Exercise
OK. I’ll admit it. I’m out of shape, and have been for some time now. I weighed in around 115-120 when I graduated high school, which was a little on the light side, even 20 years ago. I’m now pushing the 200 mark. I don’t think I’ve broken it yet, though I’m probably close. I’d like to get back down to 138, which according to all the charts is my ideal weight.
So, what am I doing about it? Well, last year I started running because I was going to try to run the Columbus Marathon. I started another blog about it, and bought some video equipment so I could make a documentary about it. That plan didn’t really work out so well. Life got busy. We bought a house and sold another. I put my plan of running in a marathon on hold and quit running temporarily. Of course, that “temporarily” stretched on into winter, and it’s hard to motivate myself to go running when it’s cold as hell outside ;) But I’ll start training again. I promise ;) Probably later today, or tomorrow morning at the latest. Gotta start (again) somewhere, right?
In the meantime, my wife decided to buy a Total Gym 1700 Club
(affiliate link). It came a couple of weeks ago and we got it set up, but we really need to organize and unpack some more boxes so we can convert a spare bedroom into an exercise room. We’ve also got an elliptical that we purchased just before we bought this place that we plan on putting in there. I’d also like to eventually get a treadmill and stationary bike, for when it’s too freaking cold outside to run. But we’ll probably hold off until we start using what we already have.
My ultimate goal is to maybe convert part of the massive garage that came with the house into an actual gym with free weights, the equipment we already have, maybe some boxing equipment. I bet a boxing ring would fit and we’d still have room for four cars in there.
The garage needs a lot of work before that could happen, though. There are some windows that are out. The electrical needs rewired. The roof needs replaced. There’s a gap under one of the doors. Critters have gotten in and decided the loft makes a good restroom. I have to make repairs to prevent the critters from getting in. Then I need to clean all the crap (literally! Yuck!) out. The stairs to the loft needs replaced with something that resembles something I’d actually feel safe walking up and down. Then I can start thinking of putting in a gym. It’s nice to dream, though.
At any rate, while I’m out of shape, I’m starting to really do something about it. And yes, I’m still planning on running a marathon. Maybe it’ll be this year, but probably next. And I plan on documenting the entire training process. Maybe I’ll even update the other blog once in awhile ;)
So, what am I doing about it? Well, last year I started running because I was going to try to run the Columbus Marathon. I started another blog about it, and bought some video equipment so I could make a documentary about it. That plan didn’t really work out so well. Life got busy. We bought a house and sold another. I put my plan of running in a marathon on hold and quit running temporarily. Of course, that “temporarily” stretched on into winter, and it’s hard to motivate myself to go running when it’s cold as hell outside ;) But I’ll start training again. I promise ;) Probably later today, or tomorrow morning at the latest. Gotta start (again) somewhere, right?
In the meantime, my wife decided to buy a Total Gym 1700 Club
(affiliate link). It came a couple of weeks ago and we got it set up, but we really need to organize and unpack some more boxes so we can convert a spare bedroom into an exercise room. We’ve also got an elliptical that we purchased just before we bought this place that we plan on putting in there. I’d also like to eventually get a treadmill and stationary bike, for when it’s too freaking cold outside to run. But we’ll probably hold off until we start using what we already have.
My ultimate goal is to maybe convert part of the massive garage that came with the house into an actual gym with free weights, the equipment we already have, maybe some boxing equipment. I bet a boxing ring would fit and we’d still have room for four cars in there.
The garage needs a lot of work before that could happen, though. There are some windows that are out. The electrical needs rewired. The roof needs replaced. There’s a gap under one of the doors. Critters have gotten in and decided the loft makes a good restroom. I have to make repairs to prevent the critters from getting in. Then I need to clean all the crap (literally! Yuck!) out. The stairs to the loft needs replaced with something that resembles something I’d actually feel safe walking up and down. Then I can start thinking of putting in a gym. It’s nice to dream, though.
At any rate, while I’m out of shape, I’m starting to really do something about it. And yes, I’m still planning on running a marathon. Maybe it’ll be this year, but probably next. And I plan on documenting the entire training process. Maybe I’ll even update the other blog once in awhile ;)
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