it's the end of the summer and there's tons of fun wayz 2 stay active during the hottest month of the year~*~*~*~*~
(duh, andrew dost is the official inventor of fit auggie but i am an avid follower of this beneficial month-long celebration of being FIT.)
one way you can stay in shape is by never driving your car and only walking everywhere. riding a bike would suffice also but i left mine in shrevelaaaaa.
walking in california is easy because the weather is only mildly hot, although it would be considerably more difficult in louisiana where you can't walk down the street without becoming drenched in sweat. although sweating is not necessarily a bad thing, as proven in the episode of boy meets world where cory has to lose weight to get in the lower wrestling division so he doesn't have to wrestle against vader's son so he sits in the sauna and gets sweaty on purpose y'all. i don't know maybe that never happened. i may be combining two episodes or even two shows.
what i'm trying to say is that sweating is good, taking walks is good, exercising is good for the body and mind and soul. everyone knows that.
my mom got me this EXCELLENT book when she visited me:
it tells you all the raddest places to take walks. so far i've seen TWO frank lloyd wright houses~*~
also it has parks and historical landmarks and tons of good restaurants and PEACEFUL ESCAPES.
also the walks are kind of long so it counts as exercising, especially if you wear tennis shoes.
another gr8 way to stay fit during the summer is by swimming. in louisiana i had a pool in my yard which was perfect for doing "WATER OLYMPICS" aka swimming laps using only arms or only legs, or running in circles and creating whirlpools and trying to swim against the currents. i've tried doing the same here a few times at my apartment pool but this usually deters me:
(so proud to have taken this picture. cr33p)
yet another way to participate in fit auggie is by taking a boxing class!!!!!111
i did this today y'all. for real.
i almost cried/died, but i loved it and want to go back. want to get my own gloves that aren't drenched in other ppls sweat. want to become a famous female boxer. want to spar with tons of ppl and win.
also i can't do any pushups at all :o(**** so trying to do them with a giant rubber band around my wrists was impossible.
also a week ago i took a salsa dancing class.
THERE ARE MILLIONZ OF WAYZ 2 B FIT.
<3 fit auggie 4ever
Boxing is soooo fun. I took a couple of boxing classes as well as a martial arts class where I had to do a 2 minute demonstration with nunchucks? That's another idea! I walk a little taller knowing that I carry nunchucks in my car, both as a conversational piece for fellow riders and cheesy defense mechanism for wanna-be-but-I-don't-want-ya-to-be fellow riders or criminals. It's entertaining to practice at least.
ReplyDeleteyeah gurllll!! i signed up for boxing twice a week and got my own gloves and wraps~*~*~
ReplyDeletedid you spar or just punch the bags?
also at my class we have to jump rope to "warm up" which really means wear me out before the actual boxing even begins.
ps can't wait to get back to shreveport where i have solid internet connection so i can read your blog all the way from the beginning
ReplyDeleteOh yay! We had to punch the bags and spar, which was very intimidating at first. But it got really fun after you'd seen everyone else look dumb several times too. I choked a girl. Haha Are you moving back to Shreveport or just coming for a visit? When?! When?!
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