The wedding is only 86 days away and we need to look awesome for our wedding day (after that who cares...just kidding) so Bryan and I both signed up at Athlon Elite here in warm 81 degree San Luis Obispo.
Athlon Elite designs daily butt kicking workouts for their members each day (kind of similar to the cross fit programs out there if anyone is familiar). To paint the picture one of their t-shirts proclaims a "daily festival of human suffering", although despite this, it's not the typical 80s "no pain no gain" mentality. They are quite focused on athletic improvement without injury. The program I'm doing is called, "The Burn" as in your muscles will be on fire and the program Bryan is doing is called, "The Edge" meaning they push you to the edge of your physical and mental abilities or until you puke. Last night for example, I had to do: 400 m run, 25 squats, 400 m run, 25 Bulgarian squats, 400 m run, 25 jumping squats, 400 m run, 25 split jumping squats (then repeat for 30 minutes). I only got 1.75 rounds and was wishing I hadn't rode my bike that day.
By the way, why is it that all the hardest exercises are always start with "Bulgarian," "Romanian," "Russian," or some other Eastern European country? I suppose "American Squat" is not as intimidating as an Eastern European Squat.
Anyway, it's about 6:00 and I'm signed up for a 6:30 session at Elite with Bryan, so I better get going. Hopefully I'll have more exciting stories after this weekend when we go camping in Yosemite, other than that it's bike to work, bike to the gym, workout, bike home, eat, crash, repeat.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
Wedding Gift Registration
As you all know, our wedding is coming up in exactly 3 months. August 9th will be here before you know it, which means there's not much time to pick out a wedding gift!
People always say registering for presents is fun, but I think the ones that say that are the ones that have never done it. It was actually quite an exhausting experience.
We didn't make an appointment or anything, we simply wandered in to the neighborhood Bed, Bath and Beyond store and asked to register. I thought they would just hand us a scanner and we could take off, but as with most stores and vendors, they always have to try to up sell you on other services. The girl that was helping us was very friendly, but after making me stand on a fine china teacup to prove it's durability, we were getting a little annoyed with her exuberant personality. At first it was fun scanning items, but when after nearly 45 minutes of debating over which brand of cookware we liked best, we began to get a little weary and we hadn't even made it around the first corner of the store. By the end, we were so tired that we just scanned the first thing we liked, which is probably why have 1000 count bedsheets (which would actually would be awesome is someone is willing to spend $250) otherwise, we'll be happy with the Mrs. Fields cookies for $3.49 and oversized portable hammock for $99.99. We'll need to relax after this wedding is over.
If you haven't checked out our wedding website yet, please do! There are lots of fun details about the wedding and reception and of course "The Band."
People always say registering for presents is fun, but I think the ones that say that are the ones that have never done it. It was actually quite an exhausting experience.
We didn't make an appointment or anything, we simply wandered in to the neighborhood Bed, Bath and Beyond store and asked to register. I thought they would just hand us a scanner and we could take off, but as with most stores and vendors, they always have to try to up sell you on other services. The girl that was helping us was very friendly, but after making me stand on a fine china teacup to prove it's durability, we were getting a little annoyed with her exuberant personality. At first it was fun scanning items, but when after nearly 45 minutes of debating over which brand of cookware we liked best, we began to get a little weary and we hadn't even made it around the first corner of the store. By the end, we were so tired that we just scanned the first thing we liked, which is probably why have 1000 count bedsheets (which would actually would be awesome is someone is willing to spend $250) otherwise, we'll be happy with the Mrs. Fields cookies for $3.49 and oversized portable hammock for $99.99. We'll need to relax after this wedding is over.
If you haven't checked out our wedding website yet, please do! There are lots of fun details about the wedding and reception and of course "The Band."
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