Went to the gym for the first time in forever yesterday. My back finally feels like it’s completely healed, so I figured it was time to beat the crap outa the ol mortal coil. Of course I overextended myself, but that which does not kill me…. well… hurts like a motherfucker the next day for sure. I did front, upper back, biceps, and legs yesterday. I’ll do back, triceps, shoulders, and legs again today. bike/orbital every day. lather, rinse, repeat. Every muscle in my body should be aching quite nicely by the time sunday rolls… and I have a full day of paintball to play.
This gym (the one in my apartment place) is really nice… very well laid out, TVs on swivel mounts in front of the hamster-class machines (treadmills, etc), stereo system built into the walls/cieling, even a poland springs cooler… all around a great setup. 2 things I don;t like about it are that there is no “proper” arm curl machine and no machines that work the abs. meh.
In other news, we lost power this morning. and by “we” I mean the whole surrounding area. no street lights even. Totally killed my uptime. Thankfully my brain is trained to get up between 7:30a and 8:00a regardless of when I fall asleep (which is usually around 3:00a or so =D), alarm clock or not. great on weekdays, not so hot on weekends.
the only “proper machines” for men are freeweights.
you don’t want to be a girly-man, do you? 😉
only saying this because i care,
sabominator
(aka “man-baby who lifts bigger freeweights than 46% of men in the longwood fitcorp”)
oh I very much realize this… but I’m not about to buy a set, and the gym doesn’t have them. they’d get lost or stolen for sure. But since I’m resigned to being a girly-man as a result to this, I need to make sure I’m in top physical form so I can compete with real men.
PS – I need to come by and check out you and Andrew’s place sometime soon. Perhaps I’ll bake a pizza, or spill some sangria.
Remember, we lift weights because it feels good.
I like machines because it’s safer to lift to failure.
eh, obli di, obli da
speed safely
according to bill pearl, lifting to failure is not a worthwhile approach to lifting, and is potentially harmful. don’t ask why i have these books.
and igg, yes you do have to come over – i could endure such abuse from you, but not my erstwhile roommates. teh honeybear will be back midweek. we could go to…osaka tea garden…
-sabominator
but it’s more manly- grunt grunt:)
speed safely