I know, it took a bit, but here it is....post number 370! Holy crap that's alot of BS spewed on the internet isn't it? The new year is looking up. Cath bought us a Wii game called "My Fitness Coach". It's more like an interactive work out DVD than it is a game, but it's really great for getting ones lazy, sedentary, fat ass in shape. Yes I'm referring to myself. C'mon folks, this old dude is going to be 44 this year and he's not in the best of shape. When you create a profile on this program you have to answer the questions honestly or it won't do you any good. Then you take a brief fitness test (think those President's Health Board tests you used to take in PE....push ups, sit ups, jumping jacks, etc) after which your virtual Trainer, Maya, gives you a recommended workout schedule and what you need to work on the most. You can also incoporate actual workout gear you have in the work out. Steps, weights, stability ball and heart rate monitor all can be checked off on the list and they are used in the routines (I used the step, weights and stability ball in this mornings work out). The workouts a varied and after each block of routines you are asked how it was for you. Your choices are "no sweat", "I was working hard" and "I had a hard time keeping up". Depending on your response (again be honest) the program will either dial it up/back the next time. The part about it I like the best is the tutorial button. If, during the workout routine, you don't know what she's doing or have issues following it in real time you can click on the tutorial button and that particular part of the routine will be explained over and over again until you click the return button. Also I should note that at this time the timer for your workout has been paused and it gets restarted once you hit return. The other nice thing is that you start the whole rep session of that routine over again so you don't miss any of the benefits of the work out. You get to pick from 3 starting locations to work out at and three types of music. After 5 workouts (as I found out this morning) you are rewarded a bronze medal status and you get one new type of music and one new workout area. So far I'm sticking to it and I'm feeling great. Oh yeah, and if you do any outside activity such as biking, yoga, running, walking, etc you can go into your profile and get "workout credit" for you outside the game efforts. Did about 45 minutes of a Tai Chi video on Saturday and recorded that.
On the world politics front, would someone please tell me why our Government is getting annoyed at Israel????? Seriously, Hamas is as bad a terrorist organization as Al Qaeda and the Israelis are kicking their asses back to the stone age but we are saying some harsh things??? When will we learn that Israel is a great ally, but they honestly don't need our help or us sticking our nose in their business. I guess its okay for us to invade and occupy sovereign nations in search of terrorists but if someone else does it we cry foul?!!?!?! Makes no sense.
Also as I write this I'm excited to see that there's only 14 days left of BS then the hard work begins....
In the final words of Hawkeye Pierce written on the ground in the final episode of MASH....
Goodbye, farewell and Amen.
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