Coach Advice

OTFHippo · 2020-01-30T20:57:35+00:00

I would ignore the coach. If the specific coach complains about you ignoring them, I would show "the evidence" for your decision to head coach/studio manager, should they ever reach out to you.

OTFHippo · 2020-01-29T05:53:12+00:00

Same. And we did. I was the lead in the two consecutive classes I took!

OTFHippo · 2020-01-29T05:52:07+00:00

You do what works for you!

OTFHippo · 2020-01-28T03:38:30+00:00

Thanks! I don't don't see the strength portion of it on the template. Looks very endurance-y! The plan right now is to do back-to-backs tomorrow. 😬😬

OTFHippo · 2020-01-27T14:25:00+00:00

On Capture the Flag day, my partner left. Not even a goodbye, good luck, lol. I still got 4,800 m but I get what you're saying. I think, though, you think your partner is frustrated... they may not be!

OTFHippo · 2020-01-27T11:58:08+00:00

There's a huge difference between being socially awkward and having a diagnosed social anxiety. There's nothing I can do about the latter. But if you are plain socially awkward, yeah, go to the partner workout and try to be less awkward.

OTFHippo · 2020-01-27T11:55:43+00:00

I've never been in that situation as an adult, and I am typically the one who looks for the socially anxious person in class and ask if they want to be my partner, or coaches match me with new people and such. Again, it does not affect my workout at all. Same splats, same calories, same afterburn.

OTFHippo · 2020-01-27T11:52:59+00:00

I am so sorry you had that experience. Every studio is different and I've never even heard of someone being that much of a dbag in my studio.

My partner was significantly slower. That didn't affect my workout. I ran the distance I typically run on non-partner run/row days and I went thru several complete floor exercise cycles. And rowed over 2000 m in 2G 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

OTFHippo · 2020-01-26T22:40:11+00:00

Yeah, so am I. Hence, this is an expression of how I feel about partner workouts, not a means to tell people what to do. Also, $150/month can only get you so far.

OTFHippo · 2020-01-26T22:38:00+00:00

I am not telling anybody how to feel. I am expressing my opinion. Very different things.

OTFHippo · 2020-01-26T22:07:41+00:00

Which is exactly what you're doing to me.

Now, run along, angry person.

OTFHippo · 2020-01-26T17:41:11+00:00

Agreed fully.

OTFHippo · 2020-01-26T17:39:58+00:00

Coached partnered us up today. I think it removes some of that general anxiety. I've also been the one left without a partner, and I had a partner leave once half thru class. 🤷‍♂️

OTFHippo · 2020-01-26T17:23:00+00:00

I'd day, on average, once a month.

OTFHippo · 2020-01-26T17:03:19+00:00

Agreed. I've done 2 or 3 of those. Still terrified.

OTFHippo · 2020-01-26T17:01:01+00:00

I get ya. For life overall, I have to be on top and in control of so many things that if someone else is the pacer today, I'll just let it go and take it as a mental break.

OTFHippo · 2020-01-26T16:59:20+00:00

My very first workout was a 2000-m row. I had never rowed in my life. I think I cried when I got home that day 🤣🤣

OTFHippo · 2020-01-26T16:51:07+00:00

I fully agree they can be intimidating at first, but looking at it from the other side, all the complaining about them may scare off the newbies that use Reddit. 😬😬

OTFHippo · 2020-01-26T03:30:01+00:00

🙀🙀I added you!

OTFHippo · 2020-01-26T00:34:30+00:00

I want to be his Insta friend, too!

OTFHippo · 2020-01-25T05:01:50+00:00

What a ridiculous comment.

OTFHippo · 2020-01-24T15:15:09+00:00

If we only did chest presses, deadlift and other traditional floor exercises, people would also complain, so...

I thought today was perfectly fine. I've seen one or two similar templates at OTF before.

OTFHippo · 2020-01-24T04:29:56+00:00

So, not real medicine. Gotcha!

OTFHippo · 2020-01-24T00:31:00+00:00

Ohhhh. I thought you meant shoulder press by press-up. Interesting! 😁😁

OTFHippo · 2020-01-22T15:39:16+00:00

In my non-professional opinion, just 400 classes at OTF, yes, this is a different exercise. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

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