Exercise Goals for 2009

I love them too, eoe! I am eating some 100 calorie pack of Pringles as we speak!

Congratulations eoe! That's a great achievement.

Thank you so much!

Go eoe!!!!

I ran last Friday, but otherwise haven't been exercising as usual due to the kid's recuperation from surgery. Hopefully she'll be back at school by Wednesday, maybe tomorrow.

My friend gym-mom came and sat with sozlet on Friday so I could go run -- very grateful to her, it helped my stress level quite a bit. If she offers I may take her up on it again today, but I don't think I'll ask -- she has plenty to do and I can last a bit longer without exercising. (I'm only 1.5 lbs off my goal weekly weight as of Saturday.)

Exercising is a stress reliever, definitely! Is sozlet back in school now?

We just came back from a big walk in the hills here - soaking up the fresh air
and feeling great after a workout. Tomorrow is a gym day again...

George, you're back at the widget factory?

The pleasant young woman -- I don't know her job title -- at the
peridontist's office told me "No exercise for two days." I was in no
position to argue. Dr. Schwartz had just cut open my gum, drilled a
hole into my jawbone, screwed a bolt into the hole, and sewed my gum
back up again. Of course he'd also pumped me so full of Novacaine
that only one side of my mouth was capable of forming a reply.

"Uh gay," I said.

I did not run that Monday, and on Tuesday I took a long walk at lunch.

On Wednesday Two-Mile Mike and I ran together. O'B was out there as
well. He was alternating running and walking, working his way up to
being able to run two continuous miles. A man's gotta know his
limits. We met him at the bottom of the uphill and he jogged along
with us to the top. Alpha Drive is a gradual uphill to Stuart Road.
Turn right on Stuart and it gets considerably steeper. We were all
puffing when we got to the top, but my jaw felt none the worse for it.

Yay George and George's jaw...

Sozlet's back in school now, but yesterday (her first full day) was a bit crazy and I didn't get to the gym. I did today, just the regular Thursday workout. Felt great.

Glad the Sozlet is back in school -- and I bet you are too!
Funny how getting back to the exercise schedule can give you a boost.

my routine is getting crazy.

i now workout monday wednesday and friday.

monday i do
bench presses
inclined bench presses
standing bar curls
deadlifts
squats (omfg these are so amazing! if u do one exercise this is it!)
extensions

wednesday
bicep curls
hammer curls
shoulder presses
bent over rows
standing rows
chest flys
lateral raises

friday
wrist curl
reverse wrist curl
forearm curls
extensions
and a few more i forget

i do these every workout day.
crunches
reverse crunches
crossover crunches

push ups
explosive push ups
plyometric push ups
elevated
and ones where u push up on two bricks next to each other both hands on ground both on brick....

when i get a gym membership i can do leg presses and leg curls and etc...

:/

this stuff really keeps u engaged focused and most of all BUSY! omfg.

**** oh yeah i do clena and jerks, snatches etc too. just added them to the el routinoe

You're gonna be a monster.

How ya doin, George?

I hope to get back on my regular workout schedule this week. Had two weeks with only one workout each. Bleh.

Doing well, thanks.

This was a lost weekend for exercise. I drove up to Montreal Friday after
work, reviewed book galleys all day Saturday, and then drove back on Sunday.

Book galleys? Reviewed?

Are you about to publish a book!?

Yes. I am co-editor.
It's a collection of memories and reflections from a group of us who were
once seminarians. This is the same group I had gone to a reunion with in
the fair city of Columbus a couple of years ago.

Oh, excellent! Congratulations.

Thank you. It'll be weird to see my name on the cover of a book.

:/ naw i dont think so. im super skinny.

what i want is to be like brad pitt in fight club, with more defined pectorals. In like 12 months ill be where i want with muscle definition. but..

i keep revising my routine, im trying to get more professional opinions and i think i start work this saturday I might go try to get a personal trainer.

I want to focus on cardio/endurance/stamina.

focus on cardio/stamina/endurance but my goal for bench presses is a cool 300 pounds.

not *too* crazy IMO, but enough to keep me working for it for about yeah a year. my one rep maximum right now is 150, so im trying to double it.

That's ambitious, fer sure.
I'm trying to get to where I can bench my own weight 3x10.