If you're reading this today, I'm thinking that you've probably run out of excuses for disappearing from all of the family togetherness, and have resorted to reading this humble post on your smartphone while pretending to participate in the scheduled family activity. I justified my "me time" today with a trip to the gym because they have the sweetest elliptical machines. The Precor AMT is really much more than an elliptical - it's an "Adaptive Motion Trainer" which means that you do all of the work and it provides the resistance. It has a huge range of motion, and you can use it as a simple stair-stepper, a standard elliptical, or get your whole body going in a hybrid elliptical/gazelle motion. I got spoiled by these machines this summer, and while Rolfs has two of them, they are always taken. Hence I treated myself to 45 minutes of cross-training on this bad boy.While I was blissfully chugging away on my AMT, I realized just how many people were at the gym on Christmas Eve. My gym is not that big and there are plenty of times when I go in and it's me, one white-haired golfer, and the guy who works the front desk. I just chuckled to myself thinking about all of the family gatherings these people were escaping - Cousin Eddie, Dirty Uncle Sal, or maybe even a Meet the Parents situation. Luckily I'm not escaping anything that outrageous, so I'll count my blessings. I also got to see this gem of a commercial, which made me think about my family down in Alabama. Merry Christmas. Roll Tide.
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