Ridiculous! Even ironmen...

...get rusty. I'm far from iron as I have yet to compete in *any* sort of triathlon. Heck, I can't even swim very well.

Deal is, my sternum's been out of whack for over a month now. I wake up with it so stiff it needs to be "cracked" for relief. Too many ring dips...darn. I like those.

Couple that with the stresses of producing my first series of *big* photoshoots, and you have about a month where I've barely lifted some iron. These sound like the typical excuses associated with inactivity: "injured" and "busy."

So, rather than just sit idly by, I'm taking baby steps again to boost activity. Here they are:

-Each shift I work, I'll designate an exercise that I'll do at least 40 reps of, over the course of the shift. Examples of these include pullups, dips, box jumps, stair sprints and whatever I can do quickly as I walk around. I work in a gym for crying out loud! This will keep the shift interesting as well as get me out from behind the desk every so often. Seeing that a typical workout can hit 50 reps in 10-15 minutes for just ONE exercise, it *should* be easy over the course of a few hours. Though, it hasn't been going too well as I've only gotten to 15 pullups one day, and 50 dips on another. And, of course, I work more than 2 shifts in a month.

-Climb at least twice a week. Yes, also pretty ridiculous as I work at a *climbing* gym. Sometimes, after a shift, the last thing I want to do is stick around. Keep me accountable here, guys. Anyone want to climb?

-Run once a week. The weather is gorgeous outside and I want to beat some pavement! I love interval training.

So there you have it. If anything it'll get my conditioning back up and hopefully maintain what muscle mass I have left.