house because the carpet kept doing that so now the tile on the floor keeps coming up or something! LOL!

Hope you ankle is better soon!
 
I'm not clumsy in real life but have had some embarrassing workout klutziness. My worst was when I slipped off my stability ball because my back was too sweaty and slapped flat down onto my mat. It knocked the wind out of me and as I gasped for air, my ball went flying into the dining room, bounced off a chair and hit me in the head. DOH!

Allison
 
hahaha...I can trip over lint, too ;) I think Cathe would snicker at how many times I trip and have to catch my footing on some moves.

So with that being said, I wonder how many "takes" the crew has to do on occasion to stay on cue and look like it's effortless. Anyone else love to see a funny outtakes tape??? I would buy that in a heartbeat baby :)

Debbie
 
Oh yes, I am also a mega-klutz. I get bruises and can't remember where exactly they came from, since I bump into things so often. I quite often smack into the filing cabinets at work. When out running, I trip on sticks in the road and just about face plant on the asphalt. When I was younger I used to fall off my chair at work all the time.

I regularly fall off my step, or catch my toes on the edge and trip. I am the picture of grace and charm.

I hope your ankle feels better soon!
 
OMG, Pinky that was too too funny. I almost punched myself while doing an uppercut and almost had to stop because I wanted to laugh. (but i didn't stop) I love the kickboxing stuff, it makes me feel strong and I pretend I'm a boxer...and then to hit myself (or come close) after all that attitude. I love it.

Sonja.
 
Step aerobics does tend to bring out the klutz in me and that's why I avoided it for so long. I used to use the small wooden step I bought from the Firm years ago. I was stepping my little heart out one day and didn't put my whole foot on it, just my toes. But I stepped hard enough to flip that entire step into the air. It got me right on the leg bone, cut it open and I still have the scar to prove it. Now that I'm doing Cathe's workouts I use the long, more stable step but I still get a little klutzy, especially if I'm getting tired. Always thankful that I'm at home and not in front of an audience though! }(
 
Guys this just made my morning....just imagining all of this made me smile from ear to ear. I wish I were a fly on the wall of all your houses. pam:D
 
Funny, I am not clumsy when working out, but in real life I'm like a bad sitcom character.

I once face-planted in a board meeting and fell in such a way that my skirt went completely up to my waist. To make it worse, I was wearing thong underwear. Maya Angelou and John Walsh (board members) saw my butt!
 
Another klutz here. I do all that tripping over nothing, bumping into my desks and drawers. Right now I have 5 fresh bruises on my legs. I have a tendency to just be walking straight, watching where I'm going, and I'll STILL run into a wall.

When I was a little girl my parents used to be afraid someone would turn them in because I always had black eyes and bruises.

Just call me Grace.
 
LOL!!!!:) :) :) :) Especially Pinky's upper cut! Too funny! I've come close, but haven't actually punched myself, but I always scratch my right pinky during the punching part. Nothing compared to the other posts. My Cathe work outs have been treating me well, so far!

I do remember when I taught aerobics and that sliding class started (I'm not even sure what they called it....you would use a black slippery mat with bumpers on each end and wear little shoe covers), I was just finishing up the warm up and slipped and fell right on my back! x( I was so embarrassed. I just got right back up and finished teaching. I'm glad that particular class didn't stick around! :)

I can see in the future that me and that step will have some run ins. I'm still warming up to it.

Have a good day. Thanks for the laughs!

Dallas
 
Me too! Speaking of which, I just dropped the 3lb dumbbell on my foot this morning when pulling out all my weights. I am soooo very glad it wasn't the 10lb one...ouchy!
Cathe has taught me to be more coordinated in which I am grateful. Now when I go rollerskating I don't find myself slamming into the wall when I am trying to stop. I just stop gracefully when my hands out to balance.

Charlotte~~
 
Great stories guys! I laughed for 5 minutes about the stability ball story. The other day I did the exact same thing. I slid off the stability ball, I splated onto my butt on the floor and the ball ricocheted off the wall and hit me in the back. To make matters worse, I was exercizing in the lab and all my co-workers saw me and couldnt stop laughing.

The other silly thing I did was outside. After running I wanted a drink at the water fountain in the park, BUT it had just rained hard and there was a gigantic moat of mud around the fountain. So I decided I needed a running (no pun intended) start to make it onto the cement surrounding the fountain. Well, you guessed it, I made the jump but the cement was slippery and I fell butt first into the mud puddle with a huge splash. I walked home dripping with mud.
 
OMG! THIS IS TOO FUNNY!!!

I am also a klutz. I think I trip over lint and dust also. My dh doesn't like me to eat or drink in the living room because something may end up on the floor (besides me). Seems like I'm spilling stuff on the front of my shirt all the time.

I'm also one to trip on the step, and drop my weights. (My hands get so slippery...I need some gloves.)

Is there any graceful way of falling? I mean, how many of us fall in front of people and just laugh about it? I try to laugh but I feel like crying. If I fell and my thong was showing, I think I'd want to die...:eek:

Shirley
 
Oh Boy am I a klutz! I swear the walls in my house keep moving on me! And there are somthings that my DH and my girlfriend won't let me do--like get a motorcycle! :(

Also have broken toes while walking. The bed frame now has foam rubber taped around the legs!

And rollerblading at night (hey I DID have a flashlight!) caused me a black eye, 3 stitches and 3 scars!

Let's just say life around us is never dull! :)

Nadine

~~Happiness is an Attitude~~
 
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