[Sportsandrec] new member and a question

[Carly Mihalakis]

Hi, Ben,

         I am totally blind, without eyeballs in fact, but grew up to 
hold physical fitness and body image in an unprecedented high regard.

My mother and I would just show up at various classes and athletic 
events, and she would introduce me to the instructor before saying, 
"oh, by the way she's blind" and that was it, they would presumably 
see that I was a together enough kid and looked alright, and would 
take on the challenge of adapting the material to be workable for a 
blind person.
Today at age 26 I spin and do abs class at the local health club.
It seems People hafta just get used to blind folks not being 
invalids, because this is what most expect from people with pour 
eyesight, for them to totally dig their current realities whatever 
they may be, stay in the chair and shutup and don't give your sighted 
keepers hassles by being dissatisfied.
You'll hafta let me know how your experience as a partial differs from mine?
I would encourage you to just see if the instructor is open to 
verbalizing his instructions or if you can partner with another 
member of the class.
Keep us posted, but it seems you may hafta add this activity to that 
list of stuff from which you are forced to be excluded.
But really, try those things, see how they work.
Carly of Berkeley :

>Hi I am new on this list. My name is Ben, and I'm a 24 year old 
>college student in California. I look forward to this list.
>
>I have a question regarding fitness classes. Specifically, my local 
>public swimming pool offers some aerobics and stretch and tone 
>classes that are instructor led and set to music. I have been 
>thinking about attending, but I don't have a clue to how I would be 
>able to know what the instructor is doing. I have some sight, but 
>not enough to follow a workout routine that someone else is doing. I 
>spoke with the person at the front desk and they were also unsure 
>how it would work for me.
>
>
>
>I guess what I am wondering to all of you is, does anyone have any 
>tips, techniques, ideas, suggestions, or something that could help 
>me in these classes. I am unsure how this situation would work, and 
>I have never taken such a class before and could use any 
>suggestions. Or are these types of classes generally difficult to do 
>because of poor vision? I'm not willing to attend until I can figure 
>out if it is workable.
>
>
>
>Thanks, Ben
>
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