Hi Friends!!!! I cannot express how much I miss you guys. Not sure why but today I'm having a hard time not being in Colorado. I miss EVERYONE!!! Seriously...I saw Renee's Relay for Life pictures and almost cried when I saw the picture of Banba. I know you guys will laugh at me but you must know that you have AMAZING bosses. Overall, Colorado is just very close to heart. I can't wait to come up for a visit.

Shannon, I can't wait to hear about Brazilian Butt Lift. It's such a funny name but no doubt it's intense. One of the OT's at the clinic I work said that she did Power 90. She said that she really liked it although it was essentially the same workout everyday. I don't know that I could do that. I'm actually considering Insanity or P90X for my next workout adventure...we'll see. I don't really want to start thinking about anything else too seriously until 2011. Anyway, I wanted to clarify that Crossfit is INTENSE!!! It's like P90X intense. In fact, Crossfit uses the same "muscle confusion" philosophy that is used in P90X. I know that anyone who would take it seriously would see amazing results. Unfortunately, even the intensity of Crossfit has to be coupled with a good diet which is what a lot of the people lack. Also, a good number of them end up getting injured...knees, back, etc. Honestly, it doesn't surprise me based on the way that they do their exercises. They do take form into consideration a little bit but it seems like what's most important is finishing a set of exercises, with as much weight or speed as you can, in as little time as you can. Here in Lubbock, some people do Crossfit at the gym but there's also a whole separate gym that ONLY does Crossfit. It costs about $75 a month, they workout in a VERY hot warehouse or outside in the 95-100 degree weather, and the workouts are anywhere from 20-120 minutes in length depending on what that day's workout consist of and how long it takes you to do it. SOOOOOOOOOO, overall I'd rather workout in the comfort of my own home, not pay $75 a month, and follow someone (aka Chalean) who places so much importance on form and injury prevention.

HAH...I'm sure you guys really wanted to know all that. Well, I'm not sure how I did it but I was able to complete one Lean exercise (split lunge with bicep curl) with 15 lbs on biceps. I was very surprised that I was able to do it but honestly, I was able to finish relatively gracefully. Maybe it was the posture of the excersie that enabled me to do it. I'm still not 100% able to do 15 lbs. on any other bicep exercise but for some reason, I can on that one.

Well, girls...I hope you're both doing well. I'll be writing again soon...