So today, my bike fleet officially grew by one member. The Kestrel arrived today, and boy howdy this thing is the bomb. I'd go ahead and fuck it if I could find a hole on the thing big enough. I had to assemble it, which was way easier than i thought. Somehow they managed to make the box even more compact than my crate and leave the bike even more assembled then when I break mine down. The brakes on this are super smooth, and this is so much lighter than my roadbike it's comedy. Tomorrow after work, I'm headin up to Performance to procure all the necessities to make this thing ride-able (still needs pedals/clips etc etc).
I'll know for sure if I'm happy with it after the maiden voyage (which won't occur this weekend...thanks shitty Chicago weather).
Another positive thing...I'm typing this on my regular computer again, and THAT is nice. God I missed the large-ish screen. Of course within 2 minutes of having it back, I went to itunes and dropped about 30 bucks on shit I'd been meaning to get. Reviews are imminent.
Also, along with my bike, a book I ordered finally came (I ordered it like a month ago, supwitdat?). I'm already into it and its a short one so that review should be coming as well.
So yeah, all in all, today has been a good day.
Spent last night in a skybox down at The Cel to watch the White Sox get their asses collectively handed to them by the Minnesota Twins. Whenever I'm down there, I tend to scarf hot dogs as that park must own stock in Hebrew Nationals (which if you don't know, is the greatest hot dog like, ever). But good times were had by all. I'd like to go to more baseball games this summer, but the training schedule will probably prevent that.
So just so this post isn't all sunshine...what the fuck is up with lazy fucks in a gym? I went upstairs to get a quick lift in today before I started to unwind. Now, i'll admit my routines are extremely fast paced. I can get through a workout in 15-20 minutes tops. I don't have downtime and by the end I'm sweating like a bastard and totally out of breath. I do this because, well, that's what produces results. But I'm sick and tired of going up to the gym and being around these dudes who do a set of 10 then just SIT on the damn bench or machine for 20 minutes. I was especially irked today when this scrawny little dickfore proceeded to do just that on the bench I needed. "You gonna do a set or just sit there?" I ask. "Oh I'm sorry do you need this" he asks "well I wouldn't want to interrupt your intense routine there". He seemed to pick up on my sarcasm and graciously went to watching TV on one of the eliptical machines (standing there, not actually using it).
Everyone who does this shit in the gym take note: TURBULENCE. All that rest between sets greatly diminishes (if not eradicates) the effectiveness of your lifts. Keep your blood moving, go fast. There's no reason focusing on a single set of muscles should take any more than 25-30 minutes if you're moving at the optimal pace. Besides you look like a complete tool sitting on the fucking bench. Yeah sitting there in the gym isn't enough to impress the chicks, it's what you do in there.