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"Your greatest challenge isn't another person. Its the burning in your lungs and the burning in your legs, its the voice in your head screaming STOP you cant do anymore. But you dont listen. You push harder and you start to hear a the whisper of YOU CAN. You realize you are not the person you thought you were is no match for the person you are."
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"Your greatest challenge isn't another person. Its the burning in your lungs and the burning in your legs, its the voice in your head screaming STOP you cant do anymore. But you dont listen. You push harder and you start to hear a the whisper of YOU CAN. You realize you are not the person you thought you were is no match for the person you are."
It was 48 degrees outside this afternoon, but the pool felt nice. Did about 14 laps, with several sprints in there. Then I wuz done.
The lifeguards chatted me up and were talking about being skinny, so I mentioned my size when I was their age. The boy lifeguard said, "Dude, you were scrawny!" Yeah, but now I'm not, so watch it.
It still beats the lifeguard I saw last summer who waved his arms out wide, scanned the crowded pool, and yelled, "I can swim faster than everybody here!"
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"Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."
- Mignon McLaughlin
I did actually go to the gym on Friday. That makes 4/5 this week. I'll take it.
Hybrid Hypertrophy -- Day 12
Decline DB press -- 4 sets, working up to 60s (-5, shoulder was a little funkdafied)
DB french press -- 1 set, 20s
Seated row (supine grip) -- 4 sets, working up to 150
DB bent-over side raise -- 1 set, 20s
Romanian DL -- 4 sets, working up to 185
Box squat -- 1 set, 95
Somebody took my decline bench. Again. My towel was on it as I left for 30 seconds to get bigger DBs, and during that time a guy put my towel on the floor, put his towel on the bench, and then used it as some sort of table/platform to rig up his forearm rope twist apparatus. I got back with my 60 lb. DBs and put them down loudly two inches from his ankles.
The urination tactic to mark my territory is looking more and more plausible.
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"Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."
- Mignon McLaughlin
Of course then you have to hope they're intimidated by the mere sight of the sign. The tactic, however, is to slow them up enough to buy you some more time to get back. Its ingenious.
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"Rust on a nail builds tetanus. Rust on a barbell builds character, strength, and attitude." -EC
"Don't spend your life wishing. Spend it doing." -FishrCutB8
"You're a mutant, like a snake with two heads or a cat shy one nipple. Be thankful that your mutation is helpful." - LD
Do you think it's a Y mentality? The type of person who might use the Y? I don't know what that is... That doesn't happen at my gym (and you all know that my gym is full of morons, too). But, if there's a towel there, it might sit for hours while people wait for the guy to come back for round two. Meanwhile, he's home with the missus, all showered and shaved. My gym is open 24 hours, too. I've seen the towel there the next morning before (really).
The only time that something gets snaked is when you leave just bbs or dbs there. We have to leave a personal sign of our return (towel, phone, water bottle, fanny pack, headband, neoprene waist trimmer, etc.).
Your people are either bold and rude or incredibly stupid. Hmmm... but which?
I'm currently alternating between the Y and 24HF and I really don't see much difference in the attitude. I'm thinking the factor is not the gym but the resolutioneers there (it's January, after all) who are unfamiliar with gym etiquette or how to share equipment.
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Keep your eyes on YOU; don't let the achievements of others dictate your obsessions. -- Alan Aragon
What really kills me is that there are two decline benches. So if somebody wants to use one there's usually one available. But instead they'll either throw my towel on the floor, or lay on my towel to use my bench. I don't get it.
__________________ Megaloi -- My Blog
"Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."
- Mignon McLaughlin
We have to leave a personal sign of our return (towel, phone, water bottle, fanny pack, headband, neoprene waist trimmer, etc.).
The kid in me laughs at that every time. Dr Clay kept saying it at the summit, I didn't have the balls to tell him that it means something totally different over here.
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Walk on through the wind
Walk on on through the rain
Tho' your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on
Walk on
With hope in your heart
And You'll Never Walk Alone
The kid in me laughs at that every time. Dr Clay kept saying it at the summit, I didn't have the balls to tell him that it means something totally different over here.
Yeah, "fanny" means something totally different to the Brits. I don't know if most Americans know the meaning.
The kid in me laughs at that every time. Dr Clay kept saying it at the summit, I didn't have the balls to tell him that it means something totally different over here.
DB close-grip bench press -- 4 sets, worked up to 55s
Skull crushers -- 1 set, 45*
Deadlift -- 4 sets, worked up to 225
BB hack squat -- 1 set, 115
Chin-up -- 4 sets, bodyweight only
DB pullover -- 1 set, 20s
*Decline today, for added difficulty
Best workout I've had in a long time. Even the non-red lifts had some improvements. For instance, the deadlifts have been really, really hard for me. Knees and back feeling kinda out of whack, and the grip was weak. Today I hit all my reps strongly, and after my last rep I just walked the weight 5 feet forward and racked it. Felt good. Will definitely go heavier next week.
The chin-ups were all completed strongly and for the next workout I'll need to add weight somehow. First time in my life I've needed to add weight to chins or pull-ups.
In honor of my deadlifts finally coming back, here's a video. I crack myself up:
__________________ Megaloi -- My Blog
"Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."
- Mignon McLaughlin
Last week while I was swimming in the cold, the local high school's swim team came to the YMCA pool for practice. They stood there shivering in their jackets and complained to the coach until she finally said, "OK. Dry practice today."
I kept swimming cuz I'm manly like that.
__________________ Megaloi -- My Blog
"Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."
- Mignon McLaughlin
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"Rust on a nail builds tetanus. Rust on a barbell builds character, strength, and attitude." -EC
"Don't spend your life wishing. Spend it doing." -FishrCutB8
"You're a mutant, like a snake with two heads or a cat shy one nipple. Be thankful that your mutation is helpful." - LD
. Dr Clay kept saying it at the summit, I didn't have the balls to tell him that it means something totally different over here.
I don't know if most Americans know the meaning.
