Xtreme

I like skating, I think some of these tricks look neat, but Xtreme is a really retarded adjective. Call it figure skating on hockey skates, cause that's what this is. When I hear the word Xtreme used to describe a sport, I think of the following:

Body Break!

Every so often I get the foolish notion in my head to get fit. And I ALWAYS fail miserably. Here is my history of quitting from start to finish:

X-Country Running
X-Country Skiing
Downhill Skiing
Soccer
Tennis
Karate
Horseback Riding
Wrestling
Archery
Boxing
Weight-lifting
Tae-Kwon Do
Chess (it's considered a sport)
Squash (Um, I might take it up again...)

I've probably forgotten an athletic endeavour or two, but these are definitely the highlights and are representative of my quitting inclinations.

Today I signed up for fitness training in my building. Henceforward, twice a week I will train with four of my officemates under the supervision of a certified fitness trainer. This afternoon, I met with head trainer Justin; a 30-ish man who wears his baseball cap backwards. When I arrived, he greeted me with a fist bump instead of a handshake. As I was 15 minutes early, I had the opportunity to watch four women who were wrapping up their training session. I sized them up quickly, and judged myself capable of taking three of them down, easy. The last one looked like a scrapper.

After the class wrapped up, I sat down with Justin to discuss my fitness goals. I explained that I wanted to work on my athleticism, with a focus on the following areas:

1) Agility
2) Endurance
3) eXplosive Power

I could tell he was impressed, because after I mentioned eXplosive power (making sure to emphasize the X), he broke into a big grin (yes, I'm hip to that fitness lingo).

Other athletic endeavours I'm currently involved in:
Ice skating - I would like to get good enough to play some hockey.
CN Tower Stair Climb - It's for the World Wildlife Fund. Please sponsor me and I promise to be your friend. This week I climbed the Simpson Tower (32 floors) twice to practice for the eventual climb (it's in two months).