When Working Out Doesn’t Work Out (with Alison Bechdel)
The Cut
New York Magazine
4.4 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2021
⏱️ 29 minutes
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| 1:06.0 | The cut. The cut. The cut. The cut. The cut. The cut. The cut. |
| 1:13.0 | The one thing that I thought would maybe be beneficial about a year locked up in my apartment and not seeing anyone is that I would emerge on the other side of it totally ripped. |
| 1:28.0 | I just thought that if I stripped away all other distractions and it was just me in my body, maybe I would wake up before sunrise and start running. |
| 1:39.0 | Or I'd be doing pull-ups like Sarah Conner when she was locked away in isolation in Terminator. |
| 1:44.0 | But of course, none of that happened, and I am emerging into summer, huffing and puffing every time I need to get up the four flights of stairs in my building. |
| 1:53.0 | I feel like I'm barely able to twist open a jar. |
| 1:56.0 | I mean, I did work out a little bit, but I mostly did it out of begrudging obligation so my muscles wouldn't completely atrophy like an astronaut. |
| 2:04.0 | It wasn't some cathartic release, and it wasn't a source of inspiration. |
| 2:08.0 | Working out was a guilty chore. |
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