Rico162’s BodyBlog

Sunday, I arrived in California for a work assignment. This is my first time ever on the west coast. I always been in NY, NC up and down the east coast, but never on the west coat. This is awesome. We leave the airport and go straight to Venice Beach…Duh..thats exactly where I wanted to go after traveling since 6:45 am est and not it 1:00 pst (3 hr gain in time, killer on the body), also looking all emaciated from not actually eating all day. However, that was an awesome decision. Venice Beach has all the hype due to the past years and all the Bodybuilders who have done their thing. It was cool to see the gym with the beast gorilla swinging around weight like styrofoam. That was impressive. So, I knew I was not going in there with my puny self. However, out toward the beach, my eyes wanted to drop from my sockets. There it was, and then I got a flashback to my Brooklyn "Ghetto Workout" days. I like what I thought and saw. On the beach, in a sanded area, was parallel bars, rings, pullup bars, ropes to climb 20 ft up and do pullups before coming down. All this equipment was just spread out like butter on bread. I was in Calisthenic heaven. That is where I meet my new friend Jason, who happend to be from NYC and knew my feelings to the max. He was already working out, doing dips on the parallel bars. So I asked if I could jump in, and he said sure. I heard the NY accent and that was it, best friends….lol…He did 26 dips with his massive body, I did 25 with my unmassive body. But I did 25, and that was da bomb. We alternated and I did 4 sets of 25, last set 35. Pumped like a defalted basketball and feeling swole. Then I did pullups as my co-worker took a shot of me. I did 4 sets of 10-15. That was the highlight of my day. Yes I saw many, many wierd things going on along the beach, but this was the "cu de tate", I dont know what that means, but it sounds good. I will be here 5 more days and I doubt that I will get to the beach again, nor ever see Jason (so cool) again, but this was an experience that I will remember for a long time. My day at Venice Beach. Priceless!!!

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