Today for my 43 I worked my abs (silly since the rest of my workout was very ab/core heavy!!). I used my band –
With the band – I did a bicycle counting a right twist and a left twist as 1 rep. The resistance of the band adds a nice little extra to the standard bicycle crunch.
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After that, I did my 3rd round of the Climbing Everest challenge (from Taylor @ Lifting Revolution). Today instead of doing 1000 total reps, I did 1500. Instead of 7 sets of 100 mountain climbers, I did 7 sets of 150. And the 6 other moves that are normally 50, I made 75. Yikes – that really made this a difficult workout!!
Tuesday – 1000 reps – 14:13
Thursday – 1000 reps – 12:23
Saturday – 1500 reps – 19:13
Yesterday was not a beach day – we had much better things today!!
The main reason that we picked Bradenton Beach, FL for our vacation this year was because some of our long-time friends recently moved here and yesterday was DP’s retirement from the Air Force. 
We first met the Page family when Chris and DP were in pilot training together in Lubbock, TX. They started off flying the T-37 Tweet – 
The next plane that they both flew was the T-1. They were both planning to be “heavy” pilots (not fighter pilots).
After Pilot Training, the Pages moved to Oklahoma and DP flew the E-3 AWACS – 
Later in his career, he flew the RC-135 (an air refueler – Chris flies the KC-135) –
For 22 years, DP has served our country! He has been deployed numerous times and has been involved in 1000s of missions both during war-time and peace-time.
The retirement was a great time to honor DP and for him to share about the family and friends that have supported he and his family during his career.
Throughout DP’s incredible military career, his wife (Erica) has been the most supportive military wife possible. She has survived numerous deployments, moves all over the place (even other countries), raised their 2 boys (often as a single mom) and done it all without ever complaining!!!
The Page family is a true example of a family that has given themselves 100% to our country!!!
Plus, they are just amazing people!! They are the kind of friends that if you need something (anything) you call them! We have taken several trips to Hawaii with them, visited their home and hosted them in our home – every time we are together is always a fun experience and plenty of great memories are created. (It helps that their 2 boys and our 2 are close in age and all get along!)
Congratulations DP & Erica!! We are proud to be your friends and love all of the times we have shared together!!! We’re looking forward to tons of new memories (on the beach!!)!
Happy Saturday!
Kim