Ready-Made Excuses for Every Day of the Year Do you get a headache when you so much as think of working out? Does it hurt to move even your eyelids the day after you work out? Have you ever joined a gym, tried it for a few weeks, and then started looking for excuses to stay home? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, The Workout Cop-Out is just what you need. Filled from cover to cover with a year’s worth of excuses that people have used to avoid working out, it will help you relieve your anxieties when you reach for the potato chips at the grocery store only to discover your old exercise partner gazing at you with disdain or prepare yourself for the day when you run into your former aerobics instructor or the guy you promised to lift weights with. Who knows, if you aren’t the first to speak, you may find that they are making as many excuses as you are.