Monday, June 16, 2008

The practical gym

Those of you who know me know that I've been without a vehicle for some time now. I can tell you with little understatement that this has been more than a little bit inconvenient for me.

My girlfriend's mom has offered to sign a van over to me on the grounds that I give her a ride home from work frequently. I was disinclined to agree to this as there is a three hour difference that would require me to wait for her.

Why did I agree, though? My girlfriend works at a theme park. She purchased me a season pass to the water park portion of the park.

After each work day that I'm picking her up, I'll go to the park. Not as your typical man-kini clothed tourist, mind you, but instead as the ultra-buff [snicker] muscle-bound [yeah right] gym rat.

That's right, folks. I've been meaning to lose that extra weight and get into shape, so what better way than to swim the wrong way in "River Cruise" or fight off the other intertube-toting kids at the "Hidden Sea" wave pool? Should I ever need to do stair climbing exercises, I could climb up "Tiki Falls" with a refreshing cool down period every four minutes. There are literally hundreds of exercises I could do at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor.

So folks, next time you are in the Southern California area and at a water park between 3:30pm and 6:30pm, don't be too alarmed at the guy doing arm lifts with milk jugs full of water. I'd use weights but they have metal detectors at the entrance to the park.

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