MUA Festina lente -Hastening slowly

[BARBRI]

I do aqua rehab 2-3 times per week for 1/2 hour each time and it is very good.

 

[L.I.T]

I can't WAIT to go back to my water babies classes.... Alas, my knee is too young to swim, as of yet. I'll live vicariously through you all!

 

[Spex10]

Don't overdo the aquafit. I heard during my trip to the sports centre, that one of the regulars had had a heart attack in the pool during the class. Its a lot harder than some people think!

 

[Cratchit]

I definitely want to try aquarobics, if only I could find my cossie . . .

 

[Spex10]

I struggle to get dressed as it is. I would be bound to be firing expletives so loudly as I tried to get into my swimsuit that I would be banned from the changing room.

 

[KarriB]

I wear my swimsuit to the gym under my sweats, thenpack underclothes and throw those on after swimming. I agree, putting the suit on in front of others is not good. Feels as though I go through a workout putting it on.

 

[Celle]

I did some aqua therapy after my PKR, back in 2000.
I used to put my bathing costume on before I left home, and just put a few clothes on over it.

After the water therapy, I took my wet costume off, put on pants (knickers), no bra , T-shirt and a large-fitting track suit.
I finished dressing properly at home, where I could take as long as I liked.

 

[Spex10]

@KarriB there is not the remotest possibility of me 'throwing on my underclothes'! The whole rigmarole of the underpants hoopla, socks dance and best of three with the trouser legs is a daily palaver for me. The thought of doing that in a public place.....
Oh well, back to the pedaler!!

 

[KarriB]

Usually I have to use the restroom when o get out of the pool. So I just grab my clothes and put them on in there. Otherwise I hold a towel between my teeth and get dressed. I hate going out in the cold after swimming though, so I haven't been in a few months.

 

[Cratchit]

Ha, l'd forgotten about the palaver of trying to put clothes on in the changing room, well, putting clothes on full stop. And it would have to be aquarobics or something cos l really can't swim though l can float endlessly on my back. Bit like flotsam . . .

 

[L.I.T]

You guys have me

I, too, wear my suit (under my clothes) to water aerobics. After, I shower and do an impressive jig putting my clothes back on in the stall. I used to go without my bra until one of the nice religious ladies of Utah informed me that my 'girls' were far too large to try hiding under a sweatshirt. I turned a nice shade of red, and have worn a bra home ever since!

 

[sistersinhim]

What we girls won't discuss! I work out in the fitness center first, so no wearing the bathing suit under my clothes. Normally, when I go nobody is in the changing room but me. And after I swim, I shower in the handicapped stall and have room to put on my underwear and bra, then go back out to the locker area. They have a chair in the stall, so I don't have to worry about falling in the shower while trying to put on my underwear. I can just sit and put on my undies. In the winter time with coats on no one would know if you were wearing a bra or not! I love the freedom of not! Of course, I'm on the small size.

 

[Celle]

I used to go without my bra until one of the nice religious ladies of Utah informed me that my 'girls' were far too large to try hiding under a sweatshirt. I turned a nice shade of red, and have worn a bra home ever since!

I think I would have had a message for that "lady".

Don't they say "Well, bless your soul!" in the southern states, when they mean "Mind your own business"?

 

[KarriB]

None for me after swimming, it's too wet and yucky to put one on. Even in warmer weather I'll wear a tee and a polo, then position my bag across the front for the walk to my car.

 

[Cratchit]

A particularly horrid girl at school, obviously years ago, once said to me, 'if you had two spots on your back you wouldn't know whether you were coming or going'. Cruel! So l guess it wouldn't really make a difference whether l wore a bra or not!

 

[L.I.T]

I admit I haven't been very good about wearing the 'over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder' during my TKR recovery. Imagine my surprise when one day, after driving an hour to PT, I realized I had forgotten my bra! I spent a solid 15 minutes in the hallway trying to figure out whether I should go to PT or turn around and drive home! I even called my husband to ask his advice! I was desperate

I am proud to say that I walked in there and did my entire PT routine - granted, I must have looked like an angry patient because I kept my arms crossed on my chest the whole time!

Poor @Spex10... She is going to return tomorrow to find her thread was hijacked to talk about undergarments!

 

[L.I.T]

Don't they say "Well, bless your soul!" in the southern states, when they mean "Mind your own business"?

@Celle, yes! If a southerner 'blesses' your heart or soul, it loosely translates to "oh, you poor pitiful thing". Definitely better to be on the giving than receiving end with that one!

 

[Spex10]

Hey, @L.I.T., I started it! Its comforting to hear your stories. Our sports centre does have individual changing cubicles but, even so, the bending and stretching of it all does me in. I usually flounder about on the double bed at home with limbs akimbo as I try to contain myself in some form of respectable attire. This is Scotland so, naturally I have to wear many layers. I never was very flexible even before the TKR.
Another benefit of the pedaler - you don't have to be dressed at all!!!!

 

[L.I.T]

Ha ha ha! @Spex10, you've one-upped us all! Now whenever I see the word pedaler, I'm going to think of pedaling naked, on the loo, eating cake! What have you guys done to my already nutty mind! :rolleyes:

 

[Cratchit]

Another benefit of the pedaler - you don't have to be dressed at all!!!!

Ooh, my eyes, my eyes!!!