A pause in my exercise program. I got a diagnosis yesterday of hernia and I’ll be called today to schedule surgery. I have no idea (Continue Reading)
Pat’s Polemics
My new Web site
My psoas
12/03/2018 Pat Barrett Add CommentSay what? Well, it’s a bit like a sore ass as pronounced down south but it is a core muscle I did not know about (Continue Reading)
Shift in emphasis
09/29/2018 Pat Barrett Add CommentRecently I switched from random exercises divided pretty much between heavy lifts and more body weight or lighter exercises to focusing on one or two (Continue Reading)
Finally, some pull-ups
09/20/2018 Pat Barrett Add CommentMy work on the assisted pull-up rack at the gym paid off. Yesterday I got 3 sets of one, and good ones. My program for (Continue Reading)
Last doctor visit
09/19/2018 Pat Barrett Add CommentMy primary care physician is switching over to a Wellness Plan where you pay a yearly fee and it reduces her case load. She’s at (Continue Reading)
The secret is to make a pile of money
05/08/2018 Pat Barrett Add CommentLet’s just point out the bad people to start with: the Arizona state legislators. I’m guessing it is mainly Republicans, the people of personal responsibility (Continue Reading)
New workout
05/05/2018 Pat Barrett Add CommentAfter a long break, eleven days, I went back to the old workout where I could not complete the final set of incline bench press (Continue Reading)
Watch your diagnoses and your meds
04/30/2018 Pat Barrett Add CommentSent to a friend just before my appt with the doctor last Friday, 4/27. Tomorrow I see my doctor’s PA. Here’s my dilemma. The doctor (Continue Reading)
Wrapping up medical stuff
03/13/2018 Pat Barrett Add CommentLast week I went to 3 appointments, the first for my skin and the doctor gave me a clean bill of health; the second for (Continue Reading)
Illness
01/11/2018 Pat Barrett Add CommentI always say I never get sick. Scratch that. Last week I woke up with a stiff neck. By Monday I could barely move so (Continue Reading)
Dry land at last
12/29/2017 Pat Barrett Add CommentI’ve moved from the pool to dry land with my new set of exercises last night. They are the same as in the pool: ski, (Continue Reading)
An end to testing?
09/29/2017 Pat Barrett 1 CommentIn March I got a bilateral total knee replacement with recovery rated as phenomenal. Then I got vertigo and realized my go-to physician, a cardiologist (Continue Reading)
Vertigo
07/28/2017 Pat Barrett Add CommentI got dizzy yesterday morning when I got up. That seldom happens and it passed. But then I went into the gym, feeling great, lay (Continue Reading)
not over it yet
06/08/2017 Pat Barrett Add CommentOn my tenth day off the pain killer vicodin/oxycodone, I went back to my doctor for relief from withdrawal symptoms. He said my recovery has (Continue Reading)
Getting of the pain pills
05/17/2017 Pat Barrett Add CommentToday marks the first day I’ve really seen progress in dealing with the issue of pain pills. The big test comes tomorrow when I go (Continue Reading)
Coming back from bilateral knee surgery
04/04/2017 Pat Barrett Add CommentI was shocked just now to see that I had placed next to nothing on my blog since my surgery. It has been over 2 (Continue Reading)
New phase of exercising
03/19/2017 Pat Barrett Add CommentThis week was my last week of gym workouts. Tomorrow I get both knees replaced. Plenty of physical therapy will follow and I intend to (Continue Reading)
An approach to insomnia
12/01/2016 Pat Barrett Add CommentMy wife has always suffered from insomnia. The pattern was to go to sleep as late as possible, 11 or 12, so as to sleep (Continue Reading)
New, intense program
11/18/2016 Pat Barrett Add CommentAfter being on a program for several months where I did each muscle group in rotation, covering about 5 or 6 days with body weight (Continue Reading)
Bumping it up
04/16/2016 Pat Barrett Add CommentA couple of weeks ago I was working my way through my program for arms under some time constraints. After the first two exercises, I (Continue Reading)