Comments on: F The Y http://morningcupofjoe.com/2007/08/25/f-the-y/ "Mighty" Joe Stankowski's Caffeine Inspired, Fitness-Themed Opinions, Experience and Educated Guesses. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:14:42 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: derek http://morningcupofjoe.com/2007/08/25/f-the-y/#comment-121 derek Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:17:30 +0000 http://morningcupofjoe.com/2007/08/25/f-the-y/#comment-121 Joe- you should be kicked out. There is no support on those shoes. YOu can't build a mansion on an outhouse foundation If nothing else, you should be kicked out for the sheer style of the shoe. you belong on what not to wear..... LOL! =) Joe-
you should be kicked out.
There is no support on those shoes.
YOu can’t build a mansion on an outhouse foundation

If nothing else, you should be kicked out for the sheer style of the shoe. you belong on what not to wear…..

LOL!
=)

]]> By: Arianne Missimer http://morningcupofjoe.com/2007/08/25/f-the-y/#comment-119 Arianne Missimer Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:21:10 +0000 http://morningcupofjoe.com/2007/08/25/f-the-y/#comment-119 Joe: I found out about this from the Y. I honestly can not believe that you would write something like this about the them. They are an excellent facility and they are committed to the community. They have a job do do and made a decision on what they "believed" was the right thing to do as well as the safest thing to do. Whether or not they "understand biomechanics like you do," they do not deserve this. As a fitness professional, I would expect that you would respect them if you made the decision to use their facility for your personal use as well as for your personal training. I have been a memeber of the Y for a very long time. They have a great staff, enthusiastic and dedicated to serving the community. I feel that I need to say something to stand up for people and friends that are very dear to me. This to me, is a waste of energy. I do hope that next time something like that occurs, that you reconsider writing something like this. As fitness professionals, we should be working "together," not against one another. Studios, gyms, home PT's should be devoted to promoting health and fitness to the entire community. I think the Y does a damn good job of that, even if "they read Muscle and Fitness." Joe:
I found out about this from the Y. I honestly can not believe that you would write something like this about the them. They are an excellent facility and they are committed to the community. They have a job do do and made a decision on what they “believed” was the right thing to do as well as the safest thing to do. Whether or not they “understand biomechanics like you do,” they do not deserve this. As a fitness professional, I would expect that you would respect them if you made the decision to use their facility for your personal use as well as for your personal training. I have been a memeber of the Y for a very long time. They have a great staff, enthusiastic and dedicated to serving the community.

I feel that I need to say something to stand up for people and friends that are very dear to me. This to me, is a waste of energy. I do hope that next time something like that occurs, that you reconsider writing something like this.
As fitness professionals, we should be working “together,” not against one another. Studios, gyms, home PT’s should be devoted to promoting health and fitness to the entire community. I think the Y does a damn good job of that, even if “they read Muscle and Fitness.”

]]> By: Joe http://morningcupofjoe.com/2007/08/25/f-the-y/#comment-113 Joe Sun, 26 Aug 2007 15:48:27 +0000 http://morningcupofjoe.com/2007/08/25/f-the-y/#comment-113 Yes, Stephen, you are correct. I do have Pumping Iron on VHS (does anybody remember THAT!?) and there was a time when I knew pretty much every word of the 'documentary' by heart. Going back even to an even earlier item from my collection of fitness related memorabilia, the original Charles Atlas program recommends training completely nude in front of an open window first thing in the morning. What'cha think the Y would say to THAT!? Maybe all my frustration has its roots in the swimming lessons I took as a youngster at the Y (albeit, a different city). From what I remember, I wasn't too eager to jump off the diving board, so they gave me a not-so-welcomed "assist" into the deep end. As they say in such instances, "sink or swim". I sank. Yes, Stephen, you are correct. I do have Pumping Iron on VHS (does anybody remember THAT!?) and there was a time when I knew pretty much every word of the ‘documentary’ by heart.

Going back even to an even earlier item from my collection of fitness related memorabilia, the original Charles Atlas program recommends training completely nude in front of an open window first thing in the morning. What’cha think the Y would say to THAT!?

Maybe all my frustration has its roots in the swimming lessons I took as a youngster at the Y (albeit, a different city). From what I remember, I wasn’t too eager to jump off the diving board, so they gave me a not-so-welcomed “assist” into the deep end. As they say in such instances, “sink or swim”.

I sank.

]]> By: Stephen Holt http://morningcupofjoe.com/2007/08/25/f-the-y/#comment-111 Stephen Holt Sun, 26 Aug 2007 13:43:10 +0000 http://morningcupofjoe.com/2007/08/25/f-the-y/#comment-111 Hey, Joe - You could have pulled out your copy of Pumping Iron (I KNOW you have one) and showed him the picture of Arnold and Franco squatting in their bare feet. (Although I'm guessing this "Personal Trainer" is too young to know Arnold actually had a life before Terminator.) - Stephen Hey, Joe -
You could have pulled out your copy of Pumping Iron (I KNOW you have one) and showed him the picture of Arnold and Franco squatting in their bare feet.

(Although I’m guessing this “Personal Trainer” is too young to know Arnold actually had a life before Terminator.) – Stephen

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