41. Numbers

2/27 - 138
2/28 - 151
2/29 - 140
3/1 - 223

to be continued

40. Professor

"...the original and authentic meaning of the word "professor" is "one who professes a faith."  The true professor is not one who controls facts and theories and techniques.  The true professor is one who affirms a transcendent center of truth, a center that lies beyond our contriving, that enters history through the lives of those who profess it and brings us into community with each other and the world." [113]

-Parker Palmer, To Know as We Are Known

39. Break

Some people enjoy a coffee break.  I, myself, cannot stand coffee, its aroma, its effects on my stomach (I'm guessing here, since I never drink the stuff--but other high caffeine beverages have a "flushing" effect on my system that is more violent than I tend to like), its price. I suppose I could take up smoking and take smoke breaks.  One of my housemates when I was a student at Drew took up pipe smoking during his comprehensive exam year. He had no classes and it gave him a reason to go outside and have a smoke every couple hours to interrupt the endless monotony of study.

I have, from time to time, been in the habit of taking a "free throw break."  I stop what I'm doing, go outside (or to the gym), and shoot some free throws. 

Today, for the first time in many weeks, I took a free throw break.  Made 48 in a row and 64/67.  Wearing gloves. 

The breeze was at my back.

38. Exercise log

1.  30 minute bike interval (while watching "X-Files", of course)
2.  5 minute medicine ball (10#) ball handling drills
3.  10 minute speed rope intervals (50 seconds of jumping, 10 seconds of rest, 10 intervals)

37. Lunch Order

Sydney's lunch order:

• Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
• apple slices
• carrots and dip
• and, if you happen to stop at McDonalds, some french fries would be nice.

One more good thing about Spring Break--eating lunch at school with my daughter.  And wife!!

36. Spring Break Workouts

I'm a relatively consistent crossfitter/P90x-er.  I'm not a fundamentalist/legalist when it comes to these workouts, so I don't really do everything exactly as prescribed or when prescribed, but I have followed Tony Horton fairly consistently (at leas the workouts--screw the diet; eating "whey" is for commies) through a couple of almost 90 day sessions.  I almost never do Kenpo.  I rarely do the entire YogaX workout.  But I like the program and the workouts work.

I started attempting some of the named crossfit workouts last summer and fell in love the high intensity of crossfit.  I've never fallen in love with Olympic lifting, mostly because Olympic lifting and I haven't really had a first date. Nor do I have the equipment at home to do them.

I know crossfit is designed to be done as a community, but my problem is the crossfitters at BC crossfit right when I'm playing basketball, and the reason I would do crossfit is to maximize my enjoyment of basketball, not because I have some desire to become a superstar at the crossfit games.  Excuses aside, I actually enjoy working out alone.

All that to say I did the P90x chest and back workout plus ab ripper x this morning.  I wonder if I've done this particular workout fifty times yet?  I wouldn't be surprised. I did it for the first time back in August of 2007.    I bet I've done it at least a dozen times a year since then.  If you follow the 90-day program you do this workout five times in 90 days.  I have not been through the 90 day program ten times, of course, but this is probably one of my favorite of the routines, thus my wondering about the 50 times in a little less than five years.

So what does tomorrow hold?  Were I following the 90-day program, tomorrow would be Plyometrics.  It's a great workout.  But I think I'm going to to a 15 minute interval set on the jump-rope and maybe some yoga and then shoot some hoops.  Maybe watch an episode of the X-Files on dvr while riding the stationary bike.

See--not a legalist.