Wednesday, October 03, 2001
A BEAUTIFUL FITNESS CLUB just opened a block away from my house, and my wife and I dutifully joined.
The place was originally envisioned as a squash club, and it has four squash courts. I'm thinking of taking up the sport. It's a good workout (and, boy, do I need a good workout), and someday I want to be just like Woody Allen and discuss my problems over a good game with Tony Roberts. There's another health club with squash courts about three blocks from my house (way too far), and I took a squash lesson there almost 10 years ago (from the same pro who runs the new club's squash program). My main memory from that session is my inability to walk for a couple of days afterward. Squash balls don't bounce much, and all that bending really gets to the gluteus maximus.
You say squash will ruin my tennis game? Yeah, as though I have much to ruin. If anything, I think, the increased fitness will offset any harm that could be done to my strokes. And what an opportunity to buy new stuff!
The place was originally envisioned as a squash club, and it has four squash courts. I'm thinking of taking up the sport. It's a good workout (and, boy, do I need a good workout), and someday I want to be just like Woody Allen and discuss my problems over a good game with Tony Roberts. There's another health club with squash courts about three blocks from my house (way too far), and I took a squash lesson there almost 10 years ago (from the same pro who runs the new club's squash program). My main memory from that session is my inability to walk for a couple of days afterward. Squash balls don't bounce much, and all that bending really gets to the gluteus maximus.
You say squash will ruin my tennis game? Yeah, as though I have much to ruin. If anything, I think, the increased fitness will offset any harm that could be done to my strokes. And what an opportunity to buy new stuff!
