I'm Not Fit for Genteel Society

Rhett Butler: These are not the hands of a lady.

Scarlett O'Hara: Just because I went riding last week without my gloves and ruined them ...

Never said I was a lady.

Me: Look at this, I have callouses on my hands.

Hubs: It's from the barbell. You're pinching the skin between the bar and your ring. You need to dig out your bike gloves.

Me: Yeah, I need to. Man, these hurt, but this is cool!

Hubs: Rest assured that you will not be accepted into genteel society. Your pale skin would have worked for you but with the callouses and those freckles, they're going to think you're a devil.

Me: I am pale and my freckles are devilish. There's really no chance in hell for me.

The cause of my callouses, in case you were curious.

Workouts like this will not only lead to callouses but sore shoulders and arms as well.

Now I'm just using the bar with no weights, but don't scoff! That bar is 35 lbs and after 40 reps it gets heavy!!