Chin-up

So I'm back from trip, and have a goal: I want to be able to do a chin-up by the end of the summer! Before leaving for California, I saw this column in a magazine that gives a run down on how/what to work out in order to be able to do a chin-up in 12 weeks, which is about the time I have left this summer!! The first task is to hold myself at chin level on a bar every day for as long a possible, taking a 1 minute break between each "rep", three times. The magazine says to do it until I can hold myself in that position for 30 seconds at a time, without undue effort (which they estimate will take about 3 weeks). When I read this, I thought the task would be easy... but the honest report on my first attempt is that I was barely able to hold myself in the appropriate position for 5 seconds at a time, and my arms were sore the next day. So starting today, I will try, everyday, to do my "reps". I hope that in 3 weeks time, I will be up to stuff in order to start on my next task!
Oh and p.s. I'll be starting to jog again soon, very soon hopefully!

Travel blog

For updates on my trip, check out akitravel.blogspot.com, which I will dedicate to my travels... which will hopefully be interesting and frequent!