Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great Easter [or no Easter] weekend. I had a wonderful time with my family and was sad to see them go last night. Mom and Dad came into Boston on Friday and we started at Miracle of Science for a beer so Dad could surround himself with fellow engineering nerd types [successful, who knew every structure in that place was a 30/60/90 triangle...] followed by Dali for dinner [Spanish tapas place in Cambridge], it was a great night to catch up and have fun with my parents.
Saturday was game day for Colby men's lax. We woke up to pouring rain and packed the car with as much waterproof gear we could get our hands on. The game was scheduled at 1pm at Conn College in New London, CT. We arrived promptly and the field was flooded. Completely flooded. A few minutes later we got a text from Derrik that the game had been moved to Trinity College [Hartford, CT] at 3pm, where there was an open turf field that didn't need an arc to stay afloat. It was really cool that the other schools in the league were willing to host a game for Colby and Conn College, +1 for the NESCAC league. The game was totally worth the wait [and extra drive]. Somehow the skys stopped raining and it wasn't miserably cold. Derrik played really well and Colby won in overtime 7-6. Derrik scored the 6th goal to put Colby ahead with 59 seconds left with a beautiful shot. The OT goal came off of a counterattack. It was a really exciting game and we were one happy Flahive clan on the way home!
After dinner at John Harvard's, several microbrews, an amazing Bruins OT win, and 8 hours of sleep, the family was all geared up for a Flahive style Easter Sunday. My heaven? The track. Somehow I convinced my family to exchange church for a family workout at Harvard's track and stadium. I don't know how I did it, but I'm really glad everyone agreed. It turned out to be a perfect spring day, 70's and sunny. We all laced up the sneaks and kicked ass as a family. Mom, Dad and Derrik worked the stadium stairs. Derrik won the badass prize for the day for doing an entire stadium [37 sections] with no rest, after having 3 games this week and never having run our stadium stairs before. I was entirely impressed, that is not an easy feat. I love having an athletic family. I did a little combo event day, starting on the track with 200's and heading to the stadium for normal stadium stairs and jump squats. Jump squats up stadium stairs are pretty awesome, give them a try sometime. Thank you Harvard track and field for giving me all sorts of creative stadium workouts. I feel good today, tightness in my calves and hamstrings but otherwise great. It was so fun to be able to workout with my family in beautiful Spring weather, the best of all worlds.
After family fun at the track/stadium, Mom prepared a delicious brunch in my very own apartment! We had rosemary chicken, almond wild rice, salad with avocado and strawberries, and fresh pineapple. I was in food heaven AND lots of leftovers for the week. WINNER! We hung out and walked around Cambridge until the family had to leave. It is always sad to be alone after spending so much quality time with the family. Luckily I had dinner and movie night planned with the girls, we saw Water For Elephants, which was a good Sunday night flick. Overall an amazing weekend, and it was hard to get up this morning to a dreary rainy Monday.
Today's gym workout was Muscle Beach - bis and tris!
10 min warmup on the treadmill @ 7.0mph to get everything loose
Biceps:
Alternating dumbell curls - 3 x 12 each
Isolation curls - 3 x 10 each
Wide grip barbell curls - 3 x 10
Triceps:
Skull crushers - 3 x 10
Weighted bench dips - 3 x 12
*** This workout is great if you really push yourself with heavier weights. I went really heavy on the skull crushers so I could condense my tricep workout into two exercises. For weighted bench dips, place a plate [weight of choice] on your lap. Enjoy!
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