A new recovering benchmark:Bench Press: 245lbs.
Body Weight: 250lbs.
I faced the pell again for the third time since Doc’s okay. My friend Drew joined me. Fellow boxers Sita, her wee daughter Kaylee in tow, and then Brian came by to wish me well. A new prospective student named Chris asked if Jack will be starting the class again soon. I’ve heard ( Read more... )

They gym-staff told me it was safe to lift weights on the ball.


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I pummeled a heavy bag tonight for the first time since Thursday, 21 February 2008. Of course I played Sinead O’Connor’s I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got over the aerobic room’s stereo. I'd the room to myself. I'm confident once the other boxers hear they'll be around.

I only lasted half an hour, and my right power-punch has faded - for now.

I’ve a ( Read more... )

A new recovering benchmark:Bench Press: 225lbs.
Body Weight: 252lbs.
Yesterday morning’s x-ray went well. Doc reports my bones are solid. I can now start regaining muscle. He thinks I can work a heavy bag too, so I’ll try boxing tonight.

Sometime next year Doc may go in and take the hardware out.

Previously: Boxing versus Mixed Martial Arts.

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I was changing in the locker room, chatting with friends old and new, when the pasty, pudgy Mixed-up Martial Artist wandered in - the one whom shouted " cocksucker" from the safety of a friend’s passenger seat back when I was walking-wounded with a broken arm.

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It’s not her fault.

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A new recovering benchmark:Press: Eight (8) Reps: 90lbs (45lb dumbbell each hand).
Curl: Eight (8) Reps: 30lbs each hand.
Fly: Eight (8) Reps: 30lbs each hand.
Body Weight: 244lbs.

Doc took another x-ray of my broken arm this morning. We’re all pleased with the results. My arm is healing well, though I’ve still have a way to go. I was surprised his ( Read more... )

I took breakfast this morning at the Broadway Delicatessen, manning table eleven: my usual place, my usual table. Vivi the waitress sat with me a moment. We’re friends. She has dibs on my copy of Big-Box Swindle by Maine author Stacy Mitchell. I’ve 50 pages to go.

A skinny bald man from away had sat at table two and was just rude to her. He demanded ( Read more... )

A recovering benchmark:Press: Eight (8) Reps: 50lbs (25lb dumbbell each hand).
Curl: Eight (8) Reps: 20lbs each hand.
Fly: Eight (8) Reps: 15lbs each hand.
Body Weight: 241lbs.
Body Fat: 19%
My broken arm has healed well enough that Doc authorized me to lift again. It’s been three and a half long months.

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