Richard Gibney's 365 Days of Fitness: Day 297

Day 297 Today I decided to take the afternoon off and enjoy some me time. Why? because it was birthday today. 35 years old! Holy cow time has flown. It was 10 years ago when I moved to Calgary. My career was just getting started and I had no idea how to take care of myself. Now I wouldn't say I'm all grown up, but I've come a long way. My career is going well and I'm engaged to someone amazing. Life is pretty good.

After working a few hours in the morning, I left work and enjoyed my afternoon. I went home and relaxed a little bit, then went to the spa and had a massage. It wasn't the deep shredding kind that I typically get but it was nice and did manage to loosen things up a bit. After a couple days of taking it easier on the weekend, my body actually felt pretty good anyway. After the massage I picked Nicole up from work. We were planning on grabbing some dinner to celebrate my birthday, so I had to sneak back to work and get in a quick workout, so that we wouldn't have to eat too late.

Today's Workout:

Exercise 1: Barbell Thruster (Front Squat to Overhead Press) 10 sets / 10 reps / 60 seconds rest (95 lbs)

This workout did exactly what I needed it to. It was really hard, my legs and especially my shoulders were thoroughly thrashed and it only took about 20 minutes. This gave me ample time to get home, changed and head out to celebrate my birthday with some dinner and little bit of cake. Overall I had a great birthday. I didn't need anything to elaborate. I had some fun with friends on the weekend. Having some time off work to do my own thing today was really nice, but in the end the fact that I get to spend time with the most wonderful person in the world, my fiance Nicole, is worth a lifetime's worth of birthday presents.