Here at the Rustin house, we take exercise very seriously. I switch up my exercise routine between going to the gym and running, doing the elliptical and/or the bike, walking/running around the neighborhood, doing crunches at night (courtesy of my Bender Ball *see below*) and doing Yoga using either Wii Fit on the Wii or Let’s Yoga on the Nintendo DS (both great work out games!!!).

Last week we had an out of town visitor staying with us and he wanted to see the sights of Atlanta.  Thursday we went to Stone Mountain to hike up to the top and do all of the other little games/sights inside Stone Mountain Park.  I had a BLAST climbing the mountain! It’s a mile to the top and at first you’re just using rocks as stepping stones but then it turns into a steep flat slope for the last 1/3 (?) mile.  There are handrails at one point to help you with the steepness of the mountain.  I’m tempted to go back and try to run up to the top (hah!).  I would go here weekly for exercise but its $8 to park and I don’t want to spend $8 a week to park. Maybe I can find a buddy and we can each pay $4…any takers? (hehe)

**I do not recommend buying a Bender Ball. While the ball is easy to use and makes doing crunches more effective, the company rips you off.  Your account will constantly be charged $20 a month and they keep sending you DVDs without permission and taking more money out of your account for them.  I contacted them THREE times to get them to stop charging me.  Finally my bank handled it for me because they wouldn’t stop.