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58 yrs. challenging my abilities in swimming, running, biking, weightlifting, sports, calesthenics, and motosports while keeping it at a sustainable level.

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2 years
All out of excuses. "When there is a will there is a way"
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2 years
@alexfeinberg1 This Belgian Blue is a natty.
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2 years
After today's swim and run, I had nothing for lifts today. So it turned to plyos
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2 years
The day after, my 55th birthday, workout.
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9 months
Putting in the work. Recap of the past 3 days.
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2 years
Saw these challenges, so I decided to try them out. After two attempts, success!
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2 years
USPA rules. Since I am from Florida I can only represent Florida. So I drove to Mississippi to break the Florida State record.🤣 So I got the state record for Florida Masters 55-59 yr olds and Open Masters. Only had to do 330lbs
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Bodyweight today. Down to one heavy lifting a week and shifting more to bodyweight as the Triathlon nears. More or less, I'm wondering what did I get myself into??? Reminds me when I joined the Navy, and Dive school, and flight school, and ran a marathon etc etc etc. (Speed 1.3)
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1 year
Challenge by @Bricep_curl I accepted and as usual, not as clean as his. But, I have no excuses.
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10 months
Moving the body after a few days of being lethargic.
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2 years
Weather has messed up weekend plans, but I always find something crazy to do. Next... a backflip into a one arm planche.... with fire and knives!
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3 years
@RickyLe80284150 The Hawaii Five O theme makes it more hilarious
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2 years
Second workout of the day. 10 minutes of bodyweight exercises. 3rd round, film speed 2x
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1 year
1st Ironman 70.3 done.
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1 year
After the swim, I had nothing in the tank. Shifted to core, and those felt tough, too.
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1 year
Managed 4 pullups before the pain said stop. It's progress. I'm okay with it. Part of the rehab process. I have to be patient.
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2 years
Stretches and abs. Tried out a new exercise called windshield wipers, requested by a follower. I'll see how they feel tomorrow. (Camera speed 2x)
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2 years
Saw this pullup variation on twitter. I may be doing it wrong, regardless I compared it to the L-sit. IMO it doesnt compare.
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2 years
Back and biceps. Timed 1 mile run later.
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2 years
We all have our weaknesses, and just like excuses they are valid until you do something about them. Knock out as many as you can one by one. Olys suck. I mean they're awesome!
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1 year
Since I am still able to push 315lbs. I will be ramping up my cardio and endurance even more. I'm trying to incorporate a bike/run after my workouts.
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2 years
Seeing a lot of lifters making fun of runners and vice versa. In short, don't make fun of things difficult to you.
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1 year
Lost sight of my original goal. Lifting and endurance. Not one or the other. Felt good to lift heavy and do plyos.
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2 years
Plyos and back/biceps. Do hard shit, so you can do hard shit.... I think that's what they say.
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2 years
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2 years
Today I'm testing the effects of yesterday's 13 mile run on my strength. None whatsoever. Runners don't like lifting and lifters don't like running. The looks I got from bridge runners yesterday.... hilarious.
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2 years
Post marathon workout.  "No brain, no pain" it's neuroscience.
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2 years
Joined the Navy at 22. Spent the next 24 years proudly serving my country. Hooyah!
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1 year
1st sprint triathlon completed.
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2 years
I had a comment saying lifting was a waste of time. We all do shit that wastes time. Exercise is a waste of time that benefits you in the long run.
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2 years
11 days to showtime! Home workout.
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2 years
Chest and shoulders (light day).
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9 months
The best exercise for my hamstrings.
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1 year
Plyos and then swim. Next month will mark 1 year since moving away from lifting and beginning to work on my cardio endurance. I have begun to do endurance challenges. By the following year, I am hoping to go from completing to competing in both disciplines.
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2 years
People wonder if you can get full ROM with the safeties in place. The answer is yes.
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2 years
What's more difficult? Lift heavy or volume work? Today I'm too tired to lift heavy, so opted to AMRAP.
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1 year
With all this lifting, running, swimming, and biking, the last thing I want to do are simple rehab exercises. But...
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2 years
Stability and body weight followed by timed 2000m row.
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2 years
@Cernovich I had this woman approach me in the parking lot, asking me if I lived in her neighborhood. She ran into me a few times more at the same store... blah blah blah and now we're married....... I should have done what this lady did.
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2 years
International bench day. Will try to maintain strength and size while shifting more to triathlon training.
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2 years
After some time off, I'm back on the deadlift platform practicing lifts. Unfortunately, I did not have an audience for hip-thrusters, so I didn't film them.😬🤣
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2 years
Decided to post the "other exercises"
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10 months
Year in review. (Yeah took from a mixture of all social media)
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11 months
Slowly back to strength training. I want to do more, but.... "When the weight drops, the bullshit stops."
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11 months
Keep moving.
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2 years
Maintaining strength. This week's tethered and pool swim with run, and bike with run, so far has no effect on strength. I will continue to maintain both and hope to bring down endurance times.
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2 years
Deload day with "them other exercises"
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2 years
It takes work. Simple as that. Great to be back in the gym.
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1 year
Leg day and then a run later.
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7 months
The gym was empty for a good 15 minutes. Enough time to video a warmup
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2 years
Air-conditioning is kaput. After a few deadlifts, I switched to body weight exercises.
