Dear Speedo wearing guy in last night’s hot yoga class,
NO. No to the speedo wearing and NO to the litre of *grape juice you were guzzling throughout the class.
No to your grunting and groaning and hyperventilating and a special NO to you using an outside voice to ask
questions to the instructor, from across the room, during class.
I probably should have known when reception demanded at your arrival,
“HOW MANY CLASSES HAVE YOU DONE TODAY?”
that you were going to be an annoyance but I was in my own head.
I was trying to find focus, preparing for Zen, becoming aware of my breath,
wondering if I was going to be the fattest person in the class,
wondering whether or not to wear underwear under my yoga shorts…
Speedo guy, it was a Yin class. Yin is all about long holds done in silence.
There is no perfect pose, you are encouraged to be in total comfort with no muscular strain.
Therefore, arguing with yourself that you can’t do the poses was totally unnecessary.
You were free to do modified versions, you were free to lay on your mat, sweating and painlessly slurping on your juice box.
You were free to leave at any time.
Also, the faux Ujjayi/inuit throat singing was a little over the top.
I honestly couldn’t tell if you were pretending to be a yoga guru or not but if you were, crying
“ouch! Ouch! Oh my god, ow.. I can’t!! OW!” kind of gave you away.
I’m just saying.
* drinking that much juice is really bad for you. It contributes to high blood pressure,obesity, dental cavities, stomach ulcers, gastrointestinal problems, diabetes, socially inappropriate behaviour and has been known to contribute to participation in heinous crimes against fashion.
Drink water.
high lariyuos…took hot yoga for the first time the other day and was wondering all the same things.also it was super ego stroking when my beer belly giggled back and forth as i tried to balance on one leg holding the other in the air all the while everyone is looking in the mirror and i start to giggle at how it looks like my fat cats belly when she runs!!!!!!gonna go back though ,and no,don’t wear underwear! love ya xooxxoxo
Yeah.. well Nanci has been making me go for a while now and if I didn’t have her sweating along beside me the first class I would have been pretty discouraged but I love love love it and I always feel so good after. Not such a fan of Speedo guy though, don’t know where he came from but he’s messin’ with my zen.
Love your gutz. xx
This is one of the reasons I prefer all-female work-out classes, and especially something like yoga… because you can pretty much count on their always being at least one “speedo guy.” Ewwww…
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LOL! Holy crap–a Speedo?! And it’s always those who shouldn’t be wearing one (which is almost everyone) that are sporting them.
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“…faux Ujjayi/inuit throat singing…” It must’ve been all the zen zipping through your veins that kept you from laughing your ass off at this. I don’t know how you held it together. Maybe the next time he comes and brings juice box, you should tell him that he needs to take a time out and send him to the corner.
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Dingo, it’s true, it’s such a pre-school picture, minus the speedo of course. Now I’m hoping he is at the next class just so I can can give the guy a time out… because of you.
I see no difference to a woman wearing a sports bra or form fitting shorts to a man wearing a speedo.
I think it is sexist to believe differently.
Ken,
Not at all sexist.
I find it annoying when women show up in a bikini or an almost-thong-bathing-suit-bottom too and have no problem with men wearing form fitting shorts to yoga at all.
I’m no authority, just a goofy girl with a big mouth and lots to say.
Don’t be mad at me.
Love Jen
P.S.
Ken, on the topic of sexism, men go to yoga shirtless so about those sports bras…
I would be fine with women being shirtless…I guess our society believes a female breast is different than a male breast.
I’d love to kick some women out of weight room but that is rude. I’d love to have them wear weight appropriate clothes but that is common sense.
Your cliche is boring and speedos are norm in Europe from Bikram. Honestly white women over 40 bore me too, and no I don’t wear a speedo.
Wow Drew,
I hesitated at first to respond to your comment. It pretty much speaks for itself.
At first I assumed a language barrier might be getting between you and the humour of this post but upon reflection I realize that it’s just you.
I will say this though…
You’re probably doing white women over 40 a giant favour by steering clear of them. So on behalf of all of them, I thank you.
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The fact that you are easily agitated by other people in the Yoga room means that you need more focus in your own practice. Give thanks to ‘Speedo guy’ for challenging you in this manner and thus strengthening your Yoga in a most important way.
Jason,
so true! But I did enjoy the class thoroughly and also I was mostly joking around. If you had read any of my other posts you’d know I’m just being a brat.
Still, you’re right.
Happy day, Be Well.
xx Jen