I (Mark) have been working out in the mornings with some guys from school. We are in the Unity Christian weightroom at 5:30 AM most mornings. I have never done any "lifting" in my life, so this was a steep learning curve. Also, mornings should not be that early, ever.
However as the weeks have ticked by I have found that it is easier to do and I actually look forward to doing whatever workout Bill Lutke comes up. Most of what we do comes from CrossFit and it has been cool to learn so much about lifting. I still hate pull ups because I am not very good at them! I call our little group the Billy Club.
Saturday was gorgeous here in Michigan so I went cross country skiing for 2 hours at Pigeon Creek. The snow was so beautiful that I kept singing (in my head):
"O mighty God, when I behold the wonder
Of nature’s beauty, wrought by words of thine,"
Sunday I went to Rozema Car Care and joined a spinning group of Triathletes. (Here I considered the beauty of my sweat upon the oil stained floor as I gasped for more oxygen).
I hate the trainer. It is pretty tough to be motivated to go nowhere, just burning calories. However, as my butt will attest--nothing beats specific training. My "sit bones" felt awful after the "ride" so, I will have to earn the saddle butt callouses one pedal stroke at a time just like anyone else does.
Last night during dinner there was a crash. My bike rack fell off the wall with both mine and Katie's bikes. The rack itself took a chunk of drywall with it when it fell. My first concern was the bike itself, as I have already broken 2 carbon fiber frames. I haven't inspected it yet to see if it has any cracks.
Our rack looks like this, without the feet. I guess I will be making feet for it to stabilize it. So another item for the to do list along with some drywall repair and paint touch-up.
Katie has been doing some P-90X videos and we are going to get some spinnerval DVDs from Kevin Rozema to inspire some more trainer time. The dread of the saddle is strong for both of us. Hopefully we can get some quality-time in this week on the trainer. We will continue to watch for falling bikes!
Re: the rack... Instead of feet, make sure your rack is anchored securely to the studs and it'll hold hundreds of pounds. I have several storage racks (not all for bikes, some hold lumber) in my garage and all of them are bolted/screwed to studs.
ReplyDeleteI have altered the rack--it is rock solid now. It works on tension between the ceiling and floor. I used different, shorter bolts to install it in the basement. Too short meant not enough tension to keep it up. The carpet compressed enough to fall away. I like the non-permanent rack. Thanks for the idea.
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