Success!

Not really my success per se, but there was definitely some success had this morning. I've been teaching some classes at the new West Sac Rec Center for a while now. There are 3-4 people who have been coming to classes since January, and 2 of them used to be in my cycling classes, so I've been working with them/working them for almost three years. Over the past 4 months or so, they've been making some great strides, and I tell them so. Stronger, more endurance, more fit, noticeable changes. They do not respond to my accolades.

This morning I said, "You know how sometimes you sort of notice a muscle and then remember that you're sore and what you did to make yourself sore?" And one of them said, "Sometimes I reach my hand up to my shoulder and I notice there's a muscle there! All those push-ups, I guess." The others chimed in: "oh yeah, I feel (this) muscle or (that) muscle." Someone said that people have commented on her arms and calves. I of course asked if they noticed her fabulous glutes.

Sometimes this gig gets frustrating and I wonder why I do it and whether all the time it takes it worth it. Sometimes it's really quite rewarding. And sometimes I get little notes thanking me for the time and effort I put into it (and the mind-power it takes to learn everyone's name!), which is also very cool. I'd quote from the note, but I'm guessing the writer is reading.

So anyway -- subtitle of this post: Women Over 50 (60?) Own How Awesome They Are!