My wife accompanied me to the gym this morning for a 5:30 workout. It was a pretty grueling workout that consisted of lots of dead lifts and running in a short amount of time. Maybe it's just when it comes from me, but my wife hates it when people offer her encouragement at the gym. After four and a half years of marriage, I've come to realize that it IS just me that she can't stand to receive encouragement from. So as she was finishing her run and the group of people who finshed began clapping her in to be kind, I decided to be kind in a new and mindful way by NOT clapping her in, or saying good job. Lucky for me, I made the right choice because as soon as we got in the car she made it clear that the worst part of the workout was when the rest of the group was clapping her in.
