FIRST WORK OUT
After two months of traveling and eating who knows
what, Victor has been getting out of shape. Even
though in his mother's restaurant there are many
trophies proving his champion bodybuilder status, he
doesn't look it right now. Since being in the
Philippines I have lost a ton of weight and slimmed
down to where I can where 36" or even 34" waist
pants. I still retain a little muscle from the old
days of bodybuilding with my brother, but I am pretty
soft. The potential, though, is there and obvious. Me
and Victor often talked about seriously training
together while in the Philippines. Today we
actually began.
This morning we woke up early, around 7:30 AM and headed out while everyone else slept. Jerry was supposed to go with us and be dropped off at the driving range to practice her golf, but she was still asleep. Me and Victor went to a the place where he apparently always starts his training. This wasn't some fancy Bally's type fitness center, this was a real bodybuilding gym. Pictures on the wall were huge guys like Arnold Schwartzenegger and Mike Christian and Ronny Coleman. There was plenty of free weights and not a bunch of bourgeois machines. The place was old a dusty like a gym should be. I forgot to bring my training shoes which we bought yesterday at the fake $1 shoe sale, but me and victor wear the same sizes on most things and I often wear his clothes and shoes. He seemed pretty at home in this gym and had extra shoes, gloves and a weight belt.
We trained for, it seemed, two hours or more working only back and shoulders. We did some abs work in the end too. I don't even want to think about how sore I am going to be tomorrow. It's going to suck and I know that if Jerry finds out I am sore, she will torture me all day. We spent about 30 minutes on the treadmill to wrap things up, then looked at some Muscle & Fitness magazines for inspiration.
When we left we trekked off to Victor's mother's restaurant. We ate a huge pork rib soup with kim chi and vegetables. She also gave us some sweet plum tea and soju for later. Victor's mother is extremely nice and always seems to be concerned about how I am doing. She is very generous and I have received much food, new clothes and other gifts thanks to her and Victor. I am extremely grateful to have met such people and have friends like this as I sojourn in a foreign land.
After that mega meal, me and Victor are full, but Sally and Jerry are eating an awesome mixed meat soup with ham, sausage and noodles, from their mother's restaurant. (There are a lot of restaurants here such that you would think every family owns at least one) After that we are supposedly going out again for a day on the town. Who knows what adventures we will encounter next. I might even find some WIFI so I can post this!
This morning we woke up early, around 7:30 AM and headed out while everyone else slept. Jerry was supposed to go with us and be dropped off at the driving range to practice her golf, but she was still asleep. Me and Victor went to a the place where he apparently always starts his training. This wasn't some fancy Bally's type fitness center, this was a real bodybuilding gym. Pictures on the wall were huge guys like Arnold Schwartzenegger and Mike Christian and Ronny Coleman. There was plenty of free weights and not a bunch of bourgeois machines. The place was old a dusty like a gym should be. I forgot to bring my training shoes which we bought yesterday at the fake $1 shoe sale, but me and victor wear the same sizes on most things and I often wear his clothes and shoes. He seemed pretty at home in this gym and had extra shoes, gloves and a weight belt.
We trained for, it seemed, two hours or more working only back and shoulders. We did some abs work in the end too. I don't even want to think about how sore I am going to be tomorrow. It's going to suck and I know that if Jerry finds out I am sore, she will torture me all day. We spent about 30 minutes on the treadmill to wrap things up, then looked at some Muscle & Fitness magazines for inspiration.
When we left we trekked off to Victor's mother's restaurant. We ate a huge pork rib soup with kim chi and vegetables. She also gave us some sweet plum tea and soju for later. Victor's mother is extremely nice and always seems to be concerned about how I am doing. She is very generous and I have received much food, new clothes and other gifts thanks to her and Victor. I am extremely grateful to have met such people and have friends like this as I sojourn in a foreign land.
After that mega meal, me and Victor are full, but Sally and Jerry are eating an awesome mixed meat soup with ham, sausage and noodles, from their mother's restaurant. (There are a lot of restaurants here such that you would think every family owns at least one) After that we are supposedly going out again for a day on the town. Who knows what adventures we will encounter next. I might even find some WIFI so I can post this!
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