Feelin Good. | Steph Lewis Blog

I’ve been a surfin volleyball weight-lifting machine lately. I’ve been so hooked on outdoor sports and my new membership to Apple Fitness that I’ve pretty much collapsed every night for the past week because I’ve just been completely physically exhausted. It’s so nice.
Today was awesome playing volleyball because I’ve been doing exercises & lifting weights & surf paddling & other stuff to strengthen my arms. Today when I was spiking, I actually had some good smack-down on the ball and it felt really good to be able to do that! Usually my spikes are a bit lofty, but today they were pretty hard. Woo hoo! I think that surfing has strengthened my arms more than anything though because of all that paddling. Nothing like a good case of noodle-arm after battling those waves for a couple of hours. Whew!
I love exercise that is sport oriented and I’m really glad that I have fun outlets for that out here. I’ve got surfing buddies and volleyball-addict friends so it is a good social time too. Oh, and I’ve discovered that there is a Dairy Queen in the ghetto part of Santa Cruz (the closest one to us), so now I can surf then get cheap ice cream afterwards. Mmmmmmm… Now, if only I could find a Taco John’s out here in California, then Josh and I could both be completely satisfied.

3 thoughts on “Feelin Good.”

I was going to try to defend myself and say that I wasn’t going to be “completely satisfied” by the simple addition of a local Taco John’s, but then I realized that would be a lie.

Hehe Joshua.
I hear you on the sports related exercise Steph. I have a hard time exercising when it isn’t biking or hiking or sports related. If I go running, I just continually ask myself “WHY am I doing this?” *sigh* I wish I had the same sports outlets as you up here in Duluth… darn sports seem to be all undergrad related somehow.

I don’t mind using a treadmill though. I can listen to my iPod, stretch around, read a book…whatever. All without the fear of tripping or running into anything. Apple fitness has televisions also, but I don’t watch them. I wish they had a DVD player cuz then I could watch movies and stuff. Heh heh. I used to watch TV at the YMCA in Minnesota. I’d usually get there during Oprah (don’t try to change the channel or the other more-stressed women will attack you with their vicious looks and sighs). I’d run during Oprah and walk the commercials. This kept my heart rate up and worked pretty well. But, I’d rather read or listen to neato stuff on my iPod. I listened to my surf mix today and was totally lovin it.

Josh on April 17, 2005 at 10:38 pm said:

I was going to try to defend myself and say that I wasn’t going to be “completely satisfied” by the simple addition of a local Taco John’s, but then I realized that would be a lie.
Neal on April 18, 2005 at 11:38 am said:

Hehe Joshua.
I hear you on the sports related exercise Steph. I have a hard time exercising when it isn’t biking or hiking or sports related. If I go running, I just continually ask myself “WHY am I doing this?” *sigh* I wish I had the same sports outlets as you up here in Duluth… darn sports seem to be all undergrad related somehow.
Steph on April 20, 2005 at 1:39 pm said:

I don’t mind using a treadmill though. I can listen to my iPod, stretch around, read a book…whatever. All without the fear of tripping or running into anything. Apple fitness has televisions also, but I don’t watch them. I wish they had a DVD player cuz then I could watch movies and stuff. Heh heh. I used to watch TV at the YMCA in Minnesota. I’d usually get there during Oprah (don’t try to change the channel or the other more-stressed women will attack you with their vicious looks and sighs). I’d run during Oprah and walk the commercials. This kept my heart rate up and worked pretty well. But, I’d rather read or listen to neato stuff on my iPod. I listened to my surf mix today and was totally lovin it.