I recently joined the Monash Christian Fellowship. It's like a whirlpool, sucking you in. Before I realized what was happening, I was going for dinner in big groups, calling the Multimedia and Reserve section of the library the "Aquarium", and organizing War Games.
War Games?
Yes, after my second attendance at CF, Peter asked me to organize War Games with him. I was going to explain the rules and how the games went and all that... but it's not the same without pictures and I have no pictures.
The short version is: There were lots of shirtless guys... and it was a capture-the-flag game.
The flags were actually bags of sand. Heavy bags of sand. Heavy bags of sand that I used today as weights. It's the cheapskate solution! Instead of buying expensive training equipment, I'll just get SANDBAGS.
Since there isn't any easy way to grip a sandbag, unlike a bar, your grip and forearm are worked much harder when lifting sandbags. That's good, because those gym-ers with huge shoulders, chests and biceps, but skinny forearms remind me of chickens.
Also, the sand moves around in the bags, and forces you to constantly balance the bag when lifting. This trains the smaller, balancing muscles that are ignored in typical weight training, which targets specific muscles to get the biggest growth in the shortest amount of time...
The conclusion? I'm not going to get very obvious results, because my muscles aren't going to "explode" in size, which is actually what happens when you start weight training... instead they're just going to get stronger, because all the small invisible muscles will be trained alongside the larger ones.
Well, that's the plan anyway. Let's see how long I'll keep this project going. I've definitely gotten better at sticking to plans this year though. I've been walking around barefoot for 2/3 of a year!
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