Weekend

The weekend began with getting a taxi home from work. I then went to the gym and did some weight training. I have been going on a Friday night after work for the last six weeks and I have found myself getting into a nice little routine. If you train hard then you can lose the stresses of work before entering the important part of the week, the weekend.

I have been focusing on developing my power at the gym on a Friday night. My sessions for the last six weeks have comprised (6 sets including warm ups of 5 reps);

Front Squats
Jump Squats
Clean Pulls from the floor
Clean Grip Shrugs
Hang Cleans

My legs are always like jelly after this session so I often finish with some stretching on the PowerPlate - http://www.powerplate.com/ - some abs / core and some relaxation in the spa / pool area.

The rest of Friday evening was spent watching shite on the TV.

On Saturday morning I watched a bit of the opening Tri-nations rugby game between New Zealand and Australia and then went to preseason training where I learned that New Zealand had won.

After training I wandered along to Costa Coffee in Stockbridge where I was meeting my partner who had been cracking the whip on her underlings at Treefest in Inverleith Park. On entering Costa I met a bloke who I used to play rugby with. He was there with his wife and their two sons, one of which who had been named after me. It was a nice experience meeting someone who had been named after me and I was really chuffed when I learned that he was a little rascal!

The rest of the weekend was a bit of a non-event. Chores round the house, watching the Ashes cricket (well done England, fuck off Australia) and The Open golf (Hard luck Tom!), watching the latest Harry Potter (rubbish), having breakfast outside at Indigo Yard - http://www.indigoyardedinburgh.co.uk/ - and supping frappucinos from Starbucks.

Disturbingly, there has been another major fire in the neighbourhood - http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/scotland/Firefighters-hurt-in-blaze-yards.5474681.jp - and I hope that there isn't an arsonist on the loose.

Now I am back at work on Monday writing this in my lunch break. Roll on next Friday.