the girls get a workout, laundry (finally) gets done, undervear questions, and more!

[thoreau]

So - this morning I slept in and puttered around the house reading the morning paper and drinking too much coffee - then trotted off to the gym to meet Gerad at 11am. We had such a good conversation - and he so much prepared. He showed me 9 different specific exercises - concentrating on abs and chest. All of them are totally different than what I 'have' been doing so it is going to hurt (i'm sure) for the first few weeks. I had hit a plateau with the realjock.com stuff and frankly - wasn't getting the feeling I was going anywhere with it - so I've added Gerad's nine new girl (my manboobs, my pecs, 'the girls' etc.) exercises and three really intense new ab exercises to my routine while keeping things like the medicine ball situps and other features from the realjock excercises. Two are on the mechanized bench bar - both flat and incline - then three very intense chest exercises on the cable machine. Then- he has me doing 20 minutes on the stairmaster at the end of my workout. I abhor the stairmaster - but he knows best I suppose. :) being all certified and trainery. right? then he showed me the abs excercises - one lifting on the parallel bar into a "seated in mid air" position for 10 seconds - then for 10 more seconds pumping my legs up about 20 degrees. Sounds easy - but it is not! but I can see how the exercise will be really beneficial.

When I returned home there was a note from Miss Kate on the dining room table. "Do your laundry! It's taking over the apartment. Be a good boy and just do it, please? thanks?!"

Literally I had five laundry machines full of laundry piled in the walkin closet... so I am in the middle of that - in fact the timer just went off - so I'm going to go empty dryers and foldnstuff... be right back

(barry manilow and captain & tennille songs played by kenny g inserted here)

ah - that is better. Truly one of my biggest happinesses in the world is fresh laundry. Every single shirt is clean, all my undervears and hotell-ly towels. YAY!³

Speaking of my undervears - - I usually wear boxer briefs but as my furry bottom has gotten streamlined - it is less comfy to wear these. I might try a size smaller (hooray) or something else... besides tiny eentsybriefs (you know what I'm talking about excessor) what kind of undervears out there do you LJ'ers RAVE about. let me know!?

I put "the chicken" in the crockpot this afternoon. Chicken breasts cut into thirds slow cooked in balsamic and red wine vinegar, marinara and whole canned tomatoes. It is easily one of my favorite dishes - hands down. I'm trying to decide if I want it over rice or noodles. I take the marinara balsamic sauce and reduce it in a frypan then add the noodles or rice then the chicken and toss and serve. It is so darned yummy! (it is also a favorite of jodfosters's) I need to walk down to the market and get some salad to go with it - and I'm having a serious cantelope craving.

thats it for a sunny Saturday in San Francisco... tomorrow - depraved flirtatiousness with the Goldens and Leo down at Dore Alley - then a whole week of back to back run-throughs on 'ze play. INTENSE!

talk soon. buh+bye.

Comments

[nudewoody.livejournal.com]

I gave up on the RealJock workouts too. Too damned complex. I say, "Keep it simple."

Stop wearing so much clothing darling!

I think I might need to think about getting a crockpot again.

[scorpiocub.livejournal.com]

2xist low rise briefs do it for me. why you may ask? well, i'm so glad you did. the large size briefs are roomy enough to allow for my fairly ample ass (who in my family crossed over to the dark side, i wonder, but bless them i appreciate it) and the package in front is nicely accomodated as well. love em.

[excessor.livejournal.com]

The whole underwear thing is fraught with peril. I'd have pegged you as a gold lamé-and-sequins bikini guy. (But just the bottoms.)

I've never been a boxers kinda guy—too bunchy. To underwear parties, I like to wear the 2(x)ist varsity trunk because they're deumure, like moi. But for everyday stuff, I wear the Jockey Poco Elance brief. It's sturdy, fits well (you'll love the medium, Miss McSkinny) and it has a cotton peenie pad in it for those occasional spills.

But that's just me.