Last week in Becoming A Runner, Part 2, I mentioned a phrase that I often use with my clients.
We are going to trick your body into adapting to your new exercise routine by making the routine a little more difficult each time we meet.
After I wrote that, I started thinking about some of the other things that I say to my clients regularly and came up with…
I don’t want you to be so sore that you can’t walk tomorrow, but I want you know that you worked out. I want your muscles to be a ‘happy sore.’
My clients particularly like this quote…
If I can’t demonstrate it, you don’t have to do it.
I thought it would be fun to do a post on some of my memorable, if not particularly motivational quotes, so I sent an email out to my clients and Cruisers asking for quotes that they’ve heard me say. Here’s what I got…
Watch your range of motion. You are going to overextend and you’ll blame me when you can’t move tomorrow, so shut up and stop talking! (my client added: of course you say it nicely!)
The slower you go the better the burn.
The Cruisers see a slightly different Deb than my clients do. I’ve always said, “If you really want to get to know someone, go on a twenty-mile run with them.” Here are what they sent…
It’s okay to walk.
We stop at all porta-potties.
I have to go to the bathroom, again!
A long run is defined as more 10 miles or more.
Always look for poison ivy when you stop to pee.
You’re not supposed to wear cotton underwear under your lined running shorts.
- Questions:
- What are your “not-so-memorable” quotes?
- Do you wear underwear under your lined running shorts?
- Who’s ready for fall?
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I still wear underwear under my shorts! I love the “happy burn” and hope I can do that with my clients!
PS- your comments on my blog crack me up all the time.
PPSS- you should get a porta-john for your birthday 🙂
I’ll tell Bill you suggested that! I’m sure our homeowners association would love for us to have a porta-potty in our
frontback yard!Nice quotes! I can be quoted as repeatedly saying “it’s soooo hot” during the summer, yet the second we stop running I’m covered in goosebumps. Other than that, I don’t think I have any particular things I say over and over. But I do have very random thoughts while running and if you’re running with me on a long run you get to hear them, too.
I do wear underwear under my lined running shorts 🙂 It just feels weird to go without!
I am sooo ready for fall. Bring on the Hokie Half and football! Woohoo!
The Cruisers got absolutely drenched on a run along the C&O Canal when a storm suddenly popped up. After it passed, the sun came back out and an hour or two later when we finished our run, we had all pretty much dried off, except for my friend’s shorts which were still soaked. I later found out that she had on cotton underwear under her running shorts and that’s where the quote came from. 😉
Having trained lots of new runners in groups while living in Rochester, I always crack up when they send me an email these days saying, “I hear you in my head saying _____________.” Most common:
1. Little steps! Just eat up the hill with little steps! Little steps!
2. Relax your shoulders, keep your feet moving!
3. We aren’t at a walk interval yet, so BOUNCE! [When we’re stuck at a red light.]
4. Just open your mouth and BREATHE!
5. RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!
There are some things I don’t blog about – I’m skipping the undies question. 🙂
Love your quotes!
Here’s where my underwear quote came from: A huge rain storm hit us shortly after we started a 20-mile run on the C&O Canal. After it thoroughly drenched us, the storm passed and the sun came out. At the end of our run, we had all pretty much dried, except for my friend’s shorts which were still soaked. We couldn’t figure out why her shorts were still so wet until she told us that she had on cotton underwear under her running shorts. I said, “You’re not supposed to wear cotton underwear under your running shorts!” and the Cruisers haven’t let me forget it! 🙂