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Hundred push-ups and two hundred sit-ups training programs

I’m sure some of you have heard about the hundred push-ups and two hundred sit-ups training programs. I heard about them a while back and it got my attention, but I never tried doing them. I’ve gotten majorly out of shape since high school where volleyball kept me in good shape and my weight down. A couple years ago I found I had gained 40 pounds since graduating. Moderating my eating habits has allowed me to start losing some of that. The weight doesn’t bother me as much as the lack of core strength. Trying to hold my chunk of a nephew for more than a couple minutes is no easy task and even carrying my bike up the stairs shouldn’t take so much effort.

I did the intial test for both training programs today and printed out the schedules. I’ll alternate between the two every night and take Friday off to bike to work. I’d ultimately like to incorporate the main calisthenics excerices into a weekly routine which needs to be combined with less time on the computer. I talked myself out of buying a Dell Mini 9 from their outlet last week for cheap, but I might reconsider getting a netbook so I don’t just sit up at my desk and surf. I could use it downstairs to check email and RSS, write a blog and then be done.

I won’t do a daily update on my progress, but I’ll let you know how things are going over the next 6 weeks.

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My 8 things post

8 TV Shows I Watch:
1) The Office
2) CSI
3) House
4) Mythbusters
5) Dirty Jobs
6) Top Gear
7) Law and Order
8) Jeopardy

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1) Narai Thai
2) Super Mex
3) In-n-Out
4) Taco Surf
5) Claim Jumper
6) Golden Spoon
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8 Things that Happened to Me Today (and Yesterday):
1) Shot lots of stuff
2) Ran sound at church
3) Ate at In-n-Out
4) Watched American Carol
5) Played Runes of Magic
6) Slept
7) Worked on side jobs
8) Cleaned guns

8 Things I Look Forward To:
1) The Office’s return
2) New Reel Big Fish album
3) Flight of the Conchords Season 2
4) Reading books I got for Christmas
5) Boston over Spring Break
6) Doing taxes
7) Luke’s first birthday
8) Starting my Mexican Train dominoes game

8 Things I Wish For:
1) Continued steady employment
2) A 1911
3) Garand or M1 Carbine
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Off to Turlock

Driving up to Turlock soon to visit Grandma for the weekend. Back Sunday night. Then shooting Monday night, then work, and then shooting next Saturday. Side jobs and video games in between.

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Arizona Road Trip: Day 4

There were a couple things we wanted to do on the way home: Red Rocks State Park just outside of Sedona and breakfast at Cracker Barrel in Prescott. Red Rocks had some nice trails and the fall colors were really nice and vibrant.

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After that we headed down the 89 into Prescott for some more Cracker Barrel goodness and worked our way back down to the 10. I didn’t look at the route too closely on Google Maps before we left, but we went through several mountain ranges which provided some nice driving in the RSX. That’s about it. I posted a more complete gallery at my new Picasa Web Album so check that out too.

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Arizona Road Trip: Day 3

We didn’t get to see the landscape driving in, but this was the view from our room at the Hilton resort in Oak Creek.

The plan for today was to head up to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and see as many sites as possible on the way there. Heading up into Sedona there were nice views of the red rocks.

Had breakfast at the Wildflower Bread Company in Sedona and stopped off at the Church of the Holy Cross.

Continued the drive up 89A to Flagstaff and stopped for some shots of the canyon.

Bypassed Flagstaff and continued up the 89. Took a detour through the Sunset Crater and Wupatki National Monuments. Snow on the ground at the crater and crazy winds at one of the ruins.

Back on 89, stopped in Cameron before heading over to the east Grand Canyon entrance. There’s really nothing out there except for the Cameron Trading Post and its little restaurant. We got frybread which was absolutely scrumptious with a little honey.

Headed over to the east Grand Canyon entrance and went up in the Watchtower for our first peek at the result of millions of years of work.

I was confused by these signs, the guy looks like he’s saying “Alright cliff slide!”

We worked our way along the rim and stopped at the different lookouts before heading back down towards Flagstaff from the west entrance. We had planned to do a little spelunking in a lava tube, but it got dark too fast and there were several inches of snow on the ground in that area. Headed back down to Sedona for some vegetarian dinner at D’lish and called it a night.