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Thanks for the kind thoughts, prayers, love and willingness to move in with us and share our view and kewl rides!!!
It was a really nice and sunny day, until just when I was leaving for the gym. That's when the skies had to open up and rain on my beautiful clean car. Hmmmmppph. But, I went to the gym (even though I was tempted to bag it and go wipe down the car) and I'm really glad I did. Since I may not (likely won't) go tomorrow night, I pushed like a madman and worked out for over 3 hours. I started with my core, back extensions, roman candle (it's an incline you do forward extensions on, which can be really hard right after doing reverse back extensions, which is why I do them), then crunches, then and I don't know what it's called, but you put your arms in a cradle and you're elecated off the ground and you pull your legs up to your chest umteen dozen times till your stomach mucsles hurt, then I do 100 situps on an incline. That's about 25 minutes right there. Then I do my leg routine, about another 25 or so minutes, then I do 75 old fashioned pushup, and then I just run all over the gym doing all sorts of upper body (arms, chest, shoulders etc) workout using some machines and some free weights. This also includes the unassisted dips and chinups I keep working on. I get right in there with the younger big boys and I hold my own and sometimes even do better than they do. Finally, I ended my workout with my usual 35 intense minutes on the elliptical. Tonight I burned over 600 calories in 35 minutes, traveled nearly 5 miles and kept at 93 or more RPM the entire time. Rod is a sopping wet mess by the time this is all over.
Then, I came home and couldn't stand the fact that my new baby was so dirty, so I went into the garage level of the condo and wiped the car completely down. We can't be driving a brand new 'dirty' bimmer now can we??!! No, of course not.
I'm just sitting here going through work email and personal mail too. Will be heading to bed soon. I didn't sleep well last night. I guess as my procedure get's closer, it's more on my mind. So, I just can't wait for this part to be over. With all your prayers and well wishes, I'm sure I'll be fine. But even if I'm not, I know your prayers will help me get throuth whatever is ahead of me.
Oh, on the Charlie car front. Turns out he's getting one of the only available new coupes in the country. Supposedly there was a war over that car between multiple dealerships this morning, but the fact that we were the first in the country to put down a deposit meant that the car was our's! It landed at the Vehicle Processing Center (VPC) today and is scheduled to arrive at our dealership one week from today. Charlie's pretty excited and I'm excited for him.
Sleep well everyone!!
PS: DeeJay, yes one arm is always going to be dominant over the other. That's where free weights come in really handy. There's no way with equal weights in each arm, the dominant arm can work harder than the weaker arm. Try doing some arm free weight routines and you'll feel and see a difference.
It was a really nice and sunny day, until just when I was leaving for the gym. That's when the skies had to open up and rain on my beautiful clean car. Hmmmmppph. But, I went to the gym (even though I was tempted to bag it and go wipe down the car) and I'm really glad I did. Since I may not (likely won't) go tomorrow night, I pushed like a madman and worked out for over 3 hours. I started with my core, back extensions, roman candle (it's an incline you do forward extensions on, which can be really hard right after doing reverse back extensions, which is why I do them), then crunches, then and I don't know what it's called, but you put your arms in a cradle and you're elecated off the ground and you pull your legs up to your chest umteen dozen times till your stomach mucsles hurt, then I do 100 situps on an incline. That's about 25 minutes right there. Then I do my leg routine, about another 25 or so minutes, then I do 75 old fashioned pushup, and then I just run all over the gym doing all sorts of upper body (arms, chest, shoulders etc) workout using some machines and some free weights. This also includes the unassisted dips and chinups I keep working on. I get right in there with the younger big boys and I hold my own and sometimes even do better than they do. Finally, I ended my workout with my usual 35 intense minutes on the elliptical. Tonight I burned over 600 calories in 35 minutes, traveled nearly 5 miles and kept at 93 or more RPM the entire time. Rod is a sopping wet mess by the time this is all over.
Then, I came home and couldn't stand the fact that my new baby was so dirty, so I went into the garage level of the condo and wiped the car completely down. We can't be driving a brand new 'dirty' bimmer now can we??!! No, of course not.
I'm just sitting here going through work email and personal mail too. Will be heading to bed soon. I didn't sleep well last night. I guess as my procedure get's closer, it's more on my mind. So, I just can't wait for this part to be over. With all your prayers and well wishes, I'm sure I'll be fine. But even if I'm not, I know your prayers will help me get throuth whatever is ahead of me.
Oh, on the Charlie car front. Turns out he's getting one of the only available new coupes in the country. Supposedly there was a war over that car between multiple dealerships this morning, but the fact that we were the first in the country to put down a deposit meant that the car was our's! It landed at the Vehicle Processing Center (VPC) today and is scheduled to arrive at our dealership one week from today. Charlie's pretty excited and I'm excited for him.
Sleep well everyone!!
PS: DeeJay, yes one arm is always going to be dominant over the other. That's where free weights come in really handy. There's no way with equal weights in each arm, the dominant arm can work harder than the weaker arm. Try doing some arm free weight routines and you'll feel and see a difference.