Ha! I wondered if he's not been striking his opponents instead of the ball!

::Makes notes....use balls, not people::

Hey this is good stuff! Other suggestions?

I am not only saddle sore from my first ride in 18 months and my first mountain bike ride in close to 10 years, my ankle somehow hurts, my quads (which I had thought were built up from doing wall chairs) ache and my calves are denouncing me, along with my shins?

Methings that a road ride would have been a better choice for my first time on a thin saddle.

Nah, I'm going to hit that trail as often as I can!!

Did all my pushups over the weekend, but waited until Sunday evening to do them, so this morning was NOT going to see my pushing up. I'll try to sneak in a few sets at lunch and after work to get today's in.

Way to go Pup!

Loved the pics you shared too.

Great job Pup!!!
No one exercise can completely prepare your body for another. But trust me, it hurts less than it would have if you hadnt prepared.

I especially enjoyed the stairs (ladder) that I had to carry my bike over to cross the fence. All those pushups are paying off already.

Buy a good, heavy, all steele, frame! You'll get a better workout!

96 at lunch. I still owe one good set.

All the pushups definitely helped with the race last weekend. Lots of very low mud crawls and upper body obstacles. No issues with shoulders, wrists, strength or endurance. It helps!
One that seemed really tough for a lot of people was an 8' blank wall. No ropes, holds or handles. Just jump up, grab the top and haul yourself over. Seemingly simple, yet it stopped about 80% of those that I could see. But they were an inventive group. People that didnt even know each other, became temporary team mates to make it over. As I was running off I heard a voice..."If that old fhart can do it, we can!"

They have no idea what they're getting into if they want to use you as proof that they should be able to do something.


Shoes still kind of suck to wear, so I'm taking it easy on myself this week. I need my heels healed before this weekend for a race Saturday, so figure I better behave. It sucks, I really need to stretch my legs and do a few miles to work out some kinks. Did extra core work, push-ups and planks this morning. Have a new weight circuit to try out, recommended for the race next month. Newly posted on their site, wish I'd had it months ago! It looks very intense, lots of things I'm going to have to try to figure out how to do first.

If you want to take a look at it and go cross-eyed like I did...

walk around the wall, problem solved

Exactly!! Work smarter, not harder, I always say!

When we go to war, you two are peeling potatos!

Or they're the covert ops sneaking behind enemy lines...

We need bigger people to serve as meat shields anyway!

When we go to war and encounter a wall that is 8' high and 8' wide, our troops go around it. Just sayin'.

I like potatoes, though.

waffle fries

However you guys want to cut them is ok with us!

So when you go mountain biking, you ride around the mountain?

do you just take a straight line through everything?

I try to follow the sidewalk

^^^ Sidewalkist!!

And yes, I have been accused of that before, but its a rumor....

When you like like ^^ him, you make your own path through life.

When we go to war, I'll do what I have to in order to stay alive. If that means go "over" the mountain, so be it. If that means go "around" the mountain, I'm going around. It kinda depends on the mountain and who is manning the guns at the top.

And then you'll be thrown in the brig for not following orders! Stop thinking outside the box and do what you're told! Drop and give me 25.

Too easy.

Just trying to keep things somewhat on track!