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I have been looking to see what kind of exercising I can do during my recovery phase. So far, only arm/upper body workouts. I was trying to think of what I will be able to do so I don’t lose my endurance. After laying around already for a week, I know it’s going to be hard. I imagine after my stitches come out then maybe I’ll be able to swim. But I came across an interesting new contraption that is allowing some athletes to maintain endurance run training during injuries.

The G trainer is a sort of “anti-gravity” treadmill that reduces the athlete’s body weight allowing him/her to continue training during injury. This is done with an air regulation system reducing the effective body weight by up to 80%. I don’t think I would be able to do it even if there were one nearby, but it does look pretty cool!

I am not good at video games. I am not sure I can even tell the difference between a playstation 3, an xbox or gamecube. I have spent a little time playing with the kids when they were younger. I mean, it was always fun to laugh at mom losing so badly!

Now, the kids just play by themselves. And they are old enough to purchase their own xbox 360 accessories and games too. It has always been good for my son to receive gift cards that allow him to pick out the stuff he wanted to add to his video game collection. At least he is always smart enough to buy the xbox bundles to get the best deal.

Our cousin has been visiting a few times lately and he is really a video game aficionado. I don’t know what all games he loves, or if he even plays our games or brings his own. It was cute though this past weekend. He and my son (both good sized teenaged boys) were in the other room trying to beat out the Disney Skateboard game my son got when he was a pre-teen. That is much better than some of those other games out there!

My husband is known for his “antics” and wild hairs. He was trying to get me to sit in a wagon or something the other day so he could pull me around and get his exercise and I could get out of the house for a bit. I did not want to and don’t think I’d fit in a wagon anyway. He even tried to get me to just sit on my bike and he’d pull me! Um, not safe I think!

Come to find out this morning, he went around to 4 or 5 of the neighbors’ houses asking for a wagon to pull me in! That is so embarrassing! At any rate, the little girls across the street thought I’d love it! I am sure the neighbors were having a good laugh at that. And I can only imagine if he’d actually gotten a wagon and pulled me!!