Ndazilolonga njenge Mermaid kwaye khange ndiyithiye ngokuqinisekileyo

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Kwakungexesha ndiginya iglug yamanzi echibini apho ndaqonda ukuba andinakukwazi umzuzu wam we-Ariel. Kwichibi elishushu ngosuku olunelanga-kodwa-lupholile-ku-San Diego, ndatshiza kunye nabanye abafazi abasixhenxe abanxibe imisila yentlanzi kwiklasi ye-Hotel Del Coronado's fitness mermaid. Iinwele zam, endandizibhalele kumaza aselunxwemeni ukuze ziphumelele, zazithontsiza zimanzi zaze zanamathela entlokweni yam. Bendinethemba lokuba nobabalo njengeAriyeli, kodwa endaweni yoko bendijikeleza njengeqela elirhabula umoya kwidock.

Ndizilolonga rhoqo kwaye ndikhula ndibukele eyam Injakazi encinci VHS de iteyiphu igugile. Ke xa ndeva malunga nehotele ye-Del Coronado yodidi lokuqina komzimba ($ 25 kubakhenkethi; $ 10 kumalungu e-Del), mna wayenayo ukubhalisa. Yaziswa ngehlobo ephelileyo, yadubula kwangoko kwisikhundla sehlelo, kunye nabasetyhini ababhalisa kwiinyanga ezintathu kwangaphambili kuLwesihlanu nangoMgqibelo kusasa. Imizuzu engama-45 ye-splashfest yenzelwe ukuhlaziya iklasi ye-aerobics yamanzi kaMakhulu kwiminyaka eyi-millennials kunye ne-fusion yokubhukuda, i-core, i-cardio, kunye noqeqesho lwamandla olunzima ngokwaneleyo ukwenza ukuba ube buhlungu ngosuku olulandelayo. (I-PS Mermaid Toast yiNdlela eNtsha yokuLungiselela isidlo sakusasa ngobuNene.)

Njengoko umntu ngamnye wayekhetha imisila yakhe kwilitye elimenyezelayo, i-emerald eluhlaza, igolide, mfusa, kunye neon pink, umyaleli wethu, uVeronica Rohan, owadala ukuzilolonga, wasiqinisekisa ukuba imisila izakubandakanya ii-cores zethu ngendlela eyahluke ngokupheleleyo. Kodwa ukufumana umsila kwakulula ukuthetha kunokukwenza. U-Rohan ucebise ukuba sidibanise ityhubhu eyinxalenye yomsila side sibe nokutyibilika iinyawo zethu emaphikweni kwaye iVelcro ibekwe kwindawo ekhuselekileyo, emva koko sijiwuze inxalenye yelaphu elidityanisiweyo phezu kwemilenze nezinqe zethu. Ukufezekisa oku, ngamnye wethu uphumeze intshukumo emnandi yokulala ngomqolo, ukumunca ngaphakathi, kunye nokuhombisa ngezinto zokukhanya, eziva ngathi uzama ukuzipha i-jean ebhityileyo. Ndive u-Ursula onentaba encinci ngakumbi kune-Ariel.

Emva kokuba uRohan ewuphakamisele phezulu umculo, sonke satsibela equleni. Ndizamile ukugcina iinwele zam zomile, kodwa ukuzigcina ndime nkqo nomsila wam kunye nesiphumo sam sendawo entsha yomxhuzulane kwaba nzima, kwaye ndazincama ngokupheleleyo. U-Rohan ucacisile ukuba eyona ndlela yokuziqhubela phambili kukukwenza ukuqengqeleka komzimba ngokusisiseko ekutshaleni ngaphantsi kwamanzi ukusuka entanyeni ukuya emadolweni-ke ngekhe sizame ukusebenzisa imilenze yethu njengombindi. Wadlulisa ii-noodle zephuli kwaye wasicela ukuba sidade ngeesisu zethu kwisangqa esijikeleze iphuli. Iminyaka yam yeqela lokuqubha ebuntwaneni, kwaye ndenza intshukumo efanayo yebhabhathane, bandidubula bandiqhubela phambili ngesantya esiphezulu ... kanye kwi-mermaid ephambi kwam. Ngethamsanqa, akazange acaphuke, kuba wayexakekile eziqhubela ekoneni yechibi, apho waxinga kwaye wanengxaki yokujika, ebetha umsila wakhe phezu komhlaba.

Emva kokuba ndenze imijikelo embalwa esiswini sam, ndizama ukuba ndingafumani nomlomo wesibini wamanzi echibini, kwathiwa masijize apha emqolo. Senze umzimba ofanayo sijikeleza echibini-kwaye ngesiquphe bendiziphula emanzini njengesidalwa saselwandle. Ndaqhubeka ndiziva ngathi yi-nymph njengoko sasimi endaweni, ibhalansi yam yomsila iphuculwe kakhulu ukusuka kwimizuzu embalwa ngaphambili. Senza i-triceps kunye nee-biceps zasebenza kunye ne-noodle phantsi kwamanzi, siyiphakamisa kwaye siyihlisa ngokucothayo ngokuchasene nokuxhathisa kwamanzi. (Olunye uqeqesho lwamachibi oluqhelekileyo lwenza amaza?

Okulandelayo, yayilixesha lokuba uphume echibini lokuzilolonga. Kulula ngokwaneleyo, akunjalo? Ndiqhelile ukuziphakamisa ndiphume ecaleni kwechibi ngeengalo zam de ndide ndifike emadolweni, ndize ndisebenzise umzimba wam ongezantsi ukuzinyusa. Zama oko ngomsila! Kuya kuvela, ekuphela kwendlela yokuphuma echibini kukuzityhalela phezulu ngeengalo zakho, emva koko ujikeleze umsila wakho ngokungathi uphambene ukuze uzikhuphe emanzini ngokwaneleyo ukuba ujikeleze iimpundu zakho ukuya kwikhonkrithi kwinto enye yokuwa. Oku kukwabangele ukuncwina-ukuncwina, abanye babuyela equleni, kunye nokutshiza kunye nokuhleka okuninzi. Sakuba sihleli sonke kwinqwanqwa, sayalelwa ukuba siphakamise imisila emanzini, kwaye senza uthotho lokubamba kunye nemisila-yokubhabha, ngokusisiseko "I-100" intshukumo endiyenzileyo malunga namaxesha ali-100 kwiiklasi ezahlukeneyo zePilates . Ngeli xesha, nangona kunjalo, kwakunzima kakhulu. Nangona umsila omanzi ubunokuba ubunobunzima obungaphantsi kweepawundi ze-5, ibanele i-counter-lever yokwenza umsebenzi wam ophambili ube nzima kakhulu kunesiqhelo.

Nangona i- #mermaidfails yam, xa imizuzu engama-45 yayiphelile, andizange ndifune ukususa umsila wam kwaye ndiqhubeke nobomi kumhlaba owomileyo. Ndacinga ukuba iklasi iyakuba sisidenge kwaye iyonwabisa, kodwa bendinokukuva ukutsha ezingalweni zam ukusuka kwindawo ephezulu kunye nakwindawo yam yokuzinza. (Kungenzeka ukuba undoqo wam nawo wenzakalise konke ukuhleka.) Kuyavela, akukho nto yokutshintsha iqela ngokukhawuleza ukusuka kubantu ongabaziyo uye koodade njengobungozi bokujikeleza ubuze.

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