My routine is gym 3 days a week lifting and sauna, pickleball Fridays and weekends and rowing on a Concept2 at home. Been maintaining this since later last year and feel the strongest and healthiest for 15 yrs. No alcohol for over 2 years helps as well.
I miss this too. In my 20s, there was an incredible black iron gym in the basement of a middle school 3 blocks down from us. It was built by a former teacher at the school who had been an Olympic weightlifter. It got grandfathered into some obscure local ordinance and was volunteer run (dues were $100 a year!). It was frequented by some relatively serious oly lifters, powerlifters, strongman athletes, and bodybuilders and I had some great gym friends at the time. Everyone was very encouraging and helpful, and were there to train seriously. I don't think I'll ever have access to such a cool place again.
Assuming they don’t think I’m an inpatient, grumpy old prick. Which would make them right for the wrong reason.
+1 But my gripe is their in-ear headphones - now, as well as sizing up how they might respond to a polite fellow-user, you need to do it all in mime. Knowing there's a chance they can still hear you... I'm probably just sublimating a general anti-teenage kid gripe here, sorry! [Routine/week - Tennis x3, boxing x 2, circuit x2, bigger weights x1, cardio bike x1. Results? Mrs O'D says it keeps me away from beer and out of trouble. And if my tennis keeps improving at this rate, I could win the Open in about 150 years time.]
Not nearly as strange as taking photos of other dudes at the gym...NTTAWWT if that’s what turns your crank...
I dunno, I take long rests up to 10-12 min between max effort attempts. Maybe they're prepping for a Power Curl championship?
