4:45 Popeye

Yesterday I got to the gym at 4:45am...I was the only one there (go figure) which meant one thing: I had sole control over all of the televisions in the cardio area. I positioned myself on the treadmill so that I had a TV directly in front of me, and then one flanking my left side, the other flanking my right.

To my left: ESPN Sports Center.
I don't catch many live games, so Stewart Scott keeps me in the loop with the Top 10 plays of the day. Volume level: Off (who needs volume when watching hoops highlights?)

To my right: ESPN News.
This is so I can stay up to speed on all of the latest developments with A-Rod and the Cubbies spring training. Volume Level: CC (I've actually gotten quite good at running and reading).

Now to the Center Television: Boomerang.
For those of you unfamiliar with the Boomerang channel, it is to Cartoon Network what MTV2 is to MTV (minus lame shows like "Pimp My Ride" and "Date My Mom"). Boomerang offers classic Hanna Barbera Cartoons (the Flinstones, Jetsons, Scooby Doo, Josie and the Pussycats) as well as other favorites like "the Smurfs" and the "Pink Panther". Scheduled at 4:45 yesterday morning: "Popeye". If one ever needed motivation for working out (particularly before 5am) Popeye delivers. Volume Level: Loud enough to hear Popeye cream Bluto over whatever Green Day tune playing on my iPod.