bike | Big Mike's World

Sometimes your dreams get broken in pieces
But that doesn’t matter at all
Take it from me, there’s still gonna be
A summer, a winter, a spring and a fall

And sometimes a friend starts treating you bad
But the world goes ’round
And sometimes your heart breaks with a deafening sound

Somebody loses and somebody wins
Then one day it’s kicks, then it’s kicks in the shins
But the planet spins, and the world goes ’round
And ’round and ’round and ’round and ’round
The world goes ’round and ’round and ’round
And ’round!

Who knows that song?

I love the lyrics. But maybe I should have titled my post Spin Spin Spin. Why? Cause my second half of my day consisted of things that Spin Spin Spin!

I broke out my new toy today. Oh, what is this new toy you speak of, Mike? Well, why don’t you let me show you….

My RONCO Rotisserie Oven

That’s a 5 lb chicken spin spin spinning in my new rotisserie oven! Oh yeah! I usually bought ready to eat rotisserie chicken from work on days I don’t feel like cooking. I figured why not get a rotisserie for myself and save some money? Well, I bought this thing before I really did the math. At work I can buy a cooked rotisserie chicken for $6. An uncooked one depending on weight is about $4-$6. This bad boy was just under $5. So if I average this size chicken my purchase will pay for itself within 100 chickens….(laughing at myself). But I can make a lot of other things with this. I could go on and on about what this thing can do but I don’t get paid to talk about companies products.

So what else did I do that went round and round?

My beautiful bike on its indoor trainer

So while my chicken was spinning I figured I might as well spin too. So for the hour and a half that my chicken was spinning so was I. Well, I had to make my potatoes too. So I took a break to get those in the oven and then give them a flip in the oven.

Ugh I’m tired now. Time to eat!

I went Caveman with dinner minus plates, fork and glass. So what did I eat?

1 rotisserie chicken (I only ate half) rubbed with my own concoction I call Montreal chicken rub (red pepper, black pepper, garlic and onion powder, salt, paprika, and parsley)

I also had oven roasted red potatoes coated with salt, black pepper and rosemary

And of course I had one of the beers I picked up today.

Ahhhh, now to rest and watch some tv.

Let me start off with today. I’m not really sure what is going on with me but I have been so tired and out of it. I don’t seem to have any energy to get past work. I have been working out before actually going to work but I’m pretty much stuporous. I know! That a pretty big word for someone who is as tired as me.

Anyway, today at 4pm started a long 3 day weekend for me. I’m not sure how I got 3 days off in a row and on a weekend of all things. But I have absolutely nothing to do for these 3 days. I put out an APB on Twitter and Facebook for anyone wanting to do something while I’m off but to no avail. I guess it goes to show how pathetic my social life is. I don’t even have a softball game on Friday to pass an hour of my life away on.

So with the emptiness of all this time staring me in the face along with my unexplainable lethargy I caved and ordered a pizza for dinner. I figured I might as well throw a little pity party for myself. I knew it was a huge mistake right after I hit enter. I even thought of just not going to pick it up because I knew it was such a bad mistake.

I couldn’t bear knowing I wasted the money on a pizza and not even pick it up. So I yelled, “To The Batmobile!” And my two Jack Russell Terriers, Moose and Kenai, ran to the car to go for a ride. I guess my mistake got us out of the house for a bit. We got back and I fed them pizza crust and of course they loved every crumb. I choked down 1 piece and regretted every chew.

Yeah, I just made one big cookie

It doesn’t stop there. I felt so horrible for even getting the pizza I ate some cookies after. I know! Stop it Mike!!!! I guess it goes to show that once you make one bad decision more follow. Now I didn’t just open a bag of store bought cookies I had stored in the pantry. Nope! I went all out and made some from scratch. I just couldn’t stop. I swear I was outside of my body just watching the fat kid inside me do all these things and I couldn’t hold him back. I should have just made some granola bars or something better. But since the wife is not home I figured why not use her chocolate chips, she doesn’t need them right now…..Ugh!

I even started the day off so well too. I woke up early and let the dogs out to play with their soccer balls while I went for a run. I had steel cut oats with a splash of milk and some cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice when I came back. I had a few slices of turkey and my protein shake for lunch with big plans of doing a great weight routine when I got home from work.

I also left for work 15 minutes early and sat outside to soak in some vitamin D. I guess that is where my day went down hill. I was sitting by a few of my co-workers that were also waiting outside before starting their day. I knew I should have just kept on walking to a different spot but I didn’t want to be rude and snub them. But the whole time I sat there they were all complaining about how much they hate people, work, school, life, and blah blah blah. So negative…..

So I have a plan!

I will take up all that empty time staring me in the face and use it to my advantage.

Friday:

Run – 3 to 5 miles……we’ll see how hot it is before I make up my mind

Bike – plan is to do 20 – 30 miles around the base flightline

Work on the glamor muscles – Found Arnold’s old arm routine and will give it a shot: Here it is

Standing Barbell Curls
5-8 sets of 8-12 cheating reps

Incline Dumbbell Curls
5-8 sets of 8-12 reps

Concentration Curls
5 sets of 10 reps

Alternating Dumbbell Curls
5 sets of 10 reps

And if I can still feel my arms I will do pullups as well

Saturday:

Run – 3 to 5 miles

Let the butt recover, no bike

Fertilize the yard, better known as “the football field”

Leg Routine – Compliments of Johnny O Jackson

Leg Extensions
Sets 1-4: 25-30 reps
Set 5: (drop set) 25 reps each

Free Standing Squats
Sets 1-3: 25-30 reps
Set 4-5: (drop set) 25 reps each

Incline Leg Press
Sets 1-2: 25-35 reps
Set 3: 60 reps

Smith Machine Lunges
3 sets of 10-15 reps

Lying Leg Curl
Sets 1-3: 10-15 reps
Set 4: (triple drop set) 10-15 reps

Sunday

After 2 days of heavy lifting I think I will need to pull it back a bit

P90X Core Synergistics and maybe Cardio X

Walk the dogs

Do Laundry

Pre cook and prep some meals for the week

AND in dedication to one of our own from the Blogosphere:

Stephanie @ My Glorified Journal

I will go carb free to honor her accomplishment of making it to and through her first figure competition. If you are in some need of any kind of motivation to get fit, you need to just read or watch one of her posts. I guarantee you will feel her intensity and see the results of her dedication to her goal. Good Luck Stephanie and we look forward to hearing what it was like to be on the big stage.

Ok peeps….do something constructive this weekend and be safe.

That is all