Today during geotech lab the class was performing the modified proctor test on a soil sample. This test required us to lift 44.5-newton hammer 0.46 meters repeatedly over the three hours of lab period.
Because of all the exercise we were getting from the lab, I made a snide comment that "I bought a Bowflex for nothing." The class then got into a pretty serious discussion about the merits of this particular piece of fitness equipment. Surprisingly, a good part of our class has had experience with the Bowflex and they unanimously agreed that the it was not very good. "That's because it isn't endorsed by fitness expert John Basedow," I chimed in.
We all shared a good laugh at Mr. Basedow's expense until Hume said, "He's dead, you know. He died in the Tsunami." For a while, none of us believed this to be true. When we finally accepted that it was, we all felt terrible, or at least I did, for having just made fun of Mr. Basedow, who really wasn't that bad, after all. I mean, come on, he'd made a fortune making people fit. He was noble that way, even. And his body was just to good to go to waste like that. Tsk, tsk.
Well, I just found out that fitness expert John Basedow is alive and well. Phew! It's good to know you are okay, Mr. Basedow.
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