James Chamberlin

Prior to today, I had only been to the gym once and that didn’t go as well as I had hoped. Although I took it easy that day, my back still hurt. Since I hadn’t had any serious back pain since Thursday, I decided to go to the gym. I figured a few days of […]

I woke up this morning with a painful back, just like every day this week. Grrrr. I turned on my PC and the modem. I downloaded a file and noticed the speed was faster than usual… by about 200kbps. I did a speed test and it seems I got an upgrade that I didn’t sign […]

I recently mentioned my back problems, and unfortunately, I’m still in pain. Yesterday, things got a little better, but I’m still in pain. I can finally sit down and stand up straight, but my movement is still restricted. A few years ago, I threw out my back and I was back to normal by now. […]

After finishing some work for IGN Guides on Sunday, I took a little nap. I woke up with a sore back. That night, I went to sleep hoping things would be better in the morning. Unfortunately, it was worse. I then proceeded to make a bad decision: go ahead with my daily exercise session at […]

Yesterday, I received about three inches of snow. It’s nowhere near the amount of snow New York state has received recently… 7-10 feet, yikes. The local and national news has been showing video of homeowners climbing onto their roofs to shovel off the snow, fearing the weight of the snow could make the roof collapse.

At the end of January, I decided to sign up at a local gym. I’ve never been in good shape and I figured now is as good as any to start working on it. I’ve since been in about a half dozen times, usually in the morning at about 10 am. The crowd has been […]