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Next Stop, Crested Butte Colorado!!!

Sunday In Dominguez Canyon

Shadow Boy In The Shadows…. Dug himself a nice cool hole…. Waited for us to finish up taking photos


Robert claims that the whole trip lasted 2 hrs and 20min…. A relaxing hike… My heart rate remand low… I focused on my gluts while "climbing"…. I also played with my cadence…. Shorter strides at times

Haven't been out to this rock in a few years…. Loads of evidence that vandals are mucking it up…. So much history here …. Rob/Den and I took some group photos on their camera….. Also, showed them a hidden spot of Rock Art that hasn't been destroyed YET????

 The bear claw …. Shadow Boys favorite as he is a Karelian Bear Dog

And down to the Deloris River for a soak…. Shadow was in and out all along this section…. He is such a happy damn dog…. Wakes up happy…. Happily eats…. And is always ready…




And Beat SMELL-A!!! Go Padres!!!

We Are Headed For T-Ride Today….. Catching The Final Game At A Local Water Hole…. Happy MONDAY Folks

Time With The Twins

Fun little weather clip….



Excellent week of training!!! Added weight to my back, chest , & arms!!! Played around with the pyramid sets on the bench. Before every move, I do a practice rep for a visual and a healthy patterns. Bar 15x, 10's x 15, 20 x 10, 25's x 8 and back down as slow as I can burn. Over to the incline Tech-No-Machine, dumbbells from there. My back routine, which I added 10-15lbs pr exercise, has become my favorite for sure. Slow and controlled movements.  I had mentioned before that I started out rather conservative. Having said that, I have always enjoyed working out my back. I like the rotation aspect, pulling down and holding, and simply feeling those lats do there thing. I like backs!! Strong backs!! Dedication

The twins are here from Melbourne Australia and we hosted Happy Hour on KAFM together!! We had so much fun discussing world travel tales from the past and the resent.  I recorded the show and had fun just being. Also, I set up the GoPro on a 2 second time lapse. Would you wanna see it??? What music would you wanna here???? I originally set it up to Steven Wright stand up, its only OK.

Made a quick work trip to the foothills….. here are the some driving photos from that adventure

 Love This Shot!!!

Four Lanes Of Road Kill, Soon 2 Be

 NCAA Final Four Party at my place!!! Go Badgers!! Beat The Blue Devils!!!

The Boy Dog has taken a liking to the twins

Ol' Bleu Girl after a day hike….. Took a lot out of the old 15 year old….. What A Photo… She has a smile…. Look at it…. She is smiling but totally sacked out for the night

 The Ortho world has been wonderful. A long time client of mine and I had a killer cool session Thursday night. A neck release that I have really been taking a liking to came up during our session. Its like her whole spine calms down and we felt the shift and her nervous system come back on line. What does that mean??? WHAT ELSE IS POSSIBLE

About 15 Seconds Of The Boy Dog

I can't stop laughing… You wanna feel good….. Still Smiling


Training: Just super stoked regarding the all over training. Looking at timing a mile this Thursday. My legs were in hiking mode 6 out of the last 10 days. Burning on those gluts, feeling how my placement of steps and strides from sand to climbing and how my arms flap around at different times.
Rolling the hips during my runs, engaging the whole leg on the rides, releasing the diaphragm while swimming, and relaxing into the foam roller. Looking at a short run, a quick walk, and a long run on Saturday between clients and The Final Four. How's Your Bracket

Riding: Was on pace for a 400+ mile month but the rez took me off the counted miles. Last fews days have been solid and the weather has been perfect as can be. Just about the time Mr Sun starts to cook a weeee bit, Hello Clouds!! And the sunsets have been fully filled in fire red paints, upper pinks that melt into those purples before darkness and stars take over.
Two crazy sandy rides above the Colorado River. I had forgotten how sand zaps your quads!!! Had the moments when the rear would wash out, as I powered the pedals, it reminded me of driving in fresh snow. Fun Fun Fun

