More vball details, Contender, bigger wins

I forgot to mention some more oddities regarding the vball tournament. The guy that looked like a middle aged woman when he wore his big hat had more weird things going on. Like I said before, instead of setting conventionally, he would but his hands in the shape of an A and then bounce the ball off them. He wore torn up, indoor kneepads, he had his tank top neatly tucked into his shorts and funniest of all, he had a white towel tucked into his shorts in the front, hanging down. He used this towel to clean the ball of every last particle of sand before every play. He was obsessed with it. I never saw anything like it.

There was also a team that exhibited some of the craziest matching outfits I ever saw. They had matching shaved heads, matching white shorts and matching tight, white, long sleeve spandex shirts. I have no idea how they could think that was a good idea, it looked soooooooo dumb.

We watched the contender last night. Everytime you think it can’t get better, it does. It is the semi-finals now so they have stretched the fights to 7 rounds. The fight was between two guys that fought before. The guy that lost the first time (Peter)was previously unbeaten. The guy that beat him is a mexican (Alfonso) who is just tough as nails. He doesn’t look like a physical specimen but he just fights hard and never gives up. The fight was amazing. It looked like the mexican kid was going to win again for awhile. However as the fight progressed Peter took control and just started to pepper Alfonso. Peter won the decision. By the end of the fight, Alfonso’s face looked like he stuck it in a jar of bees, it was that swollen. It was an awesome fight. On Sunday is the other semi-final and then next Tuesday is the live final. You have to check this out. These guys are really good people. It is quite the contrast to the typical stereotype I had of boxers prior to seeing this show.

I think last night at the gym finally made my mind up. I prefer weighing a few pounds more in exchange for being stronger. The moment that convinced me was as I was benching last night. I had 225 on the bar, something that at my peak I could do 6 or 7 times. When I had to ask Ali to assist on rep number 2 I had had it. I’ve been pushing hard at the gym yet losing strength so I have to assume it is something to do with not giving my body enough fuel to build up. It seems like carrying an extra 5 or 6 pounds seems to make a huge difference in my strength. Plus since I have been holding at this lower weight my joint issues have been constant. My shoulders, elbows and wrists all hurt to varying degrees most of the time. Time for a change.