Nothing to report

Nothing too exciting going on. Just wanted to post. Interestingly, one of the senior kids from our Bible class asked if he could start working out with us in the mornings. He's a star tennis player and a really awesome guy. Unfortunately, neither of those attributes have made him very strong. He actually showed up yesterday morning to start the second phase of a three month progressive cycle. Monday was bench and biceps. He was definately a trooper, but I doubt the poor guy could get the bar of soap to his arm pits this morning.

Happy Friday

I've been back in the gym yesterday and today. Nobody showed up this morning so I didn't have a real inspiring experience, but I cranked it out anyway. Yesterday was a really good one. Did some light deadlifts and more hamstring work. Tried some one arm clean-and-presses with dumbells. Three sets of ten on each side got me breathing and sweating like a big fat guy should. Loved the exercise though. Definately a good one to put in the archives. Then I decided to do some grip work, as I recently found that my grip is comperable to that of a fetus. A girl one. So anyhow, the gym finally got a set of 100lb DBs. Its a start. I picked em up and just held onto them for a bout 30 seconds. Four rounds of that and my forearms were deffinately pumped. I felt really great after that workout. I don't think it's going to take a lot to improve my hand strength quite a bit. Now if I can just figure out how to get a big tire off the ground faster...

Post demolition

I got up yesterday morning and walked on a treadmill for about half an hour and stretched. I thought that was plenty for the day. Then my father-in-law calls me and needs help moving a bunch of heavy junk into storage last night. It quickly became obvious that I have not recovered from the weekend yet. My hips and legs were killing me by the time we got done. I never realized how week my hips were until this weekend. Definitely a weak link that needs to be resolved.

2008 Texas Strongman

This was one of the coolest things I've ever done. I am so hooked its ridiculous. I've never been so beat up and sore in all my life. That is one fun sport! The competition was amazing. There were some really good athletes and everyone was super cool. You'd be strategizing the best was to carry a loaded keg with the guys you're trying to beat. there was also a huge crowd of spectators that kept the energy super high and positive. This was exactly what I needed to pull me outta the slump I've been in since the first of the year. I got my arse kicked severely, but I didn't come in dead last either. Did well on some of the stuff I was really scared of, and sucked on the things I thought I had a handle on. Crazy sport. I know what I need to be working on now. I'm gonna hit strongman head on and never look back. The cool thing is, the guys that won it weren't that much stronger than me. They had their technique down for sure. I really think within a year, I could be placing in the top three. Awesome weekend!

GLURBLE

Well now. its about two days until the ol meet in Ft Worth. I'm still hacking up a lung every couple o' seconds and generally feeling pretty dang not strong. this is going to hurt little glenny-poo like whackings and smackings on my poor tender head.

Super Monday

Shite. I've been sick since thursday, and it doesn't appear to be improving. I'm sitting in a hotel in houston administering some of grampa's cough syrup. I feel like poo. Tried to workout Saturday. Did some farmers walk. I suck. Just looked at my big steel log (i gotta come up with a better name for that thing), but didn't have the gumption to pick the thing up. I may likely die on Saturday. I suppose we all gotta go sometime. Might as well go with a grimace on the face and a lot'a weight over m' head!

Super Tuesday

What's so super about it anyway?