You Know You’re a Fitness Nerd If…

Having spent many, many hours in classrooms and seminars teaching everything from the weighted hip thrusts to the snatch, whilst also trying to maintain a serious conversation on form and technique… one thing everyone in the industry knows: Fitness is funny.

The things we say, the things we do, and heaven help us, the things we WEAR. Every once in a while I take a step back and look at what I’m actually doing and it makes me giggle. So this weekend while I was laying on the floor doing my ‘mobility’ (I’m sure this is just an exercise made up to make anyone over 6ft look ridiculous) in the middle of the crowded gym, I came up with this list. Feel free to add on yours too!

You know you’re a fitness nerd if:

1. You carry goggles, gloves, a jump rope and a change of clothes in your car at all times… and you’re not a serial killer.

2. You’ve ever spent time running around a playground… without bringing a kid.

3. You’ve ever been pinned with your arms above your head whilst trying to wiggle out of a sweaty sports top.

4. Your socks come labeled with “L” and “R”… and your mom didn’t write them on with permanent marker.

5. You’ve ever made a meal out of strawberry protein shake and a tin of tuna (yes I have witnessed this during a class, a ‘bodybuilder’ needed to get his protein requirement).

6. Your heart rate monitor watch accessorizes all your outfits.

7. You’ve spent hours online shopping making sure your new sweatbands match your shoes.

8. You know and can explain the difference between P90X and Insanity.

9. You can name the BPM (beats per minute) of any pop song. (You also didn’t need me to clarify what BPM meant…)

10. Your car is stuffed with little baggies of (healthy) snacks… and you’re not a pothead.

11. You can say “That’s a great a snatch!” without a trace of irony.

12. You have a story about a gnarly bike/running/lifting accident with the scar to prove it… and it didn’t happen when you were a kid.

13. You break every song into chunks of eight counts.

14. You have an opinion about whey versus soy versus pea versus egg protein powders.

15. You can name 20 variations on the push-up… and do five every time you go to the bathroom. Even if it’s a public bathroom.

Come on, I know you guys have some awesome ones to add to my list! Finish this sentence, you know you’re a fitness geek if…
Do you ever look at yourself working out and just want to laugh sometimes?