Damn…I tear up every time I listen to this rendition. It was my Dad’s favorite.
I’ll think that I’ll leave this post right here. Well, maybe I’ll say one thing.
Back when Joe Biden announced that he was running, Barbara immediately chipped in. I was backing Klobuchar at that time…
I asked her “why?” and she responded “Honey, I am a realist.”
And she got it right.
Yes, I am aware of the significance of today and utterly banal my workouts are. Nevertheless, this post will be about the workout (and my setting up my new squat rack/stand) and the next one will be about more important matters.
Yes, it was cold for my 75 minute workout. And for the past few years, M, W, F (lately S) have been weight day, with run/walk Tu, Th, S, S.
This semester, it makes more sense for me to do my shorter workout (right now, 45 minutes) on M, W, F, possibly on Sat, Sun. and my now longer workouts (1:30-1:45) on Tu, Th, S, S. So I’ll switch to that so I won’t be rushed and stay with that until I CAN go longer…switch this weekend (Sunday upper body lift)
Today: pull ups; just got ’em in. 51 reps; included a set of 10, sets of 5, and a final two sets of 7, 3, 1; did a few with palms facing me, most palms facing out. No gloves. Rotator cuff and hip hikes in between sets.
Inside: superset dead and bench:
bench: 10 x 134, 10 x 150 (pause)
deadlift: 10 x 134, 10 x 184 (balance?) with low handles, 10 x 224 high handles.
shoulder presses (tried to get the proper height for the j-cup height; got it right on the 3’rd try)
3 sets of 5 x 109-110 (17 lb bar, 1 kg collar, 20 kg plates) 109.4 lb.
1 set of 10 x 91-92(17 lb bar, 1 kg collar, 10 kg, 6 kg plates) 91.8 lb
rows: 3 sets of 10 x 134
plank: 2:30 then the event.
Too high; had a hard struggle to rerack
A little lower, but still too high for smooth reracking.
Just right, I think.
Note: I have such a long femur and torso length that, on my knees, my arms reach the top of the poles. So trying to put a pull up bar on this would be useless.
The uprights are my height (72 inches)
Yep, some ache right in the glute..too much sitting? I did manage a slow-ish 3 mile walk and not much pain until the end.
Probably stick with 2-3-4 depending on the day.
But today, I did get a nice surprise: Crystal, friend and then Larry. They caught me on Waverly.
They blew past me pretty quickly
But as turned on Manor Parkway, there was Larry! (small, moving toward me and them)
That was sort of a nice “race reunion” so to speak.
Life of an old goat 