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Warning! Exercise is dangerous!
Jun 19^th, 2009 at 11:52am

I head to the gym yesterday evening to run on the treadmill. It's really busy. At 7:30pm the temp was still in the 90's so no one wanted to run outside, I guess. I find an empty machine, sign up and hop on.

My thighs are a little thick ( this is why I'm at the gym) so as I'm running, my shorts ride up a bit. I reach down to adjust them and manage to misstep causing me to fall flat on my back! There I am staring at the ceiling feeling the tread just spinning away under me. After a few seconds, the tread catches my full weight causing me to go shooting off the treadmill, like a bullet, across the gym! Talk about embarrassing!!!! I AM a bit lighter though, as I am now missing some of the skin on my elbows!

I picked myself up, got back on and finished my run. As I left I made sure to avoid eye contact with ANYONE.

I think I'll have to find a new gym! Wink

Jeannie

BTW... It's okay if you laughed! Grin

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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: Warning! Exercise is dangerous! Reply #1 - Jun 19^th, 2009 at 12:00pm Never do any exercise that doesn't take you somewhere.
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Jeannie CH.com Sponsor Offline Live, Laugh, Love.... Posts: 2333 St Louis, Missouri Gender:	Re: Warning! Exercise is dangerous! Reply #2 - Jun 19^th, 2009 at 12:02pm LOL! Good advice!
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Jimi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't feed the moderators Posts: 4925 Madisonville, KY Gender:	Re: Warning! Exercise is dangerous! Reply #3 - Jun 19^th, 2009 at 12:08pm I'm glad it was ok to laugh...........cause I did. Sorry.
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Peppermint CH.com Alumnus Offline Work it out baby! Posts: 2908 New York\|USA Gender:	Re: Warning! Exercise is dangerous! Reply #4 - Jun 19^th, 2009 at 1:13pm Well - I guess it could've been worse. Glad you have a sense of humor, at least you're excercising and that's good!
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midwestbeth CH.com Sponsor Offline Posts: 1123 Edwardsville, IL Gender:	Re: Warning! Exercise is dangerous! Reply #5 - Jun 19^th, 2009 at 2:24pm Thanks for the warning Jeannie. I'll continue to avoid all exercise machines....LOL.....(glad you are ok) Beth
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Jeannie CH.com Sponsor Offline Live, Laugh, Love.... Posts: 2333 St Louis, Missouri Gender:	Re: Warning! Exercise is dangerous! Reply #6 - Jun 19^th, 2009 at 2:28pm Thanks, Beth! My pride is the only thing that really got injured. Jeannie
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Charlie CH.com Alumnus Offline Happy to be here Posts: 18971 Jamestown, NY Gender:	Re: Warning! Exercise is dangerous! Reply #7 - Jun 19^th, 2009 at 5:50pm I broke up almost as much as you broke up. Glad you made it kid. Charlie Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or
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Redd CH.com Sponsor Offline Posts: 8457 Stevens Point USA Wisconsin Gender:	Re: Warning! Exercise is dangerous! Reply #10 - Jun 19^th, 2009 at 9:50pm This is the reason I don't go to a gym. I'd humiliate myself each time I walked through the door.
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Em CH.com Alumnus Offline I wanna go... Posts: 830 St Peter Port, Guernsey. Gender:	Re: Warning! Exercise is dangerous! Reply #11 - Jun 22^nd, 2009 at 8:41am Oh Jeannie... That sounds awful but quite funny!! On the plus side, it would have raised your heartrate a little bit more than the norm and maybe burned an extra few calories as opposed to just running on the machine.
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DennisM1045 CH.com Alumnus Offline One wave at a time! Posts: 3437 Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA Gender:	Re: Warning! Exercise is dangerous! Reply #12 - Jun 22^nd, 2009 at 12:29pm Ok, let me get this straight ... you fell and went shooting off the end of a treadmill in a crowded gym and NOT ONE PERSON CAME OVER TO SEE IF YOU WERE OK????? Am I missing something? Yes, I'd find another Gym... -Dennis-
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Jeannie CH.com Sponsor Offline Live, Laugh, Love.... Posts: 2333 St Louis, Missouri Gender:	Re: Warning! Exercise is dangerous! Reply #13 - Jun 22^nd, 2009 at 12:45pm One very nice gentleman came over to see if I was alright. The woman on the treadmill next to me moved! I think I scared her! I was actually glad that more people didn't come over it.... It would have embarrassed me even more, I think. I was a bit surprised that none of the staff came to check on me. Jeannie
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Melissa CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give up! Posts: 7238 Central WI, USA Gender:	Re: Warning! Exercise is dangerous! Reply #14 - Jun 22^nd, 2009 at 4:13pm Jeannie, you shouldn't do such dangerous activity!!
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