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Although some of the world just came to a stop, life goes on, and I just came back from a run. It's a gorgeous bright blue Kansas day with all the daffodils and tulips in bloom. The needs of my mom and all the work to be done prevent me from much elaboration except to say that my dad would be most pleased that I stopped at the river to see what was about, ran through the periodic table of elements in my head that he helped me memorize years ago, and then stayed outside on my return to let the dogs run and play in the front yard.

More than anything, my dad taught me to constantly savor the world around me. Life is too (sometimes painfully) short. Go live it - well - while you can.

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You are an amazing lady, Suzie. Going for a run and no doubt thinking of those lovely past memories will be good for you.
As you say, it's best to enjoy life as much as we can.
Take care now xx

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Lovely to see you back surfermum, you're a true survivor!

I'm sitting here looking at all the pieces of my exercise bike, I'm hoping my son and son-in-law will construct it over the weekend!

Oh, and I didn't go on my walk yesterday as it was pissing down!
But I made four beds, so that was good exercise!!

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No exercise for me this week, could hardly get my head up off the pillow, so stuffed full of the cold....... Just knackered. Hoping to get back in the Grove next week.

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Hi gurls
Don't worry about the lack of exercise, you can soon catch up. A good rest is always a welcome break for those aching muscles!

Wish i could put that bike together for you Ruthio. Bet you can't wait to get started on it!
Sorry to hear you have the chills, Roxy...Get well soon

Big session for me later today. two hours planned on a completely new weights routine designed for ultimate toning. I'll tell you more later in my write-up

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Saturday 6 April 2019: Muscle "hardness" training.
Slow, controlled, flexed 6-set exercises.
Part 1. Upper Body 3 hours.

A bit of a blast from the past for today’s training session, some pure bodybuilding work. Three hours of endurance and stamina training which involved slow, controlled reps keeping the muscles tensed throughout to harden them to maximum as they contract. This will ensure their strength is maintained due to the size being kept at optimum peak.

The set structure on these is similar to the tension training I’ve been doing: six sets though this time of increasing weight with the usual paused reps. The final set is a standard ‘cooldown’ set; 12 reps for each exercise.

(All weights in kgs)

Arm curl, both arms:
10x25, 6x30, 6x35
6x40+3, 4x50+2
12x20

Lat p/d, hammer:
10x35, 6x40, 6x45, 6x50
6x60+2
12x35

Lat p/d, underarm:
10x35, 6x45, 6x50
6x60+2, 6x65+1
12x35

DB press, incline bench:
10x24, 6x28, 6x32, 4x36
12x20

Smith press, flat c/g:
10x30, 6x40, 6x50
4x60+1, 3x70
12x30

Shoulder press:
10x60, 6x70, 4x80, 3x90
12x40

Chest press:
10x60, 6x70, 6x80
4x90+1, 4x100
12x40

Seated row:
10x47, 6x59, 6x65
6x71+2, 4x77+1
12x41

Fly delt dec:
10x80, 6x95, 6x102.5
7x110+3, 6x117.5+2
12x65

E-Z curl, standing:
10x18, 6x28,6x28
4x38+1, 3x38+1
12x18

DB preacher curl, alt.:
10x12, 6x15, 6x15
4x20+2, 3x22+1
12x10

Concentration curl, alt.:
10x12, 6x15, 6x15
4x17.5+2, -3x20+1
12x10

Single DB press, flat bench:
10x50, 6x50, 6x50
12x50+3, 13x50+2
12x40

Hi-pull cable curl:
10x20, 6x25, 6x30

Tricep extensions:
10x40, 6x60, 6x70
6x80+3, 5x90+2
12x30

I didn’t realise how long this would take and three hours in the gym is something I thought was way beyond me these days. It just proves that age is no barrier when it comes to physical exercise, although I anticipate some painful after effects tomorrow in my arms especially.

All being well in the morning I’ll be doing a similar routine for the legs.


Thanks for reading

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Floydy, when you are training in the gym do you have your routines written down or do you remember them?

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It was hard to get going again today as it's been a stressful week and that damn dry chesty cough has returned. I thought I was finally rid of that! Ah well, I kept going, burnt 310 calories, did 739 reps on various machines (legs have improved a little) and "trained like a sportsperson". Not overly impressive but next time I hope I do better.

I was the only person in the gym today, at one point, so I wonder where all the others went!

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Hi mate.
You've done well going to the gym at all with a nasty cough. I decided long ago that it's not even worth trying to exercise with a cold or such like, it just gets you nowhere. But all credit to you for making a sound effort

And an empty gym is the stuff that dreams are made of. Mine was very busy today but being in Hull it all depends on what the football matches are. maybe there was nothing good worth watching on the telly!

I certainly do write them down, Bob. On a template which I design each week, changing my routines regularly.
I use a MS Word document and print it off so I can annotate my figures. I see most people using apps but I prefer the old pen and paper method. Hope this image of this weekend's two sessions comes through okay:


So there we go, a relative success for once! The blank spaces on the second table indicate my training I'll be doing on the legs on Sunday (which looks like being a killer tbh)

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Hmmmm