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 Yes, I'll probably be posting Bowie videos here each day until that awful raw feeling passes...

The school district cancelled all after-school sports and activities in anticipation of the first snowfall for the year. But the snow didn't actually come until 9:30 pm, and then it was only a half inch. Still, the temperature was low enough that roads and walkways would be icy if not tended to, so I swept our property for 15 minutes this morning. I thought briefly about going back to bed afterwards, but I was already dressed for the gym, and besides, I had the car warming up. So off to the gym...

It's a routine day... nothing spectacular, but it's done. I only did two sets of pull ups today, bookending my workout, but added a few rows in the middle. To keep things fresh! I can see the horseshoe in my triceps but I'm not skilled enough to photograph them properly. What I like is seeing the irregular edges of the muscles, even though my body fat is still pretty high (from a bodybuilding perspective). But my triceps are really big so I try hard to balance them out by working the rear delts and upper back muscles. When I do DB Reverse Inclined Flyes, I try to alternate between two different positions in order to hit the muscles differently. Five reps with my arms angled slightly closer to my body, five reps with my arms more perpendicular, then alternating positions for the next five reps. No wonder I'm sore.

I'm experimenting with my foods again. Eating Greek-style yogurt with maple syrup for breakfast doesn't really stop me from leaving the gym famished. But it's better than working out on just coffee. I like mixing my vanilla whey protein powder into slightly cooled oatmeal. It makes the cereal creamier and I'm full for a few hours. If I just drink my protein mixed with lactose-free non-fat milk, I drop weight. If I eat protein with oatmeal for the afternoon meal, my weight is stable.

I've re-installed the Sirius radio app on my phone just to listen to their Bowie tribute channel (30), which will run until next Sunday. I listen to Sirius radio in my car because it's near impossible to get a clear radio frequency here, surrounded by "mountains". Or I select one of 6 pre-loaded CDs, because my car is old enough to have a multi-CD player. New cars dispense with all that and assume everyone either has MP3s or is live-streaming.

At the end of my workout, I'm once again faced with doing that one last set of pull ups. And again, I get to 15 and just hang there for a moment before taking as deep a breath as I can (damn near impossible while hanging by your hands), and pulling myself up five more times. That last pull up is really hard and I only get my nose to the bar. Good enough. Done!

Wednesday Workout
(6.54 miles total cardio)

Cross Trainer

Steady State

Calorie :   127 CAL
Distance: 3.88 mile
Speed :    7.75 mph
Duration : 00:30:00

Hammer Grip Pull Up

165

Set 1 : 110x15

Wide Hand Pushup

50

Set 1 : 50 Lap/Rep

Plank

Regular/Elbow

Set 1 : 00:00:30
Set 2 : 00:00:30
Set 3 : 00:00:30
Set 4 : 00:00:30

T-Push Up

30

Set 1 : 30 Lap/Rep

Plank

Bird Dog

Set 1 : 00:00:30
Set 2 : 00:00:30
Set 3 : 00:00:30
Set 4 : 00:00:30

T-Push Up

50

Set 1 : 50 Lap/Rep

Plank

Side

Set 1 : 00:00:30
Set 2 : 00:00:30
Set 3 : 00:00:30
Set 4 : 00:00:30

Diamond Push Up

50

Set 1 : 50 Lap/Rep

Barbell Reverse Grip Bent Over Row

165

Set 1 : 50x25
Set 2 : 70x25
Set 3 : 90x25

Cable One Arm Seated Row

63

Set 1 : 30x12
Set 2 : 45x12
Set 3 : 45x12

Dumbbell Lateral Raise

35

Set 1 : 20x12
Set 2 : 20x12
Set 3 : 20x12
Set 4 : 25x8
Set 5 : 25x10
Set 6 : 25x12 SuperSet with

Dumbbell Reverse Flyes

37.5

Set 1 : 20x15
Set 2 : 20x15
Set 3 : 20x15
Set 4 : 25x12
Set 5 : 25x15
Set 6 : 25x15

Barbell Reverse Curl

73.33

Set 1 : 40x25
Set 2 : 40x25
Set 3 : 40x25

Elliptical Training

Prgm#2

Calorie :   305 CAL
Distance: 2.66 mile
Duration : 00:30:00

Hammer Grip Pull Up

183.33

Set 1 : 110x20 Yaaay!