Well over five years ago I read an article in, I believe, the NYT magazine that stated emphatically that after 76 a person’s body mass (Continue Reading)
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How’s my little body?
10/03/2020 Pat Barrett Add CommentFor some time now I have maintained a fairly steady routine of exercise, alternating between a set of exercises focusing on the core and another using weights (Continue Reading)
If you can imagine it ……
07/12/2020 Pat Barrett Add CommentThat sounds like a life-coach named Marvin, but it is one of the most powerful things you can do for yourself. “To put it bluntly, (Continue Reading)
A routine with a long run
05/14/2019 Pat Barrett Add CommentIt seems a routine has been set, one night of yoga, one of body pump, two days in the gym lifting weights and two to (Continue Reading)
Fruits of consistency
04/16/2019 Pat Barrett Add CommentSince my surgery in December and my week off in Februrary, I have surged in the consistency with which I get to the gym. I (Continue Reading)
Settled into a routine
04/02/2019 Pat Barrett Add CommentAt this point, I can say I am well settled into a routine of yoga Monday, Body Pump Tuesday, 40 push-ups on off-days and my (Continue Reading)
Pushing on
03/21/2019 Pat Barrett Add CommentRecently I’ve began a routine of one night yoga, next night body pump, skip a day, then w/o with weights. This week I did a (Continue Reading)
Yoga and Body Pump
03/10/2019 Pat Barrett Add CommentA few weeks ago I took the plunge and started yoga. Fortunately I seem to have found an excellent instructor. One lady said she has (Continue Reading)
easy done
12/18/2018 Pat Barrett Add CommentHernia surgery yesterday. Out patient. Easy as pie. Almost no pain. Plenty of uninterrupted reading time as I recover. (See What I’m Reading Now category) (Continue Reading)
Hernia
12/06/2018 Pat Barrett Add CommentA 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)
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)