Friday, January 30, 2015

I was Mr. Universe (and other outright fibs)

While never in my entire life have I been compared to Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sylvester Stallone, I have been compared to another movie star: Gumby.  Whether or not that was a compliment I don't think I'll ever know.  But I guess they were right.  I am not exactly Hercules.

I've done my fair share (or perhaps slightly less) of hard work in the gym. I got in pretty good shape, too!  I was pressing 130 regularly.  Don't laugh.  I weighed less than that then. I was at one time able to do 50 sit-ups in one sitting before falling over in a dead faint.

But now I am a full-time student and full-time musician.  It seems I have no more time for building up my arms or getting a six pack.  The most exercise I get anymore is climbing up and down three flights of stairs three times a day, four days a week.  It's riveting.

So my excuse is pretty good I think.  But I have met several musicians and students who are really fit and have an equally busy schedule.  They ruin my excuses.  It's not fair.   My only hope is that when I graduate, maybe I'll have more free time to go back to a gym.

What am I saying.... free time? Enough fairy tales.  Let's all just live happily ever after, OK?

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