Baltimore Comic Con 2012
So this weekend I had the pleasure of attending both days of the Baltimore Comic Con 2012, and I had a blast! Great vendors, lots of top talent from the comic-verse, a plethora of costumed attendees and great weather; plus the added bonus that it expanded a few more rows of display booths from years past. A nerd could not have asked for more (except for an Amazing Spiderman issue #1 signed by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, of course)!
Saturday was packed! I don’t know what the gate is year to year, but it felt to me as though the crowds have increased exponentially. Which is awesome for a few reasons. Obviously, it is good to see the support for the show increasing because that means that Baltimore Comic Con will continue to happen (and as a local guy, not having to travel to get my geek on is a huge deal) but more importantly the bigger the show means the more people are fans enough of the genre to want to take a weekend to express their love of the medium. To me, that is huge! The comic book industry, like many other print mediums in this digital age, has been suffering a recession of sorts while it changes its business model to adapt. The more people outwardly showing their appreciation, for not only the books (and the people who created them) they loved in their youth but the new material being put out weekly by both the major companies and the independents, the better!
Nerd-Core Fitness 101 – Beginner Workout (Upper Body)
Alright loyal readers, you have had a week to start getting those legs conditioned with the first beginner workout I laid out for you. So time to introduce a new routine into the mix!
Remember, these workouts are the foundation from which all other workouts evolve. If you give Nerd-Core Fitness 101 a month or two and get these beginner workouts on farm status, I promise that not only will you be healthier and in better shape but you will be ready to tackle more intense and challenging workouts. As you go through this process just keep reminding yourself that we don’t have the luxury of being from a galaxy with a red Sun. We have to build our bodies from scratch without relying on Kryptonian genes.
Just as all your favorite characters can leap around without breaking a sweat, they also have spectacular muscle definition. As you head down your “Heroes Transformation” path we are going to sculpt your upper body as well. Have faith true believers, change is imminent!
Nerd-Core Fitness 101 – Beginner Workout (Lower Body)
So as I stated in the first Nerd-Core Fitness article I want to give you, my aspiring Jerdlings, the tools necessary to live a healthier lifestyle! Do you think Batman is in such amazing shape, and able to beat down cadres of goons, because he sits in front of that giant supercomputer in the Bat-Cave all day? Is Green Arrow able to pull back that monster longbow and fire off volley after volley of trick arrows because he exercises his thumbs during hours of Xbox gaming? Hell no! They also didn’t start as the buff action heroes of your favorite comics either… They weren’t flooded with gamma radiation, they weren’t bitten by radioactive groundhogs, they just dedicated themselves to building their bodies up until they achieved physical perfection. And it all started somewhere with a beginner workout.
Just like the archetypical heroes journey these favorite characters have undergone, I am going to provide you a path to your own “Heroes Transformation“.
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