Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Smithing the Arms, Enmightening the Heart

Yesterday, OGDV and I decided to meet at PRG Valley for a bit of the ol' plastic pullin'. Little did we know that we'd have a special guest! That's right, Drew "The Armsmith" Davis accidentally came to Valley instead of going to Oaks where he was to meet some crazy cats for the crushing. Their loss, however, was our gain! Even mind-numbing techno (usually I'm all like, "TechYES," but this stuff was pretty heinous) could not stop us from being the best. TechNONSENSE.

I didn't exactly feel very strong, and I don't think I climbed all that well, but I spent a good 4 1/2 hours there so I think I got a decent workout. While we were campusing, The Armsmith introduced me to a new exercise authored by none other than Ben Moon, climber extraordinaire. I'm gonna check out the 'net and see if I can grab some of that sweet science for you suckas.


OGDV sent me this sweet picture* in which he attempts to crush The Path (V9/10). I know we talk about plastic pullin' a lot up in this piece, but let this be a reminder as to where the truth lies: out in the wild, with bugs and stuff. Get hungry, 'cause soon it's gonna be time to EAT! Not bugs, though. Most of them taste bad.

Stop drooling. It's unbecoming.

In other news, Captain Roommate decided that he was going to get into shape over the summer. Plaudits all around. He bought a scale, and it is fancy: the thing purports to tell you your body fat percentage! Well, I got on it and . . . let's just say that I was severely disappointed with myself. It is time to lose weight! Recently, @ gave me an outline for a calisthenics workout, and it is wrecking my face. I'll be doing that around three times a week and I'll be running and riding the stationary bike. It is going to be a long way to victory, but when candy is at stake, hell hath no fury like a hungry dude.

*Photo credit: Danielle Vennard

5 comments:

dann said...

you will have to show me these new campus techniques. i think you should just make a diagram of your campus routine.

Anonymous said...

Hey if you are going to run then come run with Graeme and I on the trails of White Clay Preserve...only 5 min from my house! We run 2 to 4 miles everyday! It snakes around next a river so if you get hot take a quick dip in!
that goes for anyone else who would like to get some cardio! We could do a saturday morning fun run!

Unknown said...

Oooh! The spotter in the photo looks like he's seen an angel! Perhaps it is just the Armsmith on top flexing.

Abbie said...

So that's what's up with Farrow's FB statuses... can we take bets on how long this exercising thing is going to last???

Unknown said...

Stationary bike? Are you also participating in the "Summer of Pansy". Dude, don't waste your time on the stationary bike. Just run - it's a better work out and you'll get in touch with the homo erectus in you.