an announcement

My apologies to those of you who will be saddened by the news that Anthony is now off the market. On the other hand, getting married supposedly makes you a slower bike racer so some of you might get your chance to beat him in 2009.

Special for Ateam readers only!

Weakling. Yeah, you read that right. Are you tired of people calling you names like that? Tired of gettin sand kicked (or spun) in your puny little face? Want to be a big strapping lad like yours truly? Well Nancy Boy, I have the solution for you - a weight training system.

Bench presses, curls, squats, clean and jerks, leg lifts, rows. You can pepper these terms liberally and awkwardly into an otherwise normal conversations so people know just how hard you are going to be. And you can accomplish (or pretend to) all of these feats of strength on your very own Powerhouse in home gym. With almost 300 pounds of high quality pure 'Merican steel plates, you can make yourself the envy of all other men and desirable to the ladies (or vice versa).

While systems like this can (and should) sell for 1000's of dollars, if you act now, you can own this legendary piece of training equipment (used by local "athletes" Anthony Slowinski and Robert Turpin to hone their bodies into state title winning machines, earning the respect of their moms and significant others along the way) for the low price of $125.00.

This insanely low price includes all aforementioned steal plates (cuz at this price, they are just that), 45 pound squat/press bar, curl bar, springy things to hold the plates of steel on said bars, some strategically placed duct tape, an arm curl and leg curl/lift attachments. Other features that make this thing awesome and all other weight racks a joke are; heavy duty tube frame standard bench. Pop pin crutch adjustment. Pop pin leg developer height adjustment. Seat angle adjustment. 4 position flat/incline/decline. Proper pivot point on leg developer for proper muscle isolation. Thats some pretty serious stuff.

I hate to let this thing go, but I need the space and have to let some other people get a chance at the podium and some ladies (or men, whatever you prefer). So act now by calling 599-5739 (Anthony is standing by!) or emailing aslowinski@gmail.com!!!



Previous You...



The New You!

Soles on Ice

I rode for an hour and a half tonight. My toes got cold. Maybe I need some of those toe warmer packets. The rest was all good. I bumped into Travis Mullen and two Deutschers. They showed me another mile worth of trail out at Veteran's Park. The trails were in awesome shape. Sweet. There were actually people out there playing frisbee golf in the 25 degree weather out there. I guess the hoodies they were wearing were especially warm. The semester will be unofficially over for me Thursday but not officially over until the 16th because I have to take a test on that day. Tests are dumb at this point. If you're wondering about my syntax, I've been influenced by the posts on the Louisville Dirtclub's site.

The way-off season

So I have not pinned a number or tied one on my bars for 3.5 months now. Crazy. I haven't gone that long without racing in prolly about 12 years. While I miss many aspects, the lack of pressure to perform and train is kinda nice. Then again, it sucks to have to hear about who's racing well right now and thinking "I can totally beat that dude..."

The healing of the back has been way more than I could have ever imagined. Amazing what the body can do to itself. In a span of about 1 minute I managed to do months upon months worth of damage without having to hit anything more than the floor from a standing position (I try to excel in all things). Some days it really feels like things are getting better, others, I feel like I went 2 months back.

So if you kids are out there thinking you would like to break your back like your favorite Pro MTB racer Anthony Slowinski, I realize the dream is alluring, but have to warn you, it makes life kinda suck.

Next years race plans? Lets just say I thought I would be able to race again this season, so who knows. I obviously don't.

In one and a half weeks, I will see the back surgeon for hopefully the last time, maybe then I will have some answers. Till then, see y'all at the (sing it) whyyyyyyyy emmmmmm c-ay!

cross-training

I used a Wii fit to cross-train all during the thanksgiving weekend. Unfortunately, it's not mine it belongs to the in-laws and they took it home with them. A couple more sessions on that thing and it's look-out Kentucky Point Series 2009.