Day 62- The only way to live

            What a day, woke up early after a late night and headed towards the big city for the last home football game. Even though my main man was Big I was out on injury the game was a seat clincher and came down to the fact that our team could not kick a field goal. Upsetting ending but overall not a bad game. Then my the whole family wet out to dinner with some friends at our favorite restaurant Spencer’s Steakhouse. Now I am going to go off topic and share with you why I believe this is the best restaurant. First I have to tell you I would never have gone had a good friend of mine who is the chef forced me down their for an anniversary dinner. I thought the prices were just crazy and thought no food could be that good. I was wrong, I have never been so wrong. Now the place is pricey and because of this my wife and I try to go on big occasions a couple times a year and just go crazy. We are talking nuts ordering what ever we think looks good.

The only issue is I cannot wait until special occasions for this food; it is just too good. This is when I learned about happy hour. From 4-6 everyday the bar menu is half price and this is no skimpy menu. It has burgers, salads, soups, smaller versions of the main menu steaks and the list goes on. The highlight is the Steakhouse Tots, I would love to explain these but words do not do them justice. Let me just say that tonight while we were figuring out what to eat we ordered a plate of the tots and when it came time to order they were again on the list. We ordered a lot of different things and even got drinks. At the end of the meal we could barely move but it was worth it when the bill came and because of the half off it was less than I normally spend at Red Robin. No offence to the red bird but that used to be my go to place. Then I discovered what quality is about. Now I use happy hour like life support it keeps me alive until those big occasions when I buy the house and live life, because there is nothing like a Spencer’s Steak.

Now this all leads to the dilemma of my workouts but I new we were going out so I tried to hold back just a little and made sure to eat my salad and veggies first then when I got home I hit kenpo hard and after spent 15 minutes on the stationary bike at 20 miles per hour (my parents bike tells me my speed!) I hope Spencer’s did not ruin all my hard work this week but I will not regret if it did. If you are still curious about the place check them out at: www.spencersforsteaksandchops.com/spokane/index.cfm

Day 61-Game night

            I bet you thought I forgot. But I was actually out at a game night where we played a new game that was very fun but took a few more hours than we thought. I rocked out P90X this morning and since we were eating at a friend’s house for dinner I had an easy lunch. Now I would love to stay and chat but as you can see it is already tomorrow and I have to get up and drive soon enough.

Day 60-Insanity the demise

            I have a confession. Since I felt so good on the bike I skipped Insanity again today. Even though there are only two days left in Insanity I think I might be done with it. So I am ready to give you my views of the insanity. First off it is an insane workout and you burn a ton of calories, but it has its issues. The workout is set up for people who are already fitness freaks. The warm up is not a warm up but just a crazy workout and the stretches do not stretch what you need to but instead he just has you do some crazy yoga moves that get you even more tired before you actually get to the workout. Now the workout itself is great and a super tough cardio workout but is sadly followed up with a two minute cool down. And as far as strength you better come with it because if you do not trying to keep up will suck. My best suggestion would be to do p90x then insanity because p90x will build muscle and insanity will make it ripped. The only issue with that is if you do not start semi ripped you will not see the crazy results they have on tv.

            Regardless I will probably do it again in the future with some serious modifications but for now I am enjoying the x and did yogax today and spent some time on the bike. I only hope I still have the energy to keep this up once wrestling season starts. I might have to slow the biking down but we will see and for the next ten days I might as well just work hard until practice.

Day 59-Accomplished

            I am not sure why but I just feel accomplished today. I spent the better part of my day working on dinner and playing with my son and it was not until late that I was able to do p90x. I skipped insanity because I have been feeling burned out after it and instead road the bike. I feel energized when I get off the stationary bike even though I am dripping in sweat. This is the way a workout should feel. But despite all of the things I cut short on today I just feet good. I learned that wrestling practice starts on the 15^th of this month and I am super excited. I cannot wait to get into the room and get working with this years team. I am glad that I have been working out for the last 59 days because I do not care how in shape you are wrestling tests your body in the most extreme way. To put it in prospective a lot of wrestlers will do cross country and be able to run miles and miles without wearing out only to make it to the first day of wrestling practice and gas out in the for two minute round. A match is six minutes and I can not wait to get the workout while training the team.

Day 58-Hand to Mouth

            Last night when I went to bed I was hoping my son would sleep through the night and then be happy through the day. And as I laid in bed around one in the morning, which is becoming normal, and my son woke up. He then woke up again around 5 just to be changed and eat more. But on the plus side he was as happy and as cute as can be all day. He has a new trick though and it is that anything he has in his hands directly goes into his mouth. This made for some fun around the house and when my wife got home and was standing him up by his arms and because he could not move his hands he opted to lick her face. Because of my sons positive attitude I was able to do p90x plyo in the morning and insanity plyo in the evening. Now plyo is not my favorite and when I felt like I was not giving a hundred percent I jumped on the stationary bike I recently moved to the living room. On one hand I could have finished the last few minutes of the workout but I would not have burned as many calories as I did on the bike. I am glad to finally get on the bike because I used to live on a stationary bike and it is nice to know that if all else fails I can jump on the bike.