Good session. You probably don’t need cardio if you’re only waiting 30 seconds between sets. Very sorry to hear about your mother’s friend’s father, and sadly I would imagine that is a pretty common occurrence. With these types of workouts you will be plowing through that snow. 
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March 12, 2025
Pre-Workout: Doughnut Shop Blend
4:00 AM
Ab Stimulator Mode II Level 9/ 20 mins
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Cyclo Trainer. Level II. 20 mins
Incline Press: 2x10, 1x9
Behind Neck Pull Down: 1x9, 2x8
Shoulder Press: 3x8
Standing Curl: 3x8
Squat: 3x8
Total Reps: 126
Total Time: 28 mins + Ab Stimulator & Cyclo Trainer 50 mins total
Increased resistance, lower rep count. Good session, 10 minutes past end, I am still sucking wind. Good pump.
See You Friday!
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March 14, 2025
Pre-Workout: Doughnut Shop Blend
Start: 4:30. AM.
Abdominal Vacuum x 25
Dips: 1x8, 1x2, 1x1
Incline Row: 2x12, 1x10
Upright Row: 3x12
Calf Raise: 3x15
Deadlift: 3x12
Total Reps: 187
Total Time: 22:00 mins
A good session… I feel spent…
Dips came up short on sets 2&3, obviously. I had nine in me, but stopped short in set one to do more in set two. Did it work,? not so much.
One hundred eighty-seven reps in 22 minutes? Yes. Each rep is under control. I do not count time within my reps. No Super Slow, etc. I am not performing sets and reps like a bat out of Hell.
No cardio today. Maybe I will surprise myself and Airdyne tomorrow. Or maybe a few sets of jump rope?
Everyone have a good weekend.
See you Monday!
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March 17, 2025
Happ St. Patrick’s Day!
May the river run green!!
This morning, 5:20 AM start.
A little under 50 minutes with the Cyclo Trainer.
See you Wednesday!
On another note, if you have wondered what a Cyclo Trainer is? I am guessing most could give a flying fart, but here it is:
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Is that for cycling while you watch TV, or…?
Never mind, I looked it up. (Shows where my head is at right now - I’m looking to work out from my couch, maybe while I snack, haha.)
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Happy St Patty’s Day! I’ve never seen the Cyclo Trainer. Looks like a very cool machine!
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I wish. I hook it under my orange and black bench behind it. While I pedal I have the ab stimulator going. Thanks for the snack ideas. I am headed to Wal-Mart after work! It is actually an accessory to my Total Gym. Since I am not using the Total Gym I substitute it with the other bench. Then when I am done I start my resistance training.
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3.19.25
Soloflex II
Start : 4:00 AM
Total Time: 29:18
Pre-Workout: Doughnut Shop Blend
Stomach Vacuum: 1x20
Incline Press: 2x12, 1x10
Behind Neck Pulldown: 2x12, 1x8
Shoulder Press: 3x12
Standing Curl: 1x10, 2x9
Squat: 1x10, 2x8
This started early, 4AM. A good session, however. Fifteen minutes later I still feel the pump.
I am trying to cut carbs. Tomorrow is shopping day. That will help.
See you Friday
Edit: Finishing up the day. I had my quarterly general practitioner’s appointment this afternoon. It went well. Vitals were great. BP 106/68 so I am taking 1/2 a water tablet, daily, until my next visit. Oxygen 95%. Heart Rate was 59. Weight 208 lbs. I thought I would be 220 lbs. A very pleasant surprise. The BP is borderline low. Sleep, still a worry a bit. There was a med student with him. “Every little bit counts!” He said concerning my exercise. I let him know, early AM three days a week. Thirty hard minutes each session. His face went blank when I said Soloflex. Youngsters. What was odd, was seeing my age on my prescription. Hearing it is different than seeing 61. I even mentioned it and my GP agreed. Good Evening!
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March 21, 2025
Soloflex III
5:05 AM to 5:30 AM
Pre-Workout. Doughnut Shop Blend
Ab Stimulator. Mode III Level 8 Twenty mins.
Dips: 1x6, 1x5, 1x3
Incline Row: 1x15, 2x12
Up Right Row: 3x15
Calf Raise: 2x20, 1x15
Dead Lift: 2x8, 1x9
I was up at 4:15 AM. It took me until 5:00 AM to start. After an aborted Cyclo Trainer start. I might hop on tonight. Everything was flat. I received a good pump from the incline and up right rows, everything else was somewhat blah.
