Last night The shoulder was somewhat sore (not “wake me up” sore); I was just achy in general.
Workout; upper body plus 15 minutes of the arm bike:
rotator cuff,
arm curls (20 x 15 lb, 10 x 20 lb, 10 x 20 lb. dumbbells)
military press: (30 x 30 lb., 30 x 30 lb. dumbbells)
bench press: (30 x 35 lb., 30 x 35 lb.) the only painful part was getting into position.
pull downs: 15 x 120, 15 x 120, 15 x 120
rows: 8 x 180, 8 x 180, 9 x 180 (getting easier)
sit ups: 4 x 25 (different inclines)
I skipped running altogether today; my lower body just “isn’t right” today.
DENVER — Chiefs coach Todd Haley apparently refused to shake hands with Broncos coach Josh McDaniels following Denver’s 49-29 win Sunday over Kansas City. In a video of the incident, Haley is pulls his hand back as his counterpart approaches near midfield, then wags a finger in McDaniels’ face.
The exchange was very brief. Haley also appeared to have a few choice words for his counterpart before abruptly walking away.
McDaniels seemed taken aback for a moment, and appeared to say something in response to the quickly departing Haley before shrugging his shoulders and hustling away in the opposite direction.
Haley was later asked about the terse postgame exchange with McDaniels. While vague in his response, he clearly didn’t like some of the things he saw on the Broncos sideline, suggesting they were acting as if the game was in the bag well before it was over.
Hmmm, it almost appears as if the Broncos took their foot off of the gas and the Chiefs didn’t like it? I’ve heard of coaches being upset when the other team ran up the score….sometimes there is just no pleasing people.
The downside of President Obama: he is really trying to keep his promise to work together with an opposition whose sole short term goal is to bring him down. Yeah, I think that he has to try, but it is pretty much a pointless exercise; remember that Republicans see themselves as the “true Americans” and consider others in power to be usurpers of what is rightfully theirs, no matter how many votes the winner got.
To keep track of my sports activities. I rarely train for anything anymore; mostly I just do workouts of the following types: running, walking, weight lifting and swimming. My best ultra accomplishment was walking 101 miles in 24 hours in 2004. These days, I walk a marathon every once in a while (5:50 to 7 hours) There was a time when I could run a sub 40 minute 10K (did that once), but that was another lifetime ago; these a days 2427-282525:50-27:45 28-31 minutes for a 5K would be more like it. I also have an off and on interest in yoga and in weight training. My lifetime PB in the bench is 310; currently I do sets of 4-5 with 190 185.
Best this year has been 200 (relatively easy).
To discuss the football, basketball or baseball game I’ve been to. Since 2011, I started to attend live football games regularly (University of Illinois, sometimes Illinois State, sometimes either the Colts or Bears of the NFL…don’t get me started on the Rams) ; I’ve attended Bradley Basketball games (men and women) for some time. In the past 3 years, I started to watch live baseball again (mostly the Peoria Chiefs (low A affiliate of the Cardinals) and Bradley University; sometimes the Normal Cornbelters (Frontier League; similar to low A level ball).
From time to time, I post what I am thinking about mathematically
I often post links to science articles, especially articles about cosmology and evolution.
I am very sympathetic to the “new atheist” movement, though some might consider me to be an agnostic. I reject any notion of a deity that interferes with physical events, but remain agnostic to the idea that there might be something “grand and wonderful” (Dawkins’ phrase) outside of our current spacetime continuum.
I am a liberal Democrat who thinks that the current social atmosphere is tilted way too far toward the interests of big business, and I reject the idea that a “free market” cures all ills, though pure socialism doesn’t work either. I am also a believer in the freedom of speech, including speech that I might not like. Also, I’ve been involved (to a moderate degree) with political campaigns, ranging from City Council races up to Presidential races.
I like to post photos of trips and vacations.
I like women in spandex. 🙂
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The 2016 election: I voted for Hillary Clinton and was dismayed that she lost the Electoral College, though I take a bit of comfort that a plurality of voters preferred her (by just over 2 percentage points!)
I see Donald Trump as an unqualified amateur who lacks the humility and deportment to be an effective president; I sure hope the time proves me wrong. It does not appear that I am wrong though (as of June, 2018) I’ve been wrong before (e. g. my election prediction) and will be wrong again. I hope this is one of those times.