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04-19-2008, 12:48 PM
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#1411 (permalink)
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Has Pretty Lips
Join Date: Aug 2004
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What's a mag trainer?
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04-19-2008, 12:55 PM
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Payload Specialist
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Rancho Santa Margarita, California
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Sorry...
mag trainer. this isn't the one, but it shows what it does.
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04-19-2008, 01:43 PM
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On the manga bandwagon
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Sugar Creek, MO
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I really want that ESP when I'm going through garage sales and antique shops for insulators.
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04-19-2008, 07:00 PM
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PEELEing :o)
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Connecticut
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I have a mag trainer too ... it's kind of loud, but I like being able to ride MY bike stationarily (is that a word?).
Dude, you need this stuff for your hands ... good stuff!
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04-19-2008, 09:45 PM
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Ben. Just Ben.
Join Date: Dec 2002
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I'm kinda partial to Aveeno. Done wonders on my hands 
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04-19-2008, 09:50 PM
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Leeeebril
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by UConnJulie
I have a mag trainer too ... it's kind of loud, but I like being able to ride MY bike stationarily (is that a word?).
Dude, you need this stuff for your hands ... good stuff! |
Under white cotton gloves at bedtime=callus heaven. Try it out (it IS dermatologist recommended, after all...  ). Don't use this stuff during the day though, you'll leave greasy fingerprints on everything.
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04-20-2008, 02:51 PM
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Human Pogo
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Chambersburg, PA
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What is a mag trainer?
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04-20-2008, 03:38 PM
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PEELEing :o)
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Connecticut
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Originally Posted by Lost Dog
Sorry...
mag trainer. this isn't the one, but it shows what it does. |
Greg, this is a mag trainer ... short for magnetic trainer. It attaches to the rear wheel on your bike and some have adjustable resistance.
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04-20-2008, 07:57 PM
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Payload Specialist
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Rancho Santa Margarita, California
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Greg, the mag trainer makes your bike into a stationary bike, so you don't miss your favorite tv shows.
Workout for Sun, Apr 20, 2008
A, Squat
255
275
295
305 - PR
315.- PR (an ugly one)
305
285
235x8 (x2)
B, Bench
155
185
205 - PR
185
185
185
155x7 (x2)
C, Chest Supported Row (sup grip)
125x3
135x3
155
145
145
145
Those are all PRs, but come on... who counts these?
85x13 (x2)
So, I think I'm not pushing myself hard enough. I finished my squats with 2 sets of 8 @ 235, but the other day, it was 5x5 @ 225. They (the 5x5s) seemed hard at the time, but I could have handled more, apparently. Hmmm...
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Superman never made any money
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Last edited by Lost Dog : 04-20-2008 at 08:41 PM.
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04-20-2008, 10:19 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 8,768
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good pr!
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04-21-2008, 08:55 AM
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Hiro Protagonist
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Houston, TX
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You might need someone standing over you, holding a clipboard and a pencil.
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04-21-2008, 09:32 AM
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Payload Specialist
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Rancho Santa Margarita, California
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On Saturday, I helped a friend move out of her house. She's getting divorced and needed help.
Before Saturday, she was basically a friend of a friend. I'd only met her, along with a group, a few weeks ago at a party. At the party, everybody and their brother had volunteered to help her, yet I was the only one to show up.
It's not her. She's very nice and was obviously one of the favorites in the group. I'm sure everyone had a "good" excuse, but we didn't talk about it. Highlighting her friends' decisions to not help her move would only make her feel worse, I think.
When I separated and moved out, I had the same thing happen to me. I had volunteers offer to help me, yet on that day, they all had the kids, needed to get a big project done for work, vacation, didn't answer the phone, sick, etc. Some excuses might certainly have been valid. Only they really know.
In my case, I thought it was me. But since then, I've heard and seen this phenomenon with several other friends on "moving out" days. I think it's the awkwardness of the divorce/separation. You're helping someone in a situation where it might become awkward and emotional; that's why you don't go. But that's why you should go, instead.
Your friend needs you. Even if all you feel like you're doing is moving a box from point A to point B, what you're actually doing is letting your friend know that they have friends that care. Even in hard and awkward times.
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Superman never made any money
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-Crash Test Dummies. "Superman's Song"
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04-21-2008, 09:44 AM
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Cheesy Rack Guy Wannabe
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Good on you Roland for stepping up and making good on your promise. It sounds like you were the right person for the job.
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04-21-2008, 10:44 AM
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PEELEing :o)
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Connecticut
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ITA Roland ... when I got divorced and my ex and I were moving out of our house, he had a large group of friends who came and helped HIM move (people who I had thought were OUR friends). I was all alone. I ended up hiring a moving company. I know that those men didn't mean anything by it, and I have remained friendly with many of them, but it was really hard on me that day.
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04-21-2008, 01:12 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Rural, Western Washington
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Nice post Roland on the dynamics. I will remember.
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04-21-2008, 01:28 PM
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Has Pretty Lips
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 8,767
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A: Good job on the PR's
B: Most people are unkind bastards. If you say you're going to do something then you *should* do it. Otherwise you're a lying. If nothing else when it comes to moving and crap like that, the person likely *needs* help. They're asking because it's nearly impossible to move a household by yourself. If you're unwilling to help a person that *needs* it...bastard.
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04-21-2008, 05:16 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Windsor, ON
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Good job with the weights and way to help out a friend (even if not a close friend) with a move. I have heard of this happening to others as well. I don't really see why everyone acts like that though. Personally, I love helping people move because when you get them all moved in there is always a little party/BBQ/celebration to thank those that helped and to let the people that just moved relax a bit before they have to finish unpacking and organizing. Well, at least that is how it goes in my small circle.
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