Expert instruction

Alex showed up this afternoon with his gym bag and a very serious expression. ‘I’m going to show you the proper way to use resistance bands,’ he announced, pulling out what looked like a rainbow of elastic torture devices.

Expert instruction

Apparently there’s a specific technique to the leg press motion that I’ve been doing ‘completely wrong’ for weeks. Alex was mid-demonstration, explaining the importance of controlled movement, when the band snapped back and took him down like a tree. The sound he made was somewhere between a yelp and a deflating balloon.

The aftermath of Alex’s ‘demonstration’

I probably should have helped him up sooner instead of laughing until my sides hurt, but honestly? Sometimes the universe provides exactly the entertainment you didn’t know you needed on a random Thursday afternoon. Alex is fine, his ego slightly bruised, and I’m definitely sticking to my ‘completely wrong’ technique.