Lifting: Shoulders and Triceps. Had that "wake up" moment when I was warming up the rotators and settling into a Cheese show from 2010 Red Rocks. Its dawned on me that I am lifting some weight now that could really hurt me if I am not focus and paying attention. Most of 2015 has been much lighter weight and more reps per exercise. Its a satisfying moment in time for me.
Also quite pleased on the fact that I didn't lift any weight for 8 days. I felt strong and added some 2.5 - 5lbs during the shoulders routine but stayed even keel with triceps. Only had 55 min so I took breaks for water and walking around quickly and powered on through. Feeling good with the Mon/ Thursday Chest, Tuesday /Fridays are shoulders and tri, and Wed/Sat have been back and bi routine. And the Perfect Push Up's are still happening when ever I think about them throughout the day. Felt Good

Letterpress: Making a time lapse tomorrow of me at the shop running the cylinder press. Stay Tuned

Friends From Down Under: Rob And Den are here from AU!! They are full time travelers and racked 50,000 air miles in 2014. Oh, and thats kinda in off year
We BBQ'd the one night and now they are in Glenwood Springs for two nights. Wish I had video from them sharing stories from around the world because they are awesome. I could listen all night

First Friday Art Hop: Photos to come as this Friday will be a downtown fest of art, people, bikes, and life in general. Sign Me Up

Women's USA Pro Challenge: Best News In Awhile!!! The women will race for three days just be fore the men race. Equal Prize Money!!! Its a must catch and I hope its broadcasted for everyone

Resurfaced From Eastern Utah

A weeks worth of pictures, time lapse video, Yeti 575, and lunch break trail runs from my Residential. More to process, both mentally and physically. I am headed for the gym and then to the Letterpress to work for Mr Dave while he and his family are on vacation.

Happy Monday And Thanx For Watching

Very Slow

Windy but so worth it!!

My Feet Afterwards

My cabin is on the far right end

The internet is way slow here…. I have a few more photos but I gotta hit the pillow…. Day 1 was checking in, meet and greet, and dinner

Day 2 of my Residential started with working on feet, sacrum, and C-7…. We had a 3 hour lunch so thats when I went for a climb…. 42:38 of climbing in fact…. Really concentrated on my hips and gluts…. Pumped with my arms…. Sweating like a crazy mad man…. It was in the 70's… Tomorrow I ride the Yeti 575

I will update when I have more time or a faster connection 

The Day Before I Head West

Almost hard to believe that my two year Ortho-Bionomy program is wrapping up w/my Residential starting this weekend. Its a wonderful feeling knowing that I not only set goals but have managed physically and financially to accomplish these task at hand. I don't even feel as if "Where did the time go?"

TRAINING:
Weight training has been awesome!! Cross Roads Gym downtown has these handy little tracking cards to fill out and help remind what weights, seat placements, exercises, sets, reps, etc and I filled mine out just after my December's Ortho classes. Obviously I knew my weight numbers would increase because I started with very low weights and concentrated on proper form and minimum of 15 reps per attempt. So by the 1st week of March I added weight to all of my "routine" per day and then just this week I added about 5- 15lbs to those numbers just to see how my body would respond. I was totally stoked because I only really experienced soreness in my triceps. Shoulders, back, bi, chest, & legs all felt it but didn't feel worked. Does that even make sense???
My water intake during my workouts have exploded immensely!!! Thats a good thing!! But running out of h2o is a bad thing!! That only happened on Monday and was quickly resolved. Kidneys are happy again.
The resort that is hosting our Residential was a workout room, no pool, no cell, but has WiFi. We will be outside ( just east ) of Moab Ut so I am taking along the Yeti 575!!! Oh Baby!! So my plan is to take advantage of the weight room there and stick with my morning calisthenics and stretching.
Shadow Boy & I are back on 2-a-days and he has been loving it. Some evenings I just haven't wanted to go but he gives me that look like OH PLEASE!! CAN WE PLEASE?!?!?! And I give in and we have a great time. Love That Boy Dog!!! My hips are rotating much smoother and my cadence has been improving. I find that when I am "daydreaming" I am exhaling my breath on my right foot strike. Then I bring back my game and focus up. Pretty cool.

