Bill Cammack

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ok… Here we go AGAIN! :D

The last entry I made in my “Gym” category was back on August 4th. The plan at the time had been to increase my weight by 20-30 lbs. That didn’t work AT ALL and right after that, I got bogged down in work to the point that I wasn’t thinking about or caring about working out at all.

When I started putting my game plan together for 2010, I realized that the area I needed to make the most improvements in physical shape. I’m always in good physical shape because of my parents’ genes, but I used to be in the gym every day and I used to enjoy the soup-up-factor of being in insane shape. It was necessary for sports I used to play and it makes it about a gazillion times easier to pick up chicks when all you have to do is take your shirt off. :)

That was a long time ago. Recently, I started doing dumbbell exercises and I’ve retrieved a decent amount of shape from that, but I’m not going to make any real gains until I hit the gym. Unfortunately, my gym is too far from my house for me to feel like going all the way over there! :D

So I’m talking to Lou yesterday and I tell him I’m going to get a monthly metrocard so I can take mass transit to the gym and he tells me “Stop being lazy. Jog over there. Get your cardio in” (which, I’ve never done cardio because I’ve always been trying to INCREASE weight, not DECREASE it. About the only cardio I get in is marathon sessions hitting the bag.

So I’m like “Nah. I already know I’m not going to do that. :)” So not wanting to let me off the hook, he goes “Take your skateboard!”

So I’m in the process of starting to laugh at that suggestion as I see myself taking my skateboard outside and making my way UPHILL to the gym, when for some reason, it’s suddenly not funny as I’m seeing myself NOT buying a metrocard, but instead, buying my roller hockey skates that I’ve been meaning to get for ages but never bothered to.

I used to play roller hockey every day too, but all the places I used to play started banning hockey and the only spot left was Chelsea Peirs, which may as well have been in Staten Island as far as I was concerned for the amount of time I’d have to spend traveling all the way down there.

So all of a sudden, everything made sense. I went and bought my skates today, which eliminates my excuse for not going to the gym AND actually MOTIVATES ME to skate so I can get my skillz back together. I’m already seeing myself skating just to skate or going somewhere to practice puck handling or visiting different locations around the city to get my Foursquare on or to videoblog.

Of course, that eliminates any potential weight gain.. \o/ C’est La Vie! :D I’m pretty sure I’ll be satisfied with my results by the end of the month. Actually, since it’s already 9 days into the month, I think I’ll give myself until Valentine’s Day, next month on the 14th. I was fortunate and got EXACTLY the skates I wanted, so I’m hyped and ready to go….

Now.. All I need is my workout music…

“Blows your mind, drastically, fantastically.”

~ Bill Cammack | @BillCammack

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