Today at the gym I did an hour on the Arc Trainer (Level 10, Strength Program) while trying out the HBO series "Girls" (big thumbs down even though I liked Lena Dunham's movie: Tiny Furniture). Then I did an hour of weight lifting and stretching.
While I was on the Arc Trainer today, for the second time in the past few months I saw a woman (a different woman than the first) fall while running on a treadmill. It's really like a car crash when someone is not wearing the "stop" clip that turns off the machine automatically if you fall. Yikes, always indescribable to witness this, and I can't imagine how painful and frightening it must be to experience it. I think people don't use the clip because they think it will not happen to them.
Jennifer's sly tip for the day: If you see someone beside you on the work out mat doing an exercise you want to learn, get into a stretching pose where you can see them and watch as if you're staring past them lost in thought as you stretch. Super sly addition to this tip: If the person seems to notice you watching them (awkward), keep in that pose staring blankly even after they finish, because then they may think, "I guess she wasn't watching me."