I thought about delaying until this afternoon but obviously did not.
I will be back later.
I felt real “blah” this morning. I wrote that above. Even my doughnut shop blend did not give me the rev I was expecting. Once I got going things got better. I have a cavity that is starting to ache. I see he dentist Thursday. I still owe $1000 from a previous root canal and cap. I am glad I have insurance. 
I am hoping the ibuprofen holds off the pounding in that tooth. Well, I have a meeting until noon. Later!
Until Monday!
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Good looking session. More power to you waking up at 4:00AM. I’m looking at possibly switching jobs/careers and if I do that might be my only option to get any training in. I hope it doesn’t come to that… 
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I only start at that time because that is about the time my inner workings start working. Post school I might start trying. I think Dave Draper stated the afternoon was a better time to put in a gym session. I hate referring to individuals when I might be wrong. Thanks for the drop by.
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Yep, I’d much prefer to workout late morning or early afternoon but that isn’t an option nowadays…
Pretty decent session. Hope the tooth behaves until your appointment. I am an early morning guy, always have been. On the rare occasion when I do lift in the afternoon I usually end up a rep or two shy… Once I hit retirement, I am hoping to change my internal clock so my morning session begins between 0700 and 0900.
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Thank you for stopping by. The morning workout seems almost automatic. Since I had the My Corona virus when I get home from work I usually am down for the count for an hour or two. Usually I fall asleep. I could swap that, try for an extra hour of sleep in the AM and hit the resistance as soon as I get home. Between 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM would be a nice option. Take care.
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I saw in the news Big George left us. I remember when he had his first comeback fight in Sacramento. I did not go and regret that. Maybe it was to expensive. I was a graduate student at the time
Rest in Peace George Foreman, you were a Prince.
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This is not how I wanted to start my morning ://
I’m a bit rusty now with the history but there was a period of time I was extremely obsessed with that era of boxing, while I was still training MMA I tried to emulate a lot of those guy’s styles (and failed). Ken Norton was incredible and the physique he had was sickening. I always loved him the most, he gave Ali one hell of a rough time in both of their fights, I do think he’s very much underrated.
Frazier was also incredible. A bit slow with his style, maybe not as technical or flashy, but he made up for it with his grit and will. Holy shit the trilogy with him and Ali was painful to watch. Especially the third fight. Just two men literally slugging it out, old school.
I really don’t like watching the Holmes vs Ali fight, they were sparring partners and you can see Holmes borrowed a lot from him. But it’s hard to deny that he was just as underrated.
Then the generation following them with Hearns, Duran, Sugar Ray, Hagler was just as insane. Then followed by Holyfield, Lewis, Tyson, Bowe, Buster Douglas… The list goes on and on. That period between the 60s and 90s had some of the most stacked divisions I have ever seen. I don’t know enough about Post 2000 Era Boxing to make an assessment of that time period.
Favorite fighter of ALL TIME though was Sugar Ray Robinson followed by Willie Pep OR Archie Moore. P4P Greatest. Almost 200 fights never ducked anyone. I actually still have one of his books lying around somewhere.
This isn’t meant to be a plug at all. I’ve since unlisted these videos. I remember making them as tributes.
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@KonsuTheTraveller Kenny Norton was a Soloflex model in the 90s. I always wondered about the models who were used in Soloflex ads. Madsen (Scott) was first. Maybe still the most famous. Then there was Mitch Gaylord, Kenny Norton, Frank Zane. Arnold Schwarzenegger gave a ringing endorsement. I chatted with Jerry Wilson, the fellow who gave the world the Soloflex, and asked him how he was able to get such well known icons to attach their names to his equipment? According to Jerry (Lee) Wilson, they called him. Apparently the Austrian Oak used one at a fitness convention. He called Jerry Wilson and said I approve, use my name. Frank Zane, the same kind of deal. He liked the machine, and said he would do an infomercial. Without charge. Not sure about Kenny Norton. Wesley Snipes had a Soloflex productly placed in one of his movies. So did Stallone in Over the Top. I wandered a bit there, sorry.