Working World: 
Started working for Mr Dave at the old Letterpress last week. This is ONLY temporarily because I am just covering for his vacation time in April. I worked for Mr Dave for about 7 years and understand the language of die cutting and now the shop is supplied with a much higher quality paper which results in a finer running machines. Thats A Bonus!! The work, machines, and environment is all coming back to me rather quickly and Mr Dave was totally stoked.
The down fall….. STANDING ON PHUC-N CONCRETE SUCKS A$$!!!!!! My ankles, knees, and hips totally feel that walking, picking up, etc duties of working in the shop. SIDE NOTE: Shadow Boy comes down the hallway to see me and stops dead in his tracks. His eyes lit up as me smelled the familiar smells of the old shop. Shadow Boy came to me from Roice Hurst at about 3 months old and used to hang out in the shop with me. He knew where I had been for the day and remember the freedom of the chain link fence corralling him in during my shifts. He loved roaming around the big rocked yard while I worked inside with the garage door wide open for him to come and go for a quick drink of water because of all the marking he has to do. Its a Boy Dog moment!!!
Also, my baby soft hands have taken a beating throwing paper again. Meaning, loading the press. Although I have taken proper steps to eliminate injuries over the long haul. Like using the lift to hold the stacks of paper for better ergonomics to load the paper. I have been very conscious about NOT twisting and doing stupid sh*t to my knees or back. These are things I never to take into consideration back in the day. Thats Good!!
I will do a time lapse from inside the shop sometime in April.

CLIENTS:
Scored another TWO young kids!! One kid about 13ish years old is a wrestler and tweaked himself pretty good. His father called me and gave me his justification why he HATES chiros, doctors,etc but heard that I do this voodoo stuff and wants to try it out. Plus, the referral persuaded him to give it a shot. We had a fantastic session and the boy was stoked. The boy never let his mind resist the Ortho and could track much quicker than I had anticipated. Thats Cool. The other young boy about 9 or 10 has been having shoulder issues. We worked together pretty well but he simply couldn't let his guard down. He trusted me but wanted to lift his arm if I started to work on his shoulder, things like that, they are very normal patterns I see show up in new clients old and young. The break through was when the mom told me about his shots. "Shots?" I asked. Cortisone shots last month. So very casually I asked the boy if he could remember the area where he got his injection. He point to the ac joint and then I left it alone and worked on his knee, feet, and balanced his pelvis. I then came back up to the opposite should and became familiar with how the glenohumeral joint worked in him. What is his ROM?? Then, very lightly, I MEAN VERY LIGHTLY, I went over the injection site and waited for a recoil reflex to show up over that site. And it did!! He totally looked at me with the biggest damn eyes!! No pain but he started crying right then and there. It was the proper release and I was very clam about explaining that its totally ok to cry and that he is safe in doing so. So then mom starts crying. The I started to tear up. She shared that the father doesn't allow this. I didn't share my past but I totally understood where they were coming from. I began to explain to them what Ortho was doing. All I was doing was introducing the relationship of how his body understood the injection. Its Ortho man!! It Works!! My training from broken bones, plates, and screws showed up in this session. PHUC-N BEAUTIFUL!!! The boy stood next to his mom and continued to roll his shoulders PAIN-FREE!! I made it very clear to him and his mother that if his shoulder bothers him to come in and see me. No Shots!! No Judgment!! No Pain!! Promise, I told him. He finally smiled. Kids do that when you reframe from making statements like," You know what you should do?" or " Would you just listen to me?" I really doubt that I will see him again for shoulder pain now that his body has released the trauma form his past experience….. i.e. …. That damn shot!! I can only hope that she will refer my name and Ortho-Bionmoy will continue to work its ways.

GOALS:
I don't have an real goals for this week at my residential. I mean I have issues that I wrote down but I don't know what to think about goals per say. Do I set a running for time goals during lunch??? Do I say that my goal is to use the resorts gym everyday??? Do I give up coffee for the 10 days???
I want to workout, I wanna hike in MOAB, I am very motivated but I just don't think goals are to be made at this time.
Maybe its because I will be without Shadow Boy!! Or…. JUST MAYBE… I should set some unrealistic running goals because I won't be carrying his water AND my water. Think about that…..

And the photo above is for ONE CRAZY PENGUIN!! She commented on my last post about giving the Boy Dog extra scratches from her. So here is he is, full of life, and missed tremendously over the next few upcoming days.

I hope to post from Utah, loads going on in my world, and thanx so much for stopping by. Enjoy the Spring Season, Stay Strong, & Hydrate Often.

Cheers