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1 year
A few more times doing these, and I'll have it cleaned up.
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2 years
Chest day, bodyweight.
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2 years
Wrapping the week with bodyweight exercises and a 3 mike run later. Have a great weekend!
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2 years
Marathon. Hit a milestone in my fitness. Talked into it by my buddy, and I'm just gonna say. If she and I were racing... "I came in second, she came in second to last." All kidding aside. I thank my wife and everyone for their support.
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9 months
8 lbs down with no carb loading, and I feel a slight effect. No big deal, I need to eat and carb up. Lifting has been secondary to triathlon training last year, but I stayed in the game and made every attempt to maintain strength throughout that time. 3 months and here I am.
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2 years
For all my deadlift friends... International chest day! 😅🤣😂 Feeling stiff today from Saturdays mx ride. Run later, hoping to loosen up.
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1 year
Rebuilding/reinforcing confidence in my shoulder.
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1 year
Recap of the week. Have a great weekend!
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1 year
Week 3. It was a great workout to straighten out a terrible morning. Hit the benchmarks I set for myself and I consider I'm at 90 percent recovered and feel confident to begin training without worry.
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9 months
Ratchet City Rumble, Shreveport Louisiana drug tested powerlifting meet. Win some (bench and best lifter), lose some (deadlifts) overall broke two state records and won best lifter. I'm okay with it. Except when this guy, deadlifting 940 lbs, made me look irrelevant.
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2 years
Squats and biking. My breathing is all over the place. Lifting, I mainly breathe from the "top of my lungs." Running, I breathe from the "bottom of the lungs." Swimming, I breathe in rhythm with the stroke. Just me
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2 years
Weights felt heavy today. Easy run later.
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2 years
Preventing injury. It always boils down to lifting, so... Leg day! Later a 5 mile run with eight 100yd stride runs.
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2 years
Running more often lately and I'm glad I have not seen a substantial loss in strength, size/weight.
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2 years
Two days of heavy. Super pumped, almost forgot how it feels.
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2 years
1 day of carbing is not enough. 315 was heavy!
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1 year
Added two more pullups than yesterday. Rehab day 14, coming along nicely.
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1 year
I loaded up the bikes to redo Tuesday's bike ride before getting hit. Got up to 24 mph and sustained it for about 3 miles, then slowed down. Everything feels good. Still a little pain on running. Things looking better. Just got to wait on ortho to give me some negative news.🤣
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2 years
Since I was talking crap to all my bodyweight lifting friends, I decided to own up. Today I worked on bodyweight, balance, and stability. Left side needs work.
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2 years
I get asked this question a lot. I have many answers. "What do you have to prove?" Or "What do you have, to prove..." Anyways.... arm day!
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2 years
Less than a month until my bench-only powerlifting meet. 55 plus and I'm currently at 184 lbs so I may go into this at the lighter end of the 198 lb category. Quick reps and a slow controlled rep.
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1 year
Plyo jumps, pistols, and volume squats.
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2 years
The stiffness in my legs, from yesterday's run, told me to switch chest day to leg day. Recovery run later.
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2 years
Working on technique. Trying to minimize the possibilities of injuries, by using lighter weight. Run later.
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2 years
Down to 185lbs and feeling a little strength loss. Feeling pretty good considering I lost 13 lbs and ran 8 miles Saturday.
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2 years
@men4evr1125 @CNN All you're doing is setting kids up for failure. 18 is not a long time. It gives them time.
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2 years
Back to the basics before the competition.
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1 year
I've been doing way more cardio and endurance than strength. Almost feels like I am breaking up with lifting 😅
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1 year
Just one of those days.
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2 years
Last "work gym" workout for two weeks. Calesthenics and running will tie me over in the meantime. A little adventure here and there will keep the joints and muscles moving. Then a competition of something completely different. Track run later.
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2 years
A quick Labor Day home gym workout. Chest, triceps, and my favorite... plyo pushups with a clap.
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2 years
Going to try and do a hill run. Probably be back in 5 minutes🤣.
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1 year
I'm seeing strength degradation with triathlon training. It's expected, but I'm still trying to maintain it. I may need to adjust breathing, diet, psyche, and rest. 1st half of workout I was struggling with 275 lbs. Changed my psyche and pushed up 315 lb once, but I'll take it.
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2 years
Back after Oly's! Lats felt tight. Went heavier on the snatches and clean pulls. Felt good. Form check.
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2 years
In Downtown Raleigh NC. Decided to go for a run. Immediately realized there are nothing but hills and intersections so I decided to walk, finished up at the gym with a brisk sprint and then lifted.
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2 years
After breaking my last camera, I finally got to make a video. Fun times at STC.
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2 years
Walk around like a monster with back and bicep day.
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6 months
Decided to partition kettle bell swings to 15reps/10breaths down to 15/5 and repeat. 44lbs is beginning to feel light as my shoulder and arms are beginning to take over regardless of the prior inclines and shoulder workout. Will need to move to the 53 lbs.
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2 years
@SamTwits @elonmusk It's political. If your bio has a blue wave, rainbow flag, Ukrainian flag, or pronouns. I already know your take on Elon and how your mind has been programmed. If you have none of those, I can only assume.
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2 years
Coming to the conclusion upper body strength is unaffected by running. Will test leg strength after a long run in a few weeks. (This only applies to me)
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