Good Day Sunshine
Better this morning. Sadly, that was my last dose of tryptophan. The Taciturn Ranger gave me some money so I can get a bottle this afternoon probably as much for his own sanity as for mine. Then it's off to get something for my "at home me time" tonight and anything I need for tomorrow's home improvement projects.
Gold's Gym Cardio Boxing for the Wii is kicking my butt. I had to go buy an elbow brace for my bad (or rather my worse) elbow so I could keep up with the "light" mode. The little guy on the screen keeps saying "you handled that with no problem, don't you want to try a little harder workout?" to which I reply "Ha!" Just because I can throw a punch does not mean I can keep up with your pace you little psycho. I am quite happy that it is actually making me sore which means I'm actually working some muscles. I substituted a ridge hand strike for a hook punch because it feels more natural to me and puts less stress on my elbows and the game takes the hooking motion to be the same.
Another thing this boxing game is doing for me is helping me see that, yeah, getting back into martial arts is not going to happen. On the one hand, that's horribly depressing. On the other it frees me up to go take one of the Tai Chi classes near where I work that focus more on meditation and exercise than kicking ass. That is, once I get the money and time for such a thing. Ha!
Lastly this game is really good for my mood. Sadly, I can't bust it out and start punching things whenever I'm blue. The TV might be occupied, it might be 4am, and my coworkers are already a little worried about me. "Is that a KNIFE?!?" "Yeah." "Why do you have a knife?!?" "To cut stuff up." Keep in mind, this is a small paring knife we are talking about that I use to cut up fruit and veggies at work.
Gold's Gym Cardio Boxing for the Wii is kicking my butt. I had to go buy an elbow brace for my bad (or rather my worse) elbow so I could keep up with the "light" mode. The little guy on the screen keeps saying "you handled that with no problem, don't you want to try a little harder workout?" to which I reply "Ha!" Just because I can throw a punch does not mean I can keep up with your pace you little psycho. I am quite happy that it is actually making me sore which means I'm actually working some muscles. I substituted a ridge hand strike for a hook punch because it feels more natural to me and puts less stress on my elbows and the game takes the hooking motion to be the same.
Another thing this boxing game is doing for me is helping me see that, yeah, getting back into martial arts is not going to happen. On the one hand, that's horribly depressing. On the other it frees me up to go take one of the Tai Chi classes near where I work that focus more on meditation and exercise than kicking ass. That is, once I get the money and time for such a thing. Ha!
Lastly this game is really good for my mood. Sadly, I can't bust it out and start punching things whenever I'm blue. The TV might be occupied, it might be 4am, and my coworkers are already a little worried about me. "Is that a KNIFE?!?" "Yeah." "Why do you have a knife?!?" "To cut stuff up." Keep in mind, this is a small paring knife we are talking about that I use to cut up fruit and veggies at work.