My wife isn’t sure if I’m having a mid-life crisis or just going into my second childhood… | ||||
This year I’ve been watching A LOT of YouTube. Well, okay… It started last year, but that’s just a detail. | ||||
I was viewing a bunch of videos on working out and I found myself going through reams of “30-Day Challenge” videos. Of course, I decided to give one a shot. My choice: the “30-Day / 100 pushup per day challenge”. | ||||
Day One (Test): Zero. That’s correct. I could not do a single pushup from the floor. I could get into a plank position, (with effort,) and lower myself to the floor, but not get back up off the floor. | ||||
Obviously, some modifications would be necessary… Inclined pushup from the back of the sofa. Five. Okay. It’s a start. First day: 20 sets of five, spread through-out the day (and evening). | ||||
Days 2 and 3 were more of the same. Day 4, I was able to do 10. So, 10 sets of 10, spread through-out the day. | ||||
To make a longer story shorter, about day 10 I was finally able to do ONE pushup from the floor. By then, I was doing five(5) sets of 20 inclined. At the end of 30 days, I could do 5 pushups from the floor. (And shorter again…) At the end of 60 days, I was able to do 15 pushups from the floor. By way of comparison, Google says an “average” 65 year old man should be able to do between 6 and 16. In other words, I went from abject failure to the top end of “average”. | ||||
And then I got hurt… (But that’s another story.) | ||||
While browsing YouTube, it started feeding me boxing and martial arts videos (over and over again). So, (of course) I started watching them… Because I wasn’t able to do much other than walk, I started shadow-boxing in front of a mirror… And then I bought gloves… And then I bought hand-wraps… And then I bought focus pads… And then I started making home-made (read: inexpensive) boxing targets. It turns out YouTube has videos on how to jury rig most of the expensive kit you need to practice boxing. | ||||
Here’s some pictures of my gloves… They are RDX F12 Training Boxing Gloves (16oz.) | ||||
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And, after trying them on a few times a week for the last month or so… Today I did my first “workout” with the gloves. | ||||
Now to be fair, I did actually try them on and use them for a few minutes when I would set up a new target and once for a few minutes of shadow-boxing in front of a mirror, but until today, my wife had put it down to another one of my “phases”. When approached on the possible purchase, she did insist on a $50 limit on my gloves because she was convinced they’d be gathering dust by now. So, yes, they’re an inexpensive pair. Not “cheap”, just inexpensive. And, no, they are not leather. They are “engineered” leather. (LoL!) | ||||
Today’s workout was about 45 minutes long, sweaty and exhausting. But, it was loads of fun and I felt terrific after my hot shower. Tired and relaxed and starting to get sore in strange (and not so strange) places, but all things considered – terrific! | ||||
I’m really not sure if this is a “phase” or not, but I’m going to put up a post every now and then about this “journey”. I’ll try to come up with a way to let you know in the “post” title when I’m on this topic as I have no idea how many of my blog followers have the slightest interest in this side topic. | ||||
A final note (reality check): I am a 65 year old man, morbidly obese, with a heart condition (AFib) and on blood thinners. So, NO, I will NEVER be in a fight or EVER sparring. This is just a way to try to add some fun to my efforts to raise some sweat (and maybe learn a bit about the “sweet science” while I’m at it.) | ||||
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On This Day In: | ||||
2019 | I Think I’m Repeating Myself | |||
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like X-mas! | ||||
2018 | No Reason To Turn | |||
2017 | Talking Knuth | |||
Seeing It Through | ||||
2016 | Hoping For The Best Come January | |||
2015 | Adaptive Security | |||
2014 | Wants | |||
2013 | Side Effects | |||
2012 | Just Trying To Earn A Living | |||
2011 | Productive Worry | |||
Archive for December 7th, 2020
You Be The Judge
Posted in Boxing, Health, Pictures, Sports, Workouts, tagged AFib, Boxing, Health, Mid-Life Crisis, Pictures, RDX F12 Training Boxing Gloves, Second Childhood, Sports, Sweet Science, YouTube on December 7, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Just A Different Point Of View
Posted in Included Video, Music and Concerts, Philosophy, Quotes, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged Bob Dylan, Favorite Lines, Included Video, Philosophy, Quotes, Tangles Up In Blue -- music video, Vevo, YouTube on December 7, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Tangled Up In Blue |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
So now I’m goin’ back again | |
I got to get to her somehow | |
All the people we used to know | |
They’re an illusion to me now | |
Some are mathematicians | |
Some are carpenters’ wives | |
Don’t know how it all got started | |
I don’t know what they’re doin’ with their lives | |
But me, I’m still on the road | |
Headin’ for another joint | |
We always did feel the same | |
We just saw it from a different point of view | |
Tangled up in blue | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | I Think I’m Repeating Myself |
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like X-mas! | |
2018 | No Reason To Turn |
2017 | Talking Knuth |
Seeing It Through | |
2016 | Hoping For The Best Come January |
2015 | Adaptive Security |
2014 | Wants |
2013 | Side Effects |
2012 | Just Trying To Earn A Living |
2011 | Productive Worry |
Kinda Like Posting To A Blog About My Day
Posted in History, Quotes, tagged Blogging, Complexity, Comprehension, Faces, Facts, History, Oversimplification, Quotes, Will Durant on December 7, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The historian always oversimplifies, and hastily selects a manageable minority of facts and faces out of a crowd of souls and events whose multitudinous complexity he can never quite embrace or comprehend. | |
— Will Durant | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | I Think I’m Repeating Myself |
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like X-mas! | |
2018 | No Reason To Turn |
2017 | Talking Knuth |
Seeing It Through | |
2016 | Hoping For The Best Come January |
2015 | Adaptive Security |
2014 | Wants |
2013 | Side Effects |
2012 | Just Trying To Earn A Living |
2011 | Productive Worry |