Winter

I am a motorcyclist. But is winter, in Wisconsin, real winter. Thus I am out of the saddle and out of sorts - for now.

So I spend hours every week in a cage (car) that really brings me no joy. It's not a great bother either, but it leads me to spend a lot of time in neutral (me, not the car). Which has led to, literally, saddle sores. My wife has shown me some yoga positions and reinforced positively my efforts to stretch out the kinks and bursitis.

I finally got my butt out to the barn and started lifting weights again. Next to my new favorite past time, riding my motorcycle, lifting is a close second, or at worst third, maybe fourth or fifth. Anyway - squats, bench presses, cleans, dead lifts and standing presses are being recorded by yours truly. I hope to be able to keep a lid on it a little and not fall into competing with myself, lifting too hard and incurring another little injury. Deep down I'm an ectomorph trying to look like a mesomorph and I just ain't hard wired for power lifting.

I do think it will improve my riding though. Well-er is better. Engaged is better. Expending energy (having energy to expend?) is better than taking it in (read: beer, donuts, other crap).

Peace