It finally happened...

I was at the gym this afternoon working, focusing on ab work; which is unusual as I don't normally devout a good chunk of time on them. You pretty much work your abs indirectly by  numerous other exercises: squats, lunges, shoulder presses/push ups etc. Today I decide to be more adventurous than usual and was going through a gamut of moves that would surely make me regret doing all the work within the next two days. I've done work on the swiss balls, I really like working with them and never had a problem with them before. I was working on on a super set of obliques and was on the swiss ball doing side crunches. I got it done. It was fun. It was easy. So I went from the modified version (the leg closest to the ground bent) to the full side plank pose.

It was like time had stopped and motions were slowed. I felt the ball slip out and did nothing to save myself as I walloped to the ground mid pose with a rather audible sound of displeasure.

There have been numerous disasters at the gym, none of which I had any hand in but:
People falling off ellipticals, either through lost of balance or falling ASLEEP.
Make shift decline benches...there's at least three of them around the gym, no need to build one.
Jump rope mishaps.
Resistance bands mishaps.
Overzealous weight lifting.
Spandex.
Perfume.
No wearing of bras.
Misuse of plyometric boxes.
Teenage boys trying to impress the shorts off of teenage girls (who are just standing around watching them...).

I whacked my ribs good and I'm pretty sure I heard some chuckles.