7 in a row....

Since last Saturday I had been resting--no working out--until yesterday. My forearms in particular had been aching and so the week off was great. Yesterday I got back into the box and did a set of muscle-ups before class. I finally got 7 strict in one set. Then in class we did snatches, heavy deadlifts, and a met-con. Then after class I stayed and did some more muscle-ups, some overhead squats (no rack, bar goes from the ground to overhead with a snatch) with 135 pounds.

And today I am thoroughly sore.

I had planned on spending Easter by myself--no plans, family is far away--but then a girl I have been casually seeing called and asked if I wanted to spend it with her and her friends and I found myself saying yes. It was cool that she thought of me.

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Anyway, I have done enough dating to know what I am looking for. Here are things I am turned on by...


Passion/Contribution. I went out with a girl recently who works in the medical profession. Talked for a solid hour about she felt needed to change. She furthermore discovered a new position she was very excited about and I got to hear about that too. I found it thoroughly hot that she cared so much about what she is doing, and how thoroughly she knew her stuff.

She is just one example though. EVERY girl whom I dated who made a memorable impression on me, can be described this way. Even though they are in different fields.


Success. I trust you can see the moral behind this story. Over a decade ago when I was a graduate student, I often saw around a girl in my apartment complex. She was cute enough, but I didn't think much about her until I saw her car--a new BMW. She was no older than I was and was able to get herself such a nice car--and she had a really nice place too--and this was before the days of easy credit. At the time I was driving a 10-year-old Honda Civic with 150k+ miles on it and no air conditioning.

Don't misunderstand me. As I wrote above, I could just as easily fall for a teacher making next to nothing who also needs to wait tables at night, who really cares about what she does. It wasn't that girl's car I was into, it was her drive that enabled her to get that car. And that she seemed so down-to-earth about it.


Strength. I think it is really cool when a woman takes pride in being physically strong. I think my ideal first date would be coaching a girl through her first muscle-up and then having her buy me dinner to celebrate.

I'm only halfway kidding here....