Had Frazier’s corner not called fight number three, Ali was on the verge of not being able to answer the bell. Frazier was driven by pure hate for the third fight. Hagler was my favorite in the 80s. Was he robbed in the Leonard fight? I cannot answer that, but many people think so. That three rounds with Hearns might be the most brutal three rounds in boxing history. Holyfield became my favorite in the 90s. I did go through a stage where I quit watching boxing. I watched Larry Holmes vs. Carl Williams. I have not rewatched the bout, but that was my first bout that I thought was rigged. I remember Holmes getting worked, but still winning the decision. I used to hate Tyson, but over the years have had a change of attitude toward him. Of course I will sit and watch a Marciano fight on YouTube now and then. The greatest heavyweight? But his punches were brutal. Oleksandr Usyk is the boxer I pull for now. Like Holyfield he is an “under sized” heavyweight. What he lacks in size he makes up with unbelievable boxing ability. Holyfield was just plain tough, and tried to out slug a lot of his opponents. Usyk is different. Jabs, slips, counter punches, body work, he is getting older, but he brings it. He might have ruined Anthony Joshua.
Thanks for the post.
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Your right. You could tell how much that fight meant for both of them.
Joe’s corner pretty much forced him to stop. His eye was closing and it was blinding him. But he wanted to keep going.
I read in his book he had a fucked up arm. He lived on a farm and a hog attacked him and tore up the ligaments in his left arm, his family was poor at this time and couldn’t afford surgery, so he pretty much went his whole life with a dysfunctional limb.
They don’t call him the hitman for nothing baby
Dude, Holyfield was one hell of an entertaining fighter to watch. He didn’t have “unreal” knockout power but the amount of punches he threw, the accuracy and the consistency of his shots was crazy. His footwork was incredible too, almost mesmerizing. The fights between him and Riddick Bowe were some of my all time favorites.
I would’ve liked to see him against the likes of someone like Patterson, both pretty undersized. It would literally be like watching two cheetahs racing lol, just all speed.
The fight between him and George was freaking awesome. I feel like a majority of people were cheering for George whenever he landed on Holyfield. I know I was lol.
Man this is opening up a can of worms
I don’t think so personally… Like with all the heavy hitters he always has a chance to win with one good blow. He did beat some pretty notable guys so he is 100% legit a contender for that title. I think what constitutes being a great is the caliber of the opponents and the time that they dominated personally.
It’s cliche but Ali might take it for me still. Shavers, Norton, Frazier, Foreman, Patterson, Liston (tbf this one is questionable)…
Holyfield also has his own insane list. He’s right behind Ali for me.
Alot of people bring Tyson up. I can’t recall a single fighter that was of the same caliber (this does NOT mean I think he is a bad boxer). It was always a “he’s going to sweep the floor” not “this will be a war”. Holmes was already past his prime, Holyfield and Lewis obviously bullied him in the ring. The other contenders at the time weren’t too hot themselves. Buster Douglas put the nail in the coffin, showed that if you got past the mind games Tyson played, you could handle him.
To be fair though, Tyson had a pretty tragic back story. He fell apart after Cus D’Amato passed. If he stuck around. He might’ve legit smoked everyone I just mentioned.
P4P I’m still going SRR. A guy like that , with the power & gazelle like speed of Floyd Patterson, footwork like Willie Pep, elusiveness like Archie Moore, Aggressiveness of Roy Jones Jr, 200 something fights which is an INSANE number considering the average time someone can remain in a sport like boxing… It’s hard to argue against him.
And because we’re on a lifting forum, I got to bring up Ed Coan. The two things these two dudes have in a common is that they dominated for far longer than what was considered normal.
I need to get more in tune with modern boxing.. I wish I could make a comparison here because I know I’m missing a whole nother world and kinda ruins the debate on my end…
Thanks for mentioning all this dude, you just unlocked so many memories lol
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I am not sure either. I do see people type in capitals that Marciano is the greatest of all time etc. He could beat Ali, etc. I will never say Ali could not be beat, but Marciano I do not think, could catch Ali.
Holyfield, I saw Smokin’ Bert Cooper knock Holyfield out on his feet. Holyfield is against the ropes, “no one is home” as they say. Then it was like Holyfield was jump started, he came back and knocked Cooper out.
Heavyweights are great, but you get guys in the ring like Robinson, Julio Caesar Chavez, Alvarez, Pep of course… the four: Hearns, Leonard, Duran, and, Hagler, you got a great fight, often on Wide World of Sports.
This is a lifting forum, and I recently saw a short of the Great Alexeev. Cold War or no Cold War, he was one of my favorite athletes growing up. Speaking of Wide World of Sports.
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