Lately I have been spending a lot of time at the gym since I haven't raced in almost two months.  My trainer German Medina (from Bogota, Columbia) always dials in my training schedule every week and it has been some hard work lately.  I have been working with German since 2001 and within a year after starting to work with him I had dramatic improvements in my racing.  He has been a great friend and a great guy to work with and I appreciate all he has done for me.

Here is the entrance to the gym where I work out in Sanger.  U Can 2, owned by the Cantu's, hence the name.  It's a 5 minute drive from my house or an 18 minute bike ride if it is nice out.

Here is one of the reasons I like this gym, I can go in the late morning and almost have the entire free weight room to myself and get my workout done quickly.  Another reason I like working out here is I have not seen anyone lift their shirt to check out their abs in the mirror in the four years I have been going here.  That used to be an every day occurence at Bally's.

Here is the sign they started out with to kindly remind you to put your weights back.

This is the sign that is now up.  This is actually one of my pet peeves.  It bothers me when I see people work out and then leave all their plates on the bar and leave, like they think the next person wants to start out with that same weight.