Hey all! I'm back and am planning to post quite a bit more and with more frequency!! As some of you know, I have been rehabbing a bad back which took two fusion surgeries to fix. Things are slowly getting better and I'm getting back to a regular gym schedule.

I'm putting on a decent amount of muscle but I have to be careful now of becoming too "musclebound". My cardio and agility still needs a lot of work. My back is getting stronger but still doesn't feel "solid." It's hard to explain but my core just doesn't feel stable yet. For example: I'm back to chest pressing 100lb dumbells but I'm having a heck of a time carrying them to the bench or even picking them up off the rack!! I'm slowly deadlifting again, which probably looks funny to the other gym members. They see a guy pressing a ton of weight yet can't deadlift over 100lbs! Haha!

Work is going as well as expected. I'm working in retail selling women's shoes at Macy's in Monterey. It's a grind, and it's your typical "shark-like" sales atmosphere, but it's paying the bills. It's a good thing I'm training Greg and Debbie about once a week, it's keeping me sane! Greg's doing awesome with his Triathalons and Debbie is taking to training just fine. I do feel bad she was so sore last week though!

I've been thinking about my employment and career choices and need to come up with some decisions soon. I do have some ideas but I'll get into those at a later date. More to come soon...