My rag doll body!

     I've been going to the gym quite a bit of late.  The main reason being that I feel much better when I exercise. So lately there is a local YMCA that I go to each day to work out.  I vary my routine and it usually lasts about an hour...until yesterday.  It seems this Y has a gym, and there are basketballs lying around for youngsters like me to play with. So now I have added a little roundball workout to my program.

     Today I found myself actually looking forward to grabbing a basketball. But alas, any skills I once had have long since made an exit. To prove this point, today I decided to play a quick game of "Around the World". This involves shooting from different points around the basketball key.  Years ago it would have taken me all of about 5 minutes.  I didn't actually time it, but it felt more like a half an hour today!  At one point I began to feel like the 7 year old kid I was long ago shooting in the neighbor's driveway.  Pretty much just heaving it up there and desperately hoping the shot might go in. Ahh, the good old circle of life!

    Well, I finally finished! And I will be back again tomorrow.  Who knows? Maybe soon, with a little practice,  I will be ready to take on a 4th grader!  In the meantime, I feel my rag doll body getting stronger each day!
PS:  I still have my "Buster Crabbe Corporation" up front!