Sunday, December 28, 2008

My New Gym

When I moved, I had to find a new gym. Luckily, there's one three blocks from my house, about the same distance as I had before.

But the new gym is a bit like stepping back in time, and not just because of the equipment. People all around me are doing isolation exercises (it's hard to believe people still do so many curls) and one chest exercise after another.

I see far too few leg work and almost no posterior chain work. A full-body workout? Forget it.

In other words, they're doing bodybuilder workouts for the most part. Me, I'm plowing ahead with my full-body workouts because I know they work and make me a better athlete, not a bodybuilder.

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

We're Lazy

That's what I'm realizing as I go through my daily commute and here's why -- people line up for escalators even when perfectly good stairs are right there.

I see it every single day. I even saw someone walk up to an escalator, see that it wasn't working and walk to one that was working. Of course then once on the escalator people simply stand there instead of walking up them as well.

How did people become so lazy. Take the stairs.

Sorry for the Interruption

I moved recently, which temporarily threw everything into a bit of chaos. There was the move itself, the ensuing lack of Internet access because of the cable company's incompetence and trying to find time to post amid a life that now involves a long commute to work.

But there's a huge upside to all this -- I now walk to the beach to surf instead of driving an hour and a half. And I live where life moves at a slower pace. Just stepping off the train here each day feels nice.