Home for the Holidays

We made the long drive from Tucson, Arizona to Bethesda, Maryland. We make the three day 2200-mile drive mostly for the dog. The dog is a great traveler in the car and honestly, I don't have the heart to drug him and stick him on a plane. We actually have a lot of fun on the drive and with two of us switching out behind the wheel it is not too painful.

I would have posted yesterday but my laptop screen crapped the bed and just has a black screen. When talking to the very polite and well trained Apple service representative, he referred to my laptop as "vintage". "Vintage" seems to be a very polite way of saying "You are really still using a machine that is that old?!" So, I am now typing away on my new laptop that Rebecca was kind enough to get me for Christmas. I imagine that there are going to be some growing pains switching back from an Apple to a PC... I will keep you posted. My point is that after our road trip we did in fact workout yesterday and we will again today.

Today's quote is from Buddha:

"To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent."

Workout: Chest and Biceps
Warm-up:
Jumping Jacks, 50 repetitions
Weight Training:
Dumbbell Chest Press on an Exercise Ball, 3 sets of 15 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major and minor)
Push-Up, 3 sets of 35 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major)
Dumbbell Chest Fly on an Exercise Ball, 3 sets of 15 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major and minor)
Dumbbell Hammer Curl, 3 sets of 10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Biceps brachii, brachialis, brachioradialis)
Captains of Crush Grip Trainer, 3 sets of 15 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris)
Abdominal Crunch, 150 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Rectus abdominis, obliques)

Workout: Back
Warm-Up:
Run, 3 miles
Weight Training:
Pull-Up, 3 sets of maximum repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Latissimus dorsi, infraspinatus, teres major and minor)
Bent-Over Dumbbell Row, 3 sets of 15 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Latissimus dorsi)
Dumbbell Pullover, 3 sets of 15 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Latissimus dorsi, serratus anterior)
Plank, 3 sets of 1 minute each
(Primary muscles worked: Rectus abdominis, transverse abdominis, abdominal obliques)
Abdominal Crunch, 150 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Rectus abdominis, obliques)

Have a Great Day!!