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  1. TINYTOAD

    Starting Over

    Same deal with the check-in today. I reserved an hour the day before, showed up 15 minutes early, and checked-in with my phone. I wonder how long this will go on. I can't even sign up for a second session that day. Leg day today. A quick 2 minute warm up on the stationary bike, then leg...
  2. TINYTOAD

    Starting Over

    I made an appointment for 12:30 today, using the 24Go app on my phone. I got there at 12:15 and there were 3 of us standing outside the gym, wondering why the doors were locked. One of the staff members was coming in to work and told us that they won't unlock the doors until 12:30 to let us in...
  3. TINYTOAD

    Starting Over

    I was so excited to find that my gym re-opened, until I read that I have to make reservations, and that I can only workout for 1 hour. Anybody else experiencing similar BS?
  4. TINYTOAD

    Starting Over

    My Fit Simplify resistance bands arrived in the mail. They come in a set of 5 and according to the brochure, they provide the following resistance ranges: 2-4, 6-8, 10-12, 15-20, and 25-30. They're essentially springs so they should be rated as pounds per unit length stretched. This should...
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    Starting Over

    Last week, I power walked up to the grocery store, about three and a half miles each way. They STILL have no toilet paper. I got a couple bottles of Bolt24 to try out. I think I'll stick to either Propel or Gatorade Zero. The grocery bag shoulder raises must be working, because I'm getting...
  6. TINYTOAD

    Starting Over

    Pushups, pullups, grocery bag shoulder raises... I really thought this thing would be over by now. I hope everybody else is hanging in there. -TT
  7. TINYTOAD

    Starting Over

    Oh well, in light of all this coronavirus stuff, I guess I'll just have to get creative. -TT
  8. TINYTOAD

    Starting Over

    Well, our mayor has decided to shut down all gyms until the end of the month, in light of the Coronavirus. Of course, I don't think the gym is going to give me back half of my monthly dues. I was wondering if anybody else, outside of Los Angeles was seeing this? -TT
  9. TINYTOAD

    Starting Over

    With all the rain and nonsense going on, I decided to take a four day deload. I came back to the gym today, and it seemed like about 2/3 the people were gone. Virtually nobody was doing cardio. I did my normal push day routine... Chest press, shoulder raise, dips, and flys. My chest strength...
  10. TINYTOAD

    Starting Over

    I keep track of the weight I use so I don't waste time reinventing the wheel, and also to avoid injury by putting on too much weight. The Hoist mid-row machine is now useless because as of yesterday I figured out that even doing the whole stack of allegedly 259 pounds is too light. I'm...
  11. TINYTOAD

    Starting Over

    'Still getting used to the new gym. Sometimes I wonder why some of these companies even bother to put the number of pounds you're supposedly lifting on the machine, when it can't possibly be right. My mid-row just jumped from 160 pounds on the LifeFitness to 237 pounds on the Hoist? Really...
  12. TINYTOAD

    Starting Over

    Yes, changing gyms is a bit of a mess. It wouldn't be such a big deal if I had just been working out with free weights, but I've been pretty much exclusively using the selectorized machines since June. To my surprise, different versions of machines from the same manufacturer don't even match...
  13. TINYTOAD

    Starting Over

    I did pretty well for the first couple of weeks of January, then I came down with a cold. I take my blood pressure almost every day, and I watched it jump 20 points as I started taking Xyzal and NyQuil. My strength dropped off a bit on a couple of exercises while I struggled with fatigue issues...
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    Do you regret it?

    I did not regret taking gear way back when. What I regret was being open and honest, and telling my wife. So, my advice to anybody is to keep your mouth shut. People who you thought were your friends or people who you thought you could confide in can flip and turn on you in a heartbeat. I...
  15. TINYTOAD

    Starting Over

    My big purchase lately, was a jar of BCAA powder, unflavored. My only other supplements are a multivitimin, salmon oil, glucosamine/MSM, magnesium, potassium, and a scoop of WPI after my workout. As per my nutrition class, I take a vitamin E after I work out, as an anti-oxidant. A few years...
  16. TINYTOAD

    Starting Over

    Things are coming along and I'm definitely progressing. I'm now resting 3 minutes between sets, and it's helping. As for my goal of maxing out the leg machines, I'm not there yet. Glute: 155/170; Abduction: 250/260; Adduction: 250/260; Extension: 160/260; Curl140/260. I think I can hit the fist...
  17. TINYTOAD

    Starting Over

    Right now, I'm in the process of setting up a spreadsheet to track my workouts and my progress. I used to have a nifty statistics program called "minitab" but the license is $1795 now. No thanks! I'll just figure out how to use whatever graphing or analysis is built in to Excel. Typically, I do...
  18. TINYTOAD

    Starting Over

    It was an exciting day at the gym. A fight broke out in the squat rack. I may have been taking it a little too slow and steady with my leg extensions. I wasn't moving up my weight, because of the burn I would get after 8 reps. As it turns out, if I do 115, 150, or 175, they all burn after 8...
  19. TINYTOAD

    Starting Over

    Still doing the 2 mile jogs on the treadmill non-stop. I don't seem to be making any progress with the legs. I'll know more as I track my sets. I'm writing everything down now. I switched to a different rowing machine the other day, and was really happy with myself until I realized it was a 2...
  20. TINYTOAD

    Best tasting Chili Recipe

    Garlic powder? Fresh is always better.
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