Chilaxing Today

Workout Updates
I had a GREAT workout yesterday. My bench is up to 155 lbs (I don't "max" -- this is what I bench as my normal "high" with ten reps). I put it up with ease yesterday. Now that I'm getting back in shape, I've developed a couple 'back of my mind' goals. I've decided I want to see if I can manage a 5k in under 22 minutes by the end of this program, or if not, by the end of the summer. I ran these times about ten years ago (and I was under this during my high school and college running days, but I'm not aiming that high); I haven't managed to do this for a long time. I also want to see if I can bench 225 lbs. That's my all-time high, but I was fifty pounds lighter when I did that, so I think I can manage it now, probably by the end of this twelve week program. That's about a 10LB/week increase, which seems reasonable. The 225 goal is more visual than anything--that means you've put two 45lb weights on each side of your 45lb bar. It just looks cool is all.

Writing/School Updates
As I mentioned in my last post, I finished another 50 pages of novel revisions. I'm going to do some casual work on it this weekend, cleaning up glaring errors. I'm going to try and push out another 50pg revision in the next couple of weeks. That will put me through the first major section of my book. BIG milestones.

Finding a good place to write is hard, and at the advice of a professor, I'm looking into renting a cheap apartment with some other writers as a writing studio place. Coffee shops are all well and good, but they offer distractions, and it's often difficult to get writing done at home. We'll see. I need to make sure it's financially feasible.

That is all!