Come on guys! I have been feeling younger lately! At the end of last year we purchased this:
https://www.hoistfitness.com/collections/shop-all/products/v4-elite-gym, added the leg press option and the vertical hi-lo pulley to make it a complete gym with three stations. Added a Vision S7100SRT Elliptical for more torture. Cancelled that damn $180/mo gym membership we have maintained for nearly 40 years now. Never used it enough. Then went all out and hired a real smart personal trainer to show us battered up old folks how to not hurt ourselves. Just for good measure, I picked up a new 55" TV so I can watch Fox News to fire me up during my workouts. After coming out of the 14th time they have knocked my ass out and repaired my body in some way or replaced parts on Dec 20th I had enough. I won't even allow them to begin to X-ray the old shoulders or elbows. Especially after hearing how tangled up my nerve was in my left elbow.
Now that I understand that all of those deep dips along with bench presses touching my chest with every rep has torn my shoulders up, along with taking flys way back behind my shoulders and lifting shit over my head is bad, I just may help my shoulders now! We have been working on doing unbelievable stuff with bands. I like it so much I have a spare $10 set in my travel bag! The shoulder burning sensations after a day in the garage with the mistress queen Hellcat are already gone! While I used an orbital buffer to apply wax TWICE last weekend, shining and rubbing the car on two consecutive days AND shoveling some snow, and dismantling an old wood bed produced NO pain. Sure they operated on my left arm in December, moving my unhappy Ulnar nerve from its horrible place in my elbow that has been overworked it's whole life. Except for the scar on the inside of my elbow, the arm feels as strong if not stronger than my other in performing bi-lateral presses and pulls, as well as tricep, bicep and even forearm curls last night!
Will be eligible for Social Security in May, but have remained at about 200 lbs for 25 or more years now. Not even thinking of taking any of that money or worse yet retiring for at least five more years! Since only a bit of select wine will pass my lips regularly and of course an occasional beer when recommended, a bunch of heavy drinking does not happen here, thus the big belly is not developing. But, my shoulders, chest and thighs ARE beginning to look more familiar again
Last Tuesday, before flying to DC, I did 90 minutes of workout in my basement. Landed and needed to get across that nightmare of traffic for dinner with an associate. Screw sitting in an Uber for 30 minutes, I simply walked 2.5 miles, because it was 64 degrees and I could! I can report my legs with two fake knees and one fake hip feel like I am 19 again. Don't take on this old man in a Nastar course, because I have been earning gold medals for decades now, due to my age handicap and even have surprised a few young pacesetters with my raw time. Been skiing and racing for almost 50 years now, and with steel knees and a reinforced lumbar area, I am even more crazy now! Helmet? Can't hear my skis good enough, fucks up my still good peripheral vision. Extra shit to lose I say.
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