The one with the Grapevine and the Lunges
CityMama is having a contest, and the prize is a Nintendo Wii, plus the new WiiFit game AND a balance board. And I want to win it so badly, I’m going to tell you an embarassing fitness story.
For about 8 months before Chris and I got married, I worked out three times a week at Fitness USA. There are two of them in Lansing, so one has Ladies Day on M-W-F and one is it on T-Th-Sat. I usually worked out on T-Th-Sat, but one week I was in a time crunch so I went to the other Fitness USA instead.
The one where my soon-to-be Sister In Law worked. Oh yes. What I didn’t know is that she had signed up Chris’ Mom too, and the evening that I went in for Hi-Lo Aerobics, my soon-to-be Mother In Law was also coming in to work out.
So there I am, getting my aerobics on, in front of the class closest to the mirror, because it had been a few months and I was really getting the moves down, anticipating the instructor’s instructions, and I was enjoying it. I get a real rush from aerobics, once I can do the moves, it feels like dancing, and when it really clicks, it feels almost like flying to me.
During the middle part of the routine, the fastest part, when we really moved and grooved, I was getting down with the Grapevine move, and then the side Lunges, where you SWING your outside arm around as you change legs, and it felt good, and I was moving, and flying, and SMILING at my reflection in the mirror.
And then I looked closer and realized that right behind the class, looking directly at me, was my soon-to-be Mother In Law. She had a look on her face that said “omigod my son is marrying Jane Freaking FONDA”. She moved CLOSER, coming up along side the aerobics area near the hand weights, and stood there, WATCHING me the entire time as we segued into the cool-down and then got down on the floor for ab crunches.
After the class was over, as I was wiping sweat off my face, she came over to me and said something like “wow, you were really doing good there! I should come in with you and take this aerobics class and you can help me with the moves!”
I never went back to that Fitness USA ever again.
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No one wants an audience in aerobics.
Especially a future MIL.
LOL too funny. I think I would have died on the spot!
I’m amazed that you finished the class. I would have ran away and hid. But that might just be because of my strong feeling about my MIL.
My MIL wouldn’t have been so kind. Of course I wouldn’t have been working out either. I am lazy that way, and my MIL will be the first to tell everyone that.
Oh too funny. Great story.
You were very brave. Does she talk about it now? Mine would never let me forget it.
BTW the link to City Mama isn’t working.
hahahahahahahaahahahahahahaha
Oh, that’s classic!
Does she still tease you about it?
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still laughing….. hahahahahahaha
I knew something embarrassing was coming—I was just adding it in my mind right after you swung your arm. I was expecting you to have clocked her. Of course you still got married, so I figured that couldn’t have been it!! Great Story
Well, it’s never fun to have an audience when you’re working out, but I don’t see what’s so bad about all that. Maybe it’s because my future MIL isn’t the evil mom in my life…
An excellent story, Elizabeth. Thanks for relating it.
Actually I worked at the T, TH, Sat one. But whichever
Mom was probably just trying to bond with you, not embarrass you 
Kinda weird that she stood there and watched you haha, she probably didn’t know what to do.. Like “If I walk away is she going to think I don’t want to say hi? If i go work out is she gonna run off without saying hello?” You know how she was, always self conscious about/around you 