I was messing around at the gym today, and I asked my trainer Paul if he had ever heard of anyone doing jump rope on a bosu ball.  He had never seen anyone try it.  I'm pretty decent with the jump rope, so I decided to give it a shot.  This is what happened.  Click blog title to see video.

This past summer, my brother Mitch  and I lived together.  It was great.  I'm out of college, and he is now a junior at Central College in Pella, Iowa.  It's something I didn't expect would ever happen again.  How often do you live with a sibling once you have left your parents house?  I suppose it happens, but I'm guessing most people don't plan on it.  Anyway, Mitch lives in the weight room.  I was 6-2 and scrawny thin.  Mitch put me on a diet of whole milk, peanuts, and protein shakes.  Basically, I ate anything that was edible.  My friend Matt McDanel told us about the gym where he worked out, Accel Fitness.  We checked it out, and decided it was a pretty good deal.  We did squats, overhead lifts, rows, and a little bench pressing.  Three months later I had gained thirty pounds!  I look and feel so much better.  I have more energy.  It was well worth the time I put in.  I am continuing to work out, but I have cut back on my diet.  I still try to keep my intake high, but with less fat.  I started working out with a trainer.  You can check out his website at PaulLatare.com.

<< I've done some blogging before.  I started dmfashion.wordpress.com while I was a student at Drake University.  I had a lot of fun giving my thoughts on style.   The problem was that the subject is such a small portion of who I am, and when I want to show my work to someone I don't want to be defined by a fashion blog.  The purpose of this site is multi faceted.  It is to express myself along with my interests, but it is also for me to learn about designing and maintaining a website.  It is my hope that this site will be useful for learning, entertaining, and as a medium for discussion of various topics.  Enjoy! >>