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The ellipticals and the treadmills

The recumbent bike

Katie on the Cable Cross Over machine

It’s a pretty versatile piece of equipment

Katie and my mom, checking out the new toys

That’s our new equipment, sorry it took so long to post these photos, I know you all were waiting anxiously to see the goodies! They really are nice and we have got nothing but compliments on the new stuff - everyone loves our new stuff. I’m not going to lie to you, they are big and expensive - but i really think that this is the beginning of a new direction for T’s Health & Wellness Center. In fact, we’re having an Open House on May 21st - if you’re in the area, are a female and would like to stop in and check out our new equipment for the day, we’ll be there from 7:00am to 7:00pm for a day of free trial periods in the fitness center.

i didn’t post on frid - cuz i was busy. katie and i left frid night to visit some friends down in des moines. a very relaxing and muchly needing great time! not only that, but sister was in des moines for the drake relays, so we got to spend some time with her on saturday night along with the ‘rents (who were down for the meet and to see sister as well). ahhh good times had by all.

today, i worked from home because i needed to head on over to the fitness center as we got our new equipment! very exciting, i must say. two new ellipticals, 2 new treadmills, a recumbent bike and a multi-gym-type-deal… very top-of-the-line and brand, spanking new! now, we’re starting to separate us from the rest of the fitness centers in the area. i call that progress. i forgot to bring the camera, but i’m prolly gonna head over there tonight, so i’ll snap a couple shots and put em up later times.

AM REPORT: box squat towel bench (10-8-6) - box squat i dropped from a 2 box to a 1 box (as i stated last week) - wow, what a difference an inch or two makes… still broke some records, but i was definitely feeling it. towel bench was pretty alright as well. broke some records there too!

i was pretty darn close to losing it, cuz i thought i’d lost all of my posts previous to the ones i’ve been writing about since the upgrade - well, for a while there, i did lose everything - not sure why or where they all went, but i still had a version of them on my local machine, so i was able to export and upload them here - now all the gloriousness of the past is once again searchable and viewable on this here site - i hope this doesn’t happen again, cuz that was just annoying.

last night i was volunteered to help out at the Ladyslippers banquet. the Ladyslippers is an all-ladies chapter of Pheasants Forever which was started by the ladies at the national office (where i works). as always, it was pretty fun - however, my table wasn’t able to make it (side note: for the last two years, i’ve been the ‘cabana boy’ for a table of ladies who are just a hoot. we have plenty of good times, i get them drinks, watch their silent auction items, help them read their raffle tickets at the end of the night… it’s fun), so i had a different group at ‘my table’. let’s just say, i’m going to be calling the girls from previous years and get them back for next year.

Katie and i are getting ready to head out to Let’s Dish. if you haven’t heard about this, you should really check it out if there’s one in your area. it’s pretty slick. basically for about $5 a plate, YOU prepare some pretty darn good dishes, stick em in the freezer and when you’re looking for something to eat for din-din down the road, take it out and read the cooking directions. some pretty stellar stuff has been eaten by katie and i through this program… uh oh, i’m starting to get the evil eye cuz i’m not getting ready… better roll!

well, i certainly did whine quite a bit yesterday, so i’m going to be a little more positive today. while i’m still somewhat sleepy (and as soon as katie comes home and the load of laundry is finished, it’s bed time). i was able to get some things accomplished today and that’s a good thing.

i promised a photo of the fitness center today, so here we go:

I’m not even sure if i’ve really let everyone in on the lowdown with the fitness center. here’s my attempt at such long overdue explainings:

last winter, katie was working at horizon chiropractic. a client and owner of a 24hour women’s only fitness center came in to tell dramy (the chiro) that she was moving to washington DC and had to sell her business. (i call her dramy cuz her name is amy and she’s a doctor… dr. amy… dramy, get it?) dramy and angie (the fitness center owner) had begun their businesses around the same time, so they got to know each other fairly well; both being in health related industries in river falls, they did a bunch of ‘new business’ stuff together. dramy jokingly said katie should buy the business… little did she know, katie was having a similar thought. that night, she and i talked about it during dinner. i kinda laughed it off at first. but i got to thinking about it and the next day i called katie and told her to get more information about it. well, she did and we weighed the pros and cons and had many a discussion about it. we asked a friend who worked at a bank if he wanted to partner with us and at the time, my dad had just quit his job. well, the friend decided it wasn’t in everyone’s best interest (as he was living quite a ways away). so we asked my dad if he would be interested. in an email he wrote; “if you don’t buy it, i’ll buy it myself” - we knew he was in. so we did it. we formed an LLC - T’s Health & Wellness Center was born. (i didn’t come up with the name - that was katie’s suggestion. my suggestion didn’t get too far: “Fitness U-Foria” or FUF for short! eh, eh? nah).

We purchased the fitness center on December 1 - slowly but surely, it’s become more and more “ours” as we painted and have made changes to the place. we’ve got a decent client base and we’re progressing (we’re getting some new equipment next week! and we’re all pretty excited about that). so now you all know about the fitness center in a nutshell. i’m sure i’ll be talking more and more about it as time goes on.

AM REPORT: usually thursday is a running/agility day, but the track boys have a meet tomorrow, so we lifted frid lifts today: bench and squat 3×5 - after yesterday’s poor performance, i honestly wasn’t expecting much this morning. i was still somewhat tired - just worn down. but i did have a decent day, broke some records even. bench - 325, 340, 350lbs squat - 415, 435, 455lbs.

so katie and i ventured over to the fitness center tonight and we had some pseudo-meetings with the ‘rents - they come in monday nights and my dad puts on an exercise ball class and my mom does some ‘office work’. so katie and i went in so we could discuss some things… we brought Cocoa in so they could see their ‘grand-dog’ and i must say, i was impressed.

a couple of weeks ago, we purchased a pincher collar for cocoa - she’s got an issue with really tuggin on the leash when she’s got just a regular collar or when she wears her harness… so, we go the pincher. and she KNOWS when she’s on the pincher and she is just a precious lil princess then. she’s almost another dog. this was my first experience with cocoa on the pincher… katie has used it a couple times when they go for run/walks, and she’s told me how much of a different dog cocoa has been. i definitely think this was $20 well spent.

back to the fitness center, things are going pretty good. i think we all wish we could spend more time there, but with us all having full-time jobs, that’s just not an option. it’s a fun endeavor that we’ve stumbled across and we’ve made major progress with how we operate. is good times.

i just realized that i haven’t gone into much detail about what i’m talking about here… and i think i’ll save that for tomorrow. the suspense is prolly killin some of y’all’s… and for a couple few of ya’s, it’s prolly not