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[dhls]

Fellow Americans, there comes a time every mans life when we must give up ourselves before we are worthy to recieve. There comes a time in this war on terror when in order to protect liberty, we have to give it up in the mean time for safty. That's right folks. Today, Americans have forsaken the creator for the creation and have decided that they would value our "civil liberties" than protecting western civilization and rich white people from the tender mercies of radical Islamic terrorists. Selfish liberals insist and whine that Bush has no right to spy on Americans and ban certain undesirables from using our airlines. They demand the right to criticize and blaspheeme the name of our supreme commander and cheef George W Bush while forcing multiculturalism down our throats and praising Bill Clinton. We all know however that it's totally Clintons fult for everything bad in america. Now we are at war and we must make a decision. support the safty of America and defeat terrorists, or support civil liberties and give victory to the enemy. Its all because of Bill Clinton and civil liberties that we are in this war so it is only fair that we give it up. no one said life was supposed to be fair you liberal crybabys. Dont give me that rubbish about equality and diversity. WE ARE AT WAR! If your not for Bush and against civil liberties your a terrorist! Your probably even a Communist and should be detained. Therefore fellow Americans we must throw all of our trust and resources behind George W Bush and behind this war with no ifs ands or buts. Be sure to report any and all detractors and freedom supporters to your local military and never question. Bush knows what hes doing and we will win this war once and for all. Thank you and May God bless America.

[Monkey Face]

Sure there is! Just look: YOU showed up!!! :o])

[Alice au Wonderland]

Ah.

[Dead Corpse]

Of course not. They just do it to annoy us. The best thing about mornings is that lunch if just a few hours away...

[MNJohnnie]

Ok, I am up and it is my day off. Now what?

[Monkey Face]

Ooops! Sorry! I was unceremoniously kicked offline...my own fault...

[Alice au Wonderland]

Hi! How was this morning's workout?

I breezed through my routine yesterday morning and feel no ill effects today, so I'm upping the weight for tomorrow.

The best part about mornings is getting up to get all of the necessary work finished as quickly as possible, so that work doesn't ruin the rest of the day. ;)

Otoh, KODT feels that mornings should be abolished and that those of us who absolutely must have mornings, should have them somewhere else and quietly.

[fanfan]

Snow Day!

[Dead Corpse]

Dunno... I was wondering the same thing...

[Not A Snowbird]

I'm here, just barely.

Had another root canal yesterday.

[Alice au Wonderland]

PLAY!

[Tax-chick]

I'd like to be lying around on the sofa, but life is going on, and somebody has to drive :-).

[Dead Corpse]

Work outs are Mon-Wed-Fri. Doing it every day at the intensity I workout at would break things I'd rather not have broken.

[fanfan]

I guess now is not a good time to tell you I finally got your chocolate bars packaged and addressed yesterday?

[Alice au Wonderland]

I understand completely. Mine are MWF, too.

Question for you: When I reach the weight load that actually causes me pain in my knees (@ 100 - 110 lbs for leg curls and leg extensions)what should I do to keep exercising those muscles? In the past, I've dropped the weight down and slowly increased the number of reps. Any suggestions?

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Sounds painful.

[Alice au Wonderland]

Hello and good morning! Has all of the snow turned to slush yet?

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Got hubby off, wrote my daily devotional (since I didn't write it last night, and of course, I got stuck on part of it), and now am ready to get another cup of tea.

Usually Ogden only gets a bit of the snow. This time, it won't go away. We're getting more than the areas that usually get the lake effect snows.

[fanfan]

You are in Ogden?
In northern NY?

[MNJohnnie]

Bummer Sandy! Root Canals suck

[Dead Corpse]

Nope. I do a good warm up on cardio. Stretch. Start light and pyramid the weight up with each set as I drop the number of repetitions.

Take leg day for example:
15 minutes, elliptical. Resistance at 10 (0-12). Hill Profile. I try and maintain heart rate at around 150 bpm.
Stretch.
4 sets of Smith Squats. I wish we had a free rack, that I find easier to use, but "if wishes were fishes horses would fly". Start with a warm-up set of 25 reps at about 225lbs. Next set would jump to 315 for 15-17 reps. Next set I'd jump to 415lbs for 8-10 reps. Last set depends on how good that previous set felt, but I would normally add another set of 10's, 25's, or 35's depending on how the knees felt. This is without a belt or knee wraps. I'm not going heavy enough to need it yet, but I don't want to break anything either. Too much heavier than I am going now, and I'll switch up to both knee wrappings with Ace bandages and a full belt.
Next would be seated toe raisers and roman chair back extensions. Same deal. Start at about 50% of what my target max is and work it up with each set. I just pile as much weight on as I can fit on the machine with toe-raisers. It'll only fit 6 45lbs plates at a time. Back extensions I try and not use my lower back muscles so much as squeezing the glutes to raise my torso. Normally, I'll do these clutching a 35 or 45lbs weight. Kinda wish they had 100's here, but I make due by holding it at peak contraction for a two-count. Since the toe-raiser machine and the chair are right next to each other, I normally jump directly from one to the other without a break. I consider one set on the machine and one on the chair as a combo set and rest in-between the combos.
For leg extensions, I do the same thing. Right now, I'm starting at about 130lbs and working up to 200lbs for the last set. These I try and hold for a two-count at peak contraction. This gives me a better workout without having to worry that the equipment only goes up to 200lbs.
Next on to leg curls. Same deal.