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Training schedule still messed up so I decided to do a couple random
exercises with interval training on the treadmill.

Elliptical 15 mins

10 thrust ups ( push up off a barbell so hard you lift off ) into 140%
body wieght pullups x 6. 3 sets

Ball pike, crunch left right side plank 10ea, 3 sets

Seated wide grip rows 10x4

Cable crunches 10x4

Sprint / walk 35 mins

Sauna 15 mins

Aaron

        

        

Stepped out of the gym for cardio this morning. A friend took me to
Runyon Canyon, which is in the Hollywood hills. Very beautiful and
peaceful place, I would definitely recommend visiting there, its also
dog friendly so you can bring your four legged friend as well.

My friend had been there once before and we always make things
difficult for eachother when we workout, today was no different! After
arriving at the base of the hill, I see the roughly paved path, and to
the left an exposed nearly vertical stripe of dirt and rock that water
from the rains had worn into the side of the hill... I entertained
thoughts of trying to climb that part with no intention of even
trying, it was SO steep, I only had my old worn out running shoes, and
I hadn't done any climbing in years! But what does my friend say? "We
start here! You ready?!" I looked for signs of a joke... He wasn't
kidding! I don't back down though, so up we went, my heart was pumping
so hard I wondered if anyone could hear it. I wasn't sure if I would
be able to find footing to climb higher, if it would be stable when I
found it, or if I could keep from tumbling down the 50 or 60 foot
rocky face of the hill! About 30 feet into the climb my heart began to
thunder from the sheer effort required to climb the probably 70
deegree face and the adrenaline rush that I got.

We conquered the first part and were congratulated by a guy who
said he used to start that way when he was younger. After that we
walked the flat spots and jogged the steep parts, climbing the run off
parts when we came across them. It took around 30 mins to get to the
top. Which was really amazing actually. The view let's you see for
miles and miles over a few LA cities skylines. I'll go back with a
camera. Also at the top was a "Defaced Oscar" you know the Oscar
statue of the gold man with the sword? Someone is mysteriously placing
tore up gory 7ft statues around LA and one popped up at the peak last
night apparently. We had a passerby take a pic of us with it and I'll
post it when I recieve a copy. Besides the mysterious statue was a
small wooden prayer box. It had a little sign that said: "take one,
give one" so we both wrote one and I took one that said: "God thank
you for another day of life, heal my body." Somewhat sad but at the
same time encouraging to me because he had obviously made it to the
top and was thankful for life and keeping active! We should never take
life for granted. We took the steep and rough trail down the side of
the hill. Very challenging and a shock to my legs because it was so
radically different from anything I have done in years! I felt like a
kid again climbing and hopping over rocks and slipping and sliding
down dirt paths. Overall a very good morning!



Aaron

        

Been a big fan of eggs in the diet for about two years now but
depending on what variation of my diet I'm on I'll stop eating them or
add them everyday. Jut came across this great article:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/eggs.htm

Check it out, I'm sure it will help alot of people!

Aaron