The Wrong Shoes Can Just Plain Ruin Even The Best Intentions

My wife always says the wrong shoes can just ruin her day.  That’s always made me chuckle just a bit.  Seemed like silliness.

Not anymore…

How The Wrong Shoes Spoiled My Plans

Some days, it just seems it isn’t meant to be.

This morning, I was behind schedule getting out the door for work.  So naturally, I was rushed getting my stuff together.  When I got to the gym for my lunchtime workout, I started jerking stuff out of my gym bag and tossing it down on the floor to get changed.  Imagine my surprise when I was confronted with the following sight…

After getting my workout clothes on and adjusted, I looked down to observe that, not only had I managed to grab one running shoe and one cross-trainer.  I took the screw-up to a whole new level by having the same foot.

Just wrong.

So, I started tossing my stuff back in the bag in disgust.  About halfway into it, I thought – why not just stretch.

I’m certain I looked like a complete goofball, walking barefooted to the aerobic room.  But, truth be told, I need to spend more time stretching anyway, so it was probably a good thing for me.

So, I improvised a short workout as follows:

Jumping rope:  300 reps

Plank:  3 reps, 30-seconds each

Pushups:  78-reps

Rollups (on stability ball):  15-reps

Stretching:  Trunk stretches, piriformis stretch, forward fold, hamstring stretch, cobra — 2 reps each side, hold 30-seconds each.

Although it was not as intense as my usual workout, I feel like I made relatively good use of my time, despite my botched shoe fiasco.

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