Dear Julian-
When Flat stanley arrived he told me he was cramped from all of the traveling by mail and wanted to stretch his muscles. I came up with the idea that maybe we can go to the gym and work out together and he was all for it. First we tried to work the stomach muscles by doing some sit ups on a fancy thingy called an ab roller. Boy I tell ya it was Flat stanley's first time on this thingy but he sure worked it good. Then we went to the bench to lift some weights. As you can see from the pictures with the weights Flat stanley was lifting the 40 lb weights....WOW is he strong. After that we went to a machine to work out your back. The name for this machine in gym speak is the lat pull down. On this machine you pull down a bar that is weighted and it helps your back get big and strong. Flat stanley pulled down but the machine pulled him waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay high. It was such a funny sight to see. Flat stanley and i just couldn't stop laughing. We then finished our work out on the elliptical machine. This machine is like practicing running and skiing at the same time. You place your feet onto a platform like a shaped like boot/skis and hold two handles that are like the ski poles. Then you move back and forth like you are going up and down a hill on skis . It helps to build your leg and arm muscles and also helps your breathing. Flat stanley really liked this machine. He said it made him not feel flat anymore. This ended our workout and Flat stanley was then ready to go around and see the sites in the beautiful city of..............Chicago!
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