Did something new today. Went to do my workout at 1PM on a weekday. Never did that before.
I was amazed. There was no one in the weight area and only about 7 people total in the gym.
Thank goodness for people that pay yearly memberships but never come to the gym. Makes it nice for the rest of us.
Circuit – Repeat for 5 total sets with ADEQUATE rest between sets
Kettlebell Lateral Lunge
32kg – 12 reps each leg
2 KB Offset 1 Leg Dead Lift 24/20kg – 8 reps each leg
Offset Farmer Walks 24/20kg - 20 total steps
I actually got come extra Farmer walks in. One rep is 20 steps. Well, to get the 24/20 kettlebells into the gym I have to go get them and it’s 75 steps from the storage area to the gym. That is three reps there and three reps back.
Worked on my jump rope. Getting much better. I don’t have pain in my legs anymore. I just need to keep working on building up my endurance.
There was a guy in the steamroom who was doing some setup’s. We talked about the number of setups he was doing. He made reference to his belly, which he is trying to reduce. I mentioned to him that bellies are much like stray cats and dogs. When you feed them well they never seem to go away. He had a happy belly.
Crossfit in the morming so I am excited about that. My back (lower left) started acting up yesterday. It was really bad today. I was out shopping and started to get sick to my stomach from the pain. After taking some meds the pain backed off. At least I do have meds that will help when it really gets bad. I hope is it better for the morning. I hate to have to scale down my workout because of my back. There is a free class scheduled for Saturday that I plan to attend.
This evening was visitation for Aunt Mary. Everything went well. I met the new pastor from Mom’s church. Jerry T. stopped by. Debbie and I had not seen him for sometime. Aunt Mary’s son had to take his wife back to Cleveland Clinic last tight. She started running a temp. She is being treated for Lupus. The graveside service is tomorrow at 11A. I am hopeful that once tomorrow is over that everyone can start getting their lives back to normal…..until the next crisis. There is always another crisis.
We have been invited to a family get together in Columbus on Sunday afternoon. I am looking forward to that. Monday it will be “back to work”.
After getting home I decided to get the yard mowed. As I was getting close to being done in the back I upset a yellow jacket nest in the ground and got 12 stings. I only had shorts on. They were so aggressive they were actually up my shorts. When I got into the house I realized I had at least two still in my shorts so I ran outside and got rid of the shorts in the garage. I don’t think the neighbors saw too much of my business, but I really did not care at that point. Debbie took care of the two in the house and I made sure there were no more hiding in any of my nooks or crannies.
I was happy that I did the entire 1 minute of jump rope during the warmup without a mistake. That was a first. My practice has paid off. 
On a sad note Aunt Mary passed away late this afternoon. Debbie and I are meeting her son at the funeral home in the morning to assist as we can in making the final arrangements. I suspect that the arrangements will be for a simple, private, graveside service.
I sucked at the burpees and the sumo lifts. Again, movements that involve my lower body slow me down. On the burpees I focus on throwing myself down to the floor. I did get a “good sprawl” from Jerry. I throw myself down to get use to falling…and surviving. Someday if I actually do trip and fall this might keep me from being injured. The getting up and the jump are what slow me down.
Interesting dream last night. I was back in time to 1986 when I was a public telephone coin collector. I was the guy that would go around and replace the full money collection boxes with an empty box in public pay phones. I lasted in that job for a year. It was really interesting in the beginning. You were on your own in your van with your map, finding the pay phones that needed service on your route. I traveled all over Akron/Canton/Youngstown. I got into a lot of places I would have never otherwise seen. I really liked the factories. I always enjoy seeing how things are made. I have to admit that after a year the novelty wore off. Once I had learned where all the phones were the challenge was gone. At that point I started make changes and ended up with another job.
