i think my tread teacher is famous. the other day i came across an article on people.com (which i believe is the gold standard for celebrity news - not too tawdry and pretty well researched - you rarely see a retraction) announcing her pregnancy. it was so exciting to see her in her own home cradling her beautiful bump. i LOVE my tread teacher. i do NOT love exercising, but jess with the one dimple is so encouraging and inspiring that i have managed to make myself do it nearly every day since i finally got on my tread. in addition to clearly explaining what my feet or arms or hips should be doing, she tells lots of stories. i LOVE stories. unfortunately, a few weeks ago i took a class where she shared that her dog, zeus, had died. i still don’t know when that happened because i only do pre-recorded classes, but i have been desperate to find out more about the dog situation. i have now taken ALL of her twenty minute power walks (except the ones with house music which i really do not enjoy) and still don’t know whether she got a new puppy and how it is going. i’ve been so anxious for news that i have now taken TWO of her walk-RUN classes. i don’t like to use the word “hate” in this precarious, fragile, polarized era we are living in, but that is a good approximation of how i feel about running. i guess my curiosity trumped my dislike for moving my legs that fast because i did it. but i did NOT get any more information. AND i learned that “walk-running” for twenty minutes only burns off two and a third scotchmallows (plain walking takes care of two) so it is not a significant benefit. i am not sure how many more of these super challenging classes i can manage so i am hoping that there will be another article on people.com showing her with her new dog.
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my tread teacher, jess, with the one big dimple
(baby hank in his first sweater)
so today during my “pop walk” with jess with the one dimple (like lu and my grandma) it came out that jess’ dog, zeus, died earlier in the week and she was missing her walks with him. i am not sure when she recorded this class but i just started bawling. i had to really grab onto the sides of my tread to make sure i didn’t get distracted by my grief and fall off. i have to imagine that she is the the kind of person who would have a frenchie, like hank, and i was pretty gutted.
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(my first teacher… he is german!)
so… i FINALLY got on my tread! it had been so long since the guys came to set it up that i couldn’t remember how to turn it on. turns out the BIG red button that says, “STOP” is also the start button, which is totally non sensical. i wanted to ease into my tread so i chose a ten minute “walk” that was really meant as a cool down. for some reason my teacher was speaking in german. he was actually yelling in german (i accidentally had the volume turned up super high and it also took a long while to find the control buttons for that) in a very happy, encouraging way. i don’t know what he was saying but i just tried to do what he was doing, except when he stretched his arms up - i was too afraid to let go of the sides… i’ve watched many episodes of the jetsons and i know that walking on a tread can get out of control.
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