I finally rejoined the ranks of the 200 club… those who can bench press more than 200 pounds. I first joined the club when I was in high school, so it’s been more than a little pathetic being out of the club these past few years. Now to get back in the 250 club.
Flat Bench:
135 x 12
155 x 10
185 x 8
225 x 2
Skull Crushers:
45 x 12, 12
45 x 10, 10
45 x 8, 8
Incline Dumbbell Fly:
35 x 12
40 x 10
40 x 8
Bar Dips:
5 (+1)
4 (+2)
1
Treadmill:
8:55 to first mile
I have started riding my bike to work once a week. It’s only 10 miles and it’s mostly down hill, so it’s not a tough ride at all. The ride home is considerably tougher, since it’s mostly up hill and it’s much much warmer. It was about 65 degrees when I headed to work this morning, but it will be close to 90 when I head home.
I don’t need a water bottle on my way to work. I always need one on my ride home. Today I won’t have one. I was flying down Canyon Road through Pleasant Grove this morning when I hit a really rough patch of road. It’s not uncommon to hit really rough roads in Pleasant Grove. They seem to go out of their way to make their roads rough. Unfortunately for me, I hit this rough patch as the road went around a corner near 2600 North. The combination of my speed through the corner and the extraordinarily rough road nearly bounced me off my bike.
Just as I was congratulating myself for staying on, I heard my water bottle bounce across the road and into the weeds. I thought briefly about circling back to get it, but decided against it, because I was already a little late for work. Now I’ll have to figure out how to get some liquid on my bike for the ride home. My current thought is to pack my water bottle holders with cans of Mountain Dew. That sounds like a decent plan.
All the big events I was signed up for are now done for the year. We rode our bikes from Seattle to Portland, did the Spudman triathlon, and rode our bikes around Utah Lake in the ULCER. This week we got to watch a couple stages of the Tour of Utah, which was really cool. But now the big events are done and I have to stop using my “I don’t want to underfuel for the next big event” excuse. It’s time to reinstate the restricted calorie diet. That’s going to be tricky now that we have a Blendtec. It’s so easy to whip up a big smoothie in the morning, but those smoothies have hundreds of calories. I guess I just need to put in more vegetables and less fruits. We’ll see.