March 5, 2008 - You Want 50 Whats?

"Drop and give me 50!" coach called out. Across the weight room sixty-five bodies cut straight to the floor. One, two, one, two, they pulsated up and down in unison. For a moment I thought I'd lost my way and walked in on basic training, not track tryouts. Push up? She wants push ups? Hah, maybe three. On good days I can sometimes manage to levitate and lower my lengthy plank of a body two or three times before my pectorals buckle and I crash face first into the floor. One, two, one, two. They were still pumping in rhythm, meantime I was just trying to extract my nose from the cement. Next to the abilities of these girls, my best efforts to perform a push up are P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C. Yeah, at that's only a smidge of our workout.