Yes. It may be exercise. As I near (really close) 82 and am in good health, I get indicators that not only am I doing (Continue Reading)
Pat’s Polemics
On-going brilliance
Left or Right?
02/15/2023 Pat Barrett Add CommentNo, not my politics; we know where they lie. It’s handedness. I’ve always known my handedness as “mixed dominance,” doing some things only with the (Continue Reading)
Going way out on a limb……….
02/02/2023 Pat Barrett Add CommentIn a cave far up in the snowy reaches of the Himalayas I encountered a master who provided me with esoteric knowledge required for good (Continue Reading)
Weight gain and a new diet
12/30/2022 Pat Barrett Add CommentYesterday, Dec. 29, 2022, I got the basis of my new diet started, heavy on meat and vegetables and fruit and nuts, light on cheeses (Continue Reading)
A Shift in Programs —- October update
09/09/2022 Pat Barrett Add CommentOnce I got to the point with the core program – a set of 6 exercises arranged in pairs – where it was no challenge, (Continue Reading)
Starting exercise after a long hiatus
09/01/2022 Pat Barrett Add CommentI hope ‘hiatus’ doesn’t bring up memories of hiatal hernias, but I did stop exercising for almost 3 years: nothing, niente, nada, rien, nichego, etc. (Continue Reading)
New Core Exercises
12/02/2021 Pat Barrett Add CommentA friend sent me a video by Bob and Brad. On the side I saw one titled 10 exercises you should not do. Two of (Continue Reading)
Why SOME sports fans belong in the dregs of humanity category
07/29/2021 Pat Barrett Add CommentFull disclosure: I have never been a sports fan. My wife, my son, so many people in my life are “avid” sports fans (like a (Continue Reading)
What’s wrong with trainers and p.e. coaches?
06/22/2021 Pat Barrett 2 CommentsThe typical experience is for a coach of some sort to give you an exercise to do. He shows proper form and then has you (Continue Reading)
Current Health of Me
05/22/2021 Pat Barrett Add CommentSince my last post to this topic I have been on a very steady exercise program, actually two programs, one CORE I do at home (Continue Reading)
Post-76 year old update
12/09/2020 Pat Barrett Add CommentWell 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)
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 2 CommentsThat 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)