My silence on my workouts doesn't mean they met a premature end; no, I am in my laboratory, mixing various compounds and isolates. This morning was an Abs & Cardio and lemme tell ya, I am BEAT—even 90 minutes after its end! I planned it to be a lighter day with my 5-min coffee alt, 25 minutes of ab work followed by 70 minutes of cardio. Even my mind feels a little woozy.

I thought my gym was adequate for everything I wanted to do. Yet, there is a piece of equipment that I really need. I considered rewarding myself with it once I hit a future weight, yet it is a tool to actually get to that weight. Last night, I bought an incline bench off of Amazon. I've been using the incline setting on my Bowfex—it's wobbly and technically doesn't lock in place. It's fine for its intended use, but fails as a replacement. With a delivery that will be just in time for Arms Friday, my incline bench will allow me to add spider curls which were impossible otherwise. I've run across several routines that I would have liked to have added, but couldn't. For example: I'm curious to try out situps on the decline setting.

The next purchase wasn't a necessity, but serves to augment my core. It also slides into what I feel is the best approach to training, that is one that is organic to your life (I'll write more on this at a later date). I bought an exercise ball that will be a tool for my gym space and hopefully will be effective replacement for my office chair at the computer.