Catch Up Post - Days 66-71

OK. So that was a much longer delay between blog posts than I had planned. The past few days have been among the busiest in a while. Then, I took a few days away from the computer altogether to recharge my mind and body.

As a summary, here is what I did on each of the days.
Day 66 - Wednesday. I continued my streak of basketball workouts by headning to the gym for an early afternoon run. It was my typical shooting and running drills and I also did a huge number of sets of abs. I rotated between pilates abs crunches and swiss ball crunches. My abs are the strongest they have ever been. It is an awesome feeling!

Day 67 - Thursday. I was so extremely busy planning for a large presentation I was conducting for a University in my area. I had a lot of content to squeeze into a 45 minute talk so I spent most of my time refining the content, the jokes, the delivery and timing. It was a huge job but so incredibly rewarding.
Because I was so busy with the project, I did not have any time to go to the gym. In fact, it was the first session of Thursday night pick-up basketball that I had missed in maybe 3-4 months. Instead, I did a great arm, chest, ab workout in my basement at about 10pm at night. It turned out to be a great decision because it gave me the energy I needed to work into the early hours of Friday morning.

Day 68 - Friday. The day of the big presentation. I love speaking to university audiences and this group was especially positive and energetic. Very friendly people and all had amazing attitudes towards school life and their own success. I was very happy with my presentation and I received a lot of really positive feedback at the end. I know I made an impact on a number of people which is why I got into speaking in the first place. I'm so pumped for my next presentation now!
By the time I drove home (over an hour drive) from the university, it was getting quite late. Jessica had been on her own for much of the week with Thomas without much of a break, so I did not want to go to the gym and leave her on her own again. Instead I helped out with Thomas and stayed home. I did a quick shoulder/ab workout in the basement which was surprisinly exhausting. I think the fact that the week was so busy with my presentation and other projects that I was just short on energy. I slept really well on Friday night!!

Day 69 - Saturday. The first day in recent memory where I did absolutely zero work. I spent the day with my family and enjoyed every minute. Had an afternoon nap which was awesome!! I did get out to the gym in the evening and did my standard basketball workout. I did not have time to do abs because the gym was closing.
Watched the movie Talladega Nights with Will Ferrell. It was on TV. It was actually quite hilarious but all Will Ferrell movies are so I was not surprised. I recommend it if you like his style.

Day 70 - Sunday. Another non-work family day. Jessica had her curling league Sunday morning so it was Father-Son day together with Thomas which was AWESOME! He is at the best stage of his life so far. He is sooo interactive and a real show off. Everything he does makes me laugh out loud. He also copies almost every word I say so I have to be very careful what I say around him (if you know what I mean LOL).
We also had a HUGE snowfall overnight on Saturday so he was looking outside all day in bewilderment. He had a pretty good cold/flu on the go so I did not take him outside. He got to go out later in the day when the temperature was higher so he was really happy about that.
In terms of fitness, it was Sunday night men's league action in the Orangeville Rec league. Our team lost by about 15 to drop to 1 Win, 2 losses on the season. We have a brand new team this year and none of us have played together before. I think it will take a few weeks for us to gel but we actually have a pretty competitive team. I was really happy with my play even though I did not score much. My defence was high intensity and I moved the ball well from the point guard position.

Day 71 - Monday (TODAY). Back to work day. I had an absolutely huge to-do list that I am currently about half way through. I actually enjoy having a big list, especially when it is filled with business building activities. I was pretty motivated to get back to work after a nice break over the weekend. I will be writing more frequently so I am looking forward to seee what I come up with. Articles will be my primary focus for writing so keep an eye out on this blog for new updates.
It was back to the gym today and I had a pretty long workout. I shot hoops for about 30 minutes. Played 1 on 1 with a guy who I know from the gym. I played really well actually. Hit every shot I took! Then it was over to the weight room to do chest/back weights. I also did a pretty decent ab workout at the end. I came home feeling pretty exhausted phsyically so we will see how I feel tomorrow. I anticipate sore muscles since I have been avoiding weight lifting for the past few weeks.