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Compliment or Insult: Miss Claus Edition

Merry Christmas! For this edition of Compliment or Insult, I present to you some photographic evidence. Wearing this* to the CrossFit Christmas party: Actually said to me: “You look sexier working out than you do right now.” This face more or less captures how I feel about that statement. *actual bridesmaid’s dress my aunt wore…

Compliment or Insult: Round 2, Bar Edition

One of my fave locations in my Compliment or Insult series is the Bar Edition. So for Round 2, we’re back at the scene of the first crime, Escobar in Aspen. I wasn’t planning on this late-night dance adventure, so I’m wearing (cute) jeans, a white tee, and white-and-blue sperry topsider boat shoes that are…

Compliment or Insult: Shopping Edition

That’s right, even though I’ve been working out at the infamous Aspen Club, I’ve been steadfastly disappointed by how used to me the gym-goers appear to have gotten. Aside from the occasional creeper just staring at me throughout my entire workout, nothing of note has happened, no more Gym Gems or Compliment or Insults. How boooooring,…

Compliment or Insult: Bar Edition

Today, let’s take Compliment or Insult outside of the fabled Aspen Club gym and into a little basement bar we like to call Escobar. It’s where Brooke Mueller got arrested with like five ounces of cocaine “for her friends.” It’s a Tuesday night, and Nappy Roots has sold out Belly Up with $15 tickets. I am…

Compliment or Insult: Where’s the Bigger Weight?

Welcome to this edition of my very favorite gym game, Compliment or Insult. Scene: Aspen Club Strength Workout: 3-3-3 Deadlift, with the 3rd lift at 245# Man: staring at me from the cardio deck above the weightroom floor. Possibly from a treadmill. Burn Workout: 5 Rounds: 5 DL @ 115# / 10 pushups Man: “Where’s…

Compliment or Insult?

Let’s play a little game I like to call Compliment or Insult?… I’m at the gym yesterday doing butterfly pullups and some dude is like, “whoa! what are you doing over there?” I explain that it’s a modification on a pullup for high volume and he looks confused. I ask if he’s ever heard of…