Doctor Delts is really great at bench pressing, and is often able to hoist singles in the 400-500 pound range. I still give him a hard time, as I do to anyone who benches at the expense of doing pullups. He just laughs and tells me where I can go, and he’s not referring to [...]
Read more →I’ve always been a bit of a grind. I like a challenge, and when it comes to exercise, it’s much more interesting to me if it’s difficult, or requires skill. Acting like I’m strong by always working out on a Smith machine? Pfffff. Cheating on every dumbbell raise so I can feel manly? Unacceptable! All [...]
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Last week Delts and I each had had a hard workout. I had just reached my goal of 20 pullups, and Delts had just topped 400 in his bench press. We decided to have a celebratory cocktail afterwards. Over at Rosie Malone’s, we laughed and were talking some trash about our friends, people in the [...]
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Delts has a fun job. He operates a special cherry-picker that’s used for taking down trees that are no longer viable. He maneuvers the basket so he can get close to a large branch, at which point he uses a chainsaw to cut through it, and then the massive piece of wood falls down to [...]
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My good friend CC had been bugging me for ages to check out his Aikido dojo. I had dragged my feet for months – independent almost to a fault, I’ve always preferred working out on my own. Group training sometimes reminds me of cult behavior, and any class can be held back by the weakest [...]
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Back in February, I wrote about Reebok making ridiculous claims about their Toning shoes. But I’m a lone voice in the darkness, and I expected the foolishness to continue unabated. All you usually need to get away with lying is a good legal department (and maybe some lobbyists on the side). But surprise! The Federal [...]
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