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Brian’s Monday Night Workouts
Posted on January 9, 2010 by Ching under Health.
Brian and I met with Landon (physical trainer) this morning for a followup visit. He created workout routines for us to do on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Our appointment was only for 30 minutes each so he only had time to go over the routine for Monday. Hopefully, he’ll be able to go over both the Wednesday and Friday routines on our next visit. Brian’s Monday workout routine is as follows.
Our plan is for Brian to give this a dry-run tomorrow while I’m in my group fitness class. I’m curious if the entire routine can be done in an hour. Landon seems to think so. I’m kind of slow at setting up machines and stuff so I’m thinking I’ll probably take an hour and a half to do mine. We’ll see.
For tomorrow we have an hour of racquetball and then I go to 30 minutes of step followed by 30 minutes of core. Brian will do the workout routine above. I won’t be able to do a dry run of mine so I’ll just have to go for it on Monday.
I’m looking forward to burning some calories and getting rid of some excess baggage. How about you?
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Our New Racquetball Rackets
Posted on December 30, 2009 by Ching under Games, Health.
Our new racquetball rackets arrived today via FedEx. Hurrah!
Brian’s is the one on the left. It’s an Ektelon AirO Warrior racket that is 1900 power level. His racket is part of a racquetball kit
Mine is the one on the right. It is also an Ektelon. Except it is the O3 Hybrid Rip
I selected my racket out of all the racket options available because I think it is ideal for the type of player I am. According to the description on the web site, the racket I have is ideal for beginners who rely more on arm swing than a well-established fast wrist snap. That’s definitely me. Also, it’s supposed to give me more power without sacrificing control.
I’m really excited to take Manny for a spin. It’s a shame it will be a while before we get to play racquetball again because we’re going to be in Kansas City this weekend and then Brian is going to have his wisdom tooth pulled on Monday. I don’t expect that he’ll be able to play racquetball for a couple of days. Bummer.
For now, at least I can hold Manny and swing him around in the air while pretending to hit imaginary balls.
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My Racquetball Mates
Posted on December 27, 2009 by Ching under Games, Health.
Ronnie, April, Jay and Brian
We had fun at racquetball today. We’ve got Jay and Ronnie (and maybe April, too?) completely hooked on racquetball. We’ve created racquetball monsters.
Exhibit A
Ronnie showed up to racquetball today with a new racket, which he is yet to name. It’s not any old generic racket either. It’s an Ektelon Hybrid Hornet
Exhibit B
Did I mention that we normally reserve multiple racquetball courts? This morning we had five court reservations going and we actually played racquetball for three hours (from 9 AM to noon). Sad to say, we are court hogs.
Exhibit C
We now have to wear eye protection when we play. Brian and I didn’t have to before. Playing with Ronnie and Jay completely changes things. We can no longer go on taking eye protection for granted. Brian knows this first hand, unfortunately.
Brian is a bit of a ball/accident magnet. Every time we play racquetball he gets hit at least a few times. Today both Ronnie and I got him good (at almost the exact same spot, too). The time before that he got hit half a dozen times at different parts of his body. And the time before that, Jay got him in the eye. Well, you all know that story.
P.S. Jay wanted me to blog about how he is so much better at racquetball now than when he first started playing racquetball with us. That was his request after beating me at racquetball twice today. LOL.
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DayQuil-Looking Jell-O Shots
Posted on December 26, 2009 by Ching under Food and Drink, Health.
Do you see what I mean about Jenni’s Jell-O shots looking like DayQuil? She makes her Jell-O shots with champagne instead of vodka so they are super yummy. Mom says she eats the left over Jell-O shots for dessert. LOL.
The entire time I was sick and had to take DayQuil, I’d just close my eyes and imagine the medicine cup was filled with Jenni’s delicious Jell-O shots. That’s what got me through the week of being sick.
Speaking of, I wonder if I can talk Jenni into posting her Jell-O shot recipe on FOODIES? Hmmm…
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Update on Ching’s Health
Posted on December 20, 2009 by Ching under Health.
I wouldn’t call myself a numbers girl, but I do like to use charts and graphs to explain things. It helps me to understand my behaviors and attitudes.
I invited Brian to play racquetball with me today. He’s like, “Are you sure?”
“Yes, I’m better.”
“How do you know you’re better?”
You all know that I hate taking medicine, right? My reluctance/willingness to take medicine decreases/increases as my level of misery increases as shown in the graph below. Today when I was taking my daily dose of DayQuil, it took me a couple of minutes to shore up my distaste for medicine. Whereas before (when I was really, really sick), I was drinking DayQuil like they were shots of [insert your favorite liquor here]. LOL.
Anyway, my point is: I must be better because I’m back to hating medicine again!
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