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Long cycle press 28 kg, one arm swings , belt squat and bar curls. the real last workout. 20 Aug 2013 | 06:19 am
Well last Saturday was the last real HEAVY day but today's workout is officially the last workout before surgery.Good to report I'm feeling very strong and fit, a good thing going into what I am heade...
Last real workout before the knee replacement: Double 24 kg swings. 15 Aug 2013 | 05:38 am
I remember when this weight for 10 reps was my goal. I remember it very well because it was not that long ago at all. I only recently took up double bell swings early this year and when I did double 1...
24 kg Long Cycle Clean and press 13 Aug 2013 | 04:27 am
This could be my alltime favorite move. It covers it all; it has the ballistic action of the clean, the grind of the press, upper and lower body and it can be serious workloads if one wants to go that...
Beast Mode, Big Pr 11 Aug 2013 | 03:40 am
This is my last heavy Saturday before the TKR. Next week I'm up with Tracy for her GS meet then three days later everything changes :) So I was thinking I wanted to do something grand, kind a last hur...
Stepping back 8 Aug 2013 | 05:03 am
Really, falling off. My left knee locked up, again for no damn good reason, an hour an half before the end of work.So weird. The entire morning was great, no pain. no gait issues, stretched out etc. ...
32 kg Press first in two years. 6 Aug 2013 | 05:02 am
I looked back to when I last pressed this bell and was a bit shocked to realize it was in September of 2011! That's a long time away from a weight I don't consider heavy :) But I guess it is now becau...
The Magic of the Kettlebell 4 Aug 2013 | 03:18 am
When I found the kettlebell I had been playing with barbells for well over 20 years. After a short stint as an endurance athlete I used the barbell extensively with my 8+ years as a bodybuilder and th...
My knee replacement 3 Aug 2013 | 06:08 pm
It's official. On Aug 21 I will get a completely new left knee. My knee got destroyed in a tumbling accident in 1974 and reconstructed right after. Rehab and strength training in those days was non ex...
The knee replacement 3 Aug 2013 | 04:10 am
It's official. On August 21 I will be getting a total knee replacement. My own bionic knee My left knee has been injured since a tumbling accident dislocated it in 1974 and has just gotten worse eve....
Double 36 kg swings. low swings :) 1 Aug 2013 | 05:29 am
Well this was a serious PR. Of sorts. A definite personal best in the sense I have never held two 36 kg bells in my hands and tried to swing them but they are pretty LOW swings, lol. And that's quite ...
