Archive for June, 2009

My Dog Is Fat!

Posted: June 29, 2009 in My Fitness Journal

George Carlin once said “Life is just a series of dogs”. If you are a dog lover this very well be true.

This week the gym has seen little of me so far. Work, or should I say hard labor has been my workout. I was building a roof over a deck this week. There was a lot of heavy lifting. Lots of lunges, squats and deadlifting. Now I know what they mean by functional training. My [...]

I finally have a date when my Gold’s membership will expire. I have been talking to a friend about what I should do. Her answer is to build a home gym. For the cost of a years membership I could equip my personal gym with lots of great equipment.

I just finished my Friday workout. Lots of dead lifts and those dreaded Bulgarian Split Squats. In the second phase of the “New Rules For Lifting” Fat Loss program there are the chin-ups. I have always had trouble doing this exercise. I could only manage a few reps without twisting and contorting my body. But [...]

I got a rude wake up at Golds gym this morning. I was told that my payment did not go through on my credit card because my card expired. Actually my old card was replaced with a new one (same number) but I guess Golds finance likes to screw you what ever way they can. [...]

Sore Back Be Gone

Posted: June 17, 2009 in My Fitness Journal

The last couple of weeks my lower back has been sore. So sore that I was not bending over without increasing the pain. Then on Friday the pain was gone! That was a happy day but that night I got up and and my right hip was in pain. What is going on with my [...]