is this the death of fitness?

Or,put it another way,who cares about ADL anymore?
(activities of daily living,that is...)i HELP clients tie their shoes!!
Gaze upon the terror/wonder of
MARTY McFLY'S closet!!

..OK,OK

dig out your copy of BTTF:2...NOW!!

You heard it here first,BEFORE Letterman!

Complain?...MOI?

My mother had a great saying she got from HER mother:
"i felt sorry for myself because i had no SHOES,,till i met a man who had no FEET"
Damn,Mom !!!
My biggest life-struggle for years has been not getting enough sleep,quality sleep....then i got

THIS:
The folks fighting for my right
to bitch,and THEIR "sleep-quarters"
in the fields of Iraq........

THANK YOU to all who continue to serve !!!

looking to adopt?--KITTY MADNESS

Eh?
Leave it to them up in Canada!!--and wait for the 'dog...!!

HIP-HOP HOORAY!!_HO!!!

Considering this as my new Facebook profile picture:
Whattaya think?

 

My MRI shows that's ME..

options to be disscussed with my PT this week!!

NO O-lifting for the last 5 weeks have given me pause to re-assess why 

we do what we do(training) ..

and how to cope with the reality of not being able to do that

which helps define our vitality!!

..stay tuned!

giving thanks.............

A roof over my head,and
a means to pay the bills to keep it,
a body that still works pretty well,despite my
aches and pains,
a circle of friends who listen to me bitch about my
aches and pains,
a family legacy to honor,
a significant other who continues to be the landscape
upon which i try to build a better,more productive life,
the privilege of belonging to the world of
teaching,music,fencing,fitness,and so much more....
knowing love when life seems really loveless,and
knowing that,as long as i can start another day,
i've got another chance to "get it right"!
..To everyone who helped make this another great year:
THANK YOU,and HAPPY HOLIDAYS.....

X-MEN comfort zone?

ok-made ya look!-some ramblings about dealing with improv training while on the 'road..
The palm trees INSIDE that closed movie 'set(shooting?:"x-men:FIRST CLASS")..were trucked in from who-knows-where,and
are lifted by forklift to meet the needs of the 'shot,as dictated by the director or production designer ..each one in it's own wooden box!

Too often in our weekly training we can get so deep into that same controlling/structured place,which is fine:
"this week=M W F=kettlebells,Sat. will be TRX,etc."--Familiar,comfortable,defined...BUT...
what if we find ourselves OUTSIDE the fence-as i am, on the road this week?--Do i panic and toss away all my hard work  because i have no kettlebells,no therabands,no gym?
The palm trees this week are really the same as the ones i was around last week..So, i do bodywt. workouts,
use water bottles,stones,whatever is handy to get my training in...y'know-improv....looking around us,re-evaluating our goals,needs,and limitations,we often will trip over the "palm trees"that we never even noticed before!
Hey, about that "comfort zone" -if we stop pushing at it's "walls?--it gets SMALLER..and smaller.....

..these are not the leaves you're looking for.....move along.....

Sometime when you stop looking for a little tranquility,it presents itself to you from outta
left field..
To say i've been STRESSED of late would be an under-damn-statement,and a holiday can be a 2-edged
sword,biz-wise.Training revenue evaporates,you start questioning why you do what you,and if any of it matters,but then...today...
I gave a fencing lesson to a really sharp student who seems to be listening to my teaching....then ..
I gave a music lesson to another really bright young man,who blew me away by playing mvt.1 of the
Marcello E-minor,when i hadn't even asked him to practice!(that's a double bass piece)..
..and i wound up finding time to rake the front yard !

When i realized i had absolutely no where else to run off to,no traffic jam to sit in,no meeting to
prep for,no other clients to work......every 39 gal. bag i filled seemed to be another small return to...
what? Sanity?Calm?..
Whatever it was,it felt good...gotta get those last 5 bags stuffed before dark....ahh....