I paid for Christmas today. No, I didn’t get a credit card bill. I just thought my arms would fall off during my workout.
Truth #1: You can work out for a year and if you lay off for a day, you lose it all.
Truth #2: I’m glad we work out in the dark.
My pants kept falling down like a Benny Hill skit. So I got double the workout — I did my exercises while pulling my shorts up for an hour.
There’s about 150 folks doing Fit4Change at JSU — inside. There are above 70 of us up at Madison — and we’re outside most of the time. So keeping my shorts up was important for more than just modesty reasons. Don’t need frost bite in unfortunate places.
Thankfully there were no wardrobe malfunctions.
Oh yeah, and I did Burpees (how the Devil stays fit) with a chair. That had to look REALLY stupid. I’m glad it was dark.
Speaking of dark, I heard a familiar voice when we first got out there. (I usually arrive 15 minutes early and run a 1/2 mile to warm up). It was Bevo Gandy. Bevo and I have worked out together off and on since I started PLS five years ago. He’s also the dad of Hannah, an awesome young lady who kicked cancer in the teeth. The Gandys are a very strong family and I’ve alway respected Bevo’s inner-fortitude. But today, that respect rose to another level.
Why? When I saw him, I didn’t recognize him. Seriously. He had dropped from 237 lbs. to 179 lbs. since the last time I saw him. And he looks great! I asked him if he had a tapeworm, but he said it was actually better than that. One day he was cleaning out his truck and found 20 Diet Mountain Dew bottles. That was one day’s worth! So he switched to drinking that much water instead. He said he has recently also cleaned up his diet, too.
I found that to be inspirational. My weight has plateaued at 215 lbs. (my scale). Yesterday, my doctor said I needed to lose about 20 lbs. (his scale). I held out my left arm and said, “Go ahead and cut it off.”
He said just keep the fork out of my mouth. Why? I need to help stomp out my reflux. And my cholesterol was a historically high (for me) 177. (last year it was 125). It’s time to get busy.
So I’ll drink more water. And I’ll really push my workout like I did today. Coach Clark worked our shoulders and core (as he always does). Coach Neil put us through the paces in the weight room (he’s as motivational as they come.) And Coach Trahan had us running through quick-foot ladders, cones and bags. I almost got out of breath.
I burned a lot of calories today. Or more accurately, a lot of Christmas cookies.
Question for Fit4Change folks: What was your favorite part of today’s workout? Your lease favorite?