TGIF!

Whew...made it through the week. Well not quite a whole week, but close enough. I still like the feeling of Fridays! It was an interesting day. I had to put to use my mechanical engineering skills. My mom, for the first time EVER, back into a pole and busted her taillight. I won't ever let her live it down. Because now that she has finally wrecked, all the spotlights can be taken off of me and my some 100 wrecks. Well maybe not that many, but too many too count. So I ordered a replacement bulb on ebay, then installed it today. I felt quite proud to be more seasoned in the car department than just fixing a flat.

I also watched a movie call Hachi the Dog. It was very touching. A dog was so loyal to his owner that he went to the same spot everyday for 9 years waiting for his return even after his death. Now that is what I call a man's best friend.

I had yet another funny experience at the gym today. I guess it isn't that uncommon, but this guy, not so good looking, was in there doing his workout. It was hillarious because he did about 72 sets of curls with I think 10 lb weights. And then he would go and flex in the mirror to see if they had gotten any bigger after his relentless repetitions. I wanted to say STOP already! You know taht is never going to help. Instead, he should try doing compound lifting where he is getting all of his muslces involved, and the biceps will develop out of compensating for the other muslces doing the work. Pullups, shoulder presses, inverted rows, and rows are great full body, compound lifts that will save the needless reps of bicep curls.

My workout was a strength workout today. I had a certain amount of reps to achieve while lifting only up to around 5-7 reps per set. So, the weight was pretty heavy in order for me to almost max out at the limited number each time. The first 3 exercises in the set were stiff leg deadlifts, db incline bench press, and chinups. I had to get around 35, 30, & 25 reps total in the above order. After completing that I did 65 sec. of squat thrusts then 55 sec of plank. The second round of exercises included bulgarian split squats, bent over rows, and exploding lateral raises. I had to get 30 on each leg, then 25 rows, and 20 raises. Very tuff. After that I did 20 kettle bell swings finishing off with max pushups. Good day today.

My meals were good too. Smothie this morning for breakfast with banana, strawberry, blueberry, almond butter, cashews, tahini, flax oil, and barley grass. I made enough for my post workout drink too. Then I had an apple and almond butter for a snack. My lunch was a huge salad full of fresh veggies with venison steak and salsa. My supper was quinoa, a wonderful iron and protein rich grain, mixed with sauted veggies in coconut oil.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!