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| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 16-09-2024 @ 10:30 | ||
| No training today as I will have a corn-related, minor medical procedure which involves having gel squirted under the skin to form a padding which hopefully prevent them forming in the first place. This involves local anesthetic which prevents driving for the rest of the day. | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 16-09-2024 @ 10:27 | ||
Post Edited: 16.09.2024 @ 10:31 AM by Fatpete Attended a competition yesterday as Mitch, a young powerlifter was competing. The comp was local and very well attended, two days, morning and afternoon session each day and the last one (his) had three flights which makes things take longer.He lifted well, missed is third squat, which is rare and jumped the press command on his first bench, which surprisingly even the centre ref (who gave the command) missed. I didn't though and he will be punished later, probably through the medium of never letting him forget it for the next few years. The best lift was a 105 lifter who actually only weighed 98.5 do a 320 deadlift and it didn't look too difficult either. That earned him a handshake and a kind word and was worth the entry money alone. The faces are changing and I didn't recognize that many of them but such is life. One lady who I did recognize asked me if I used to referee, I confirmed I did and we had a good old chat for ten minutes. She told me that I had once told her that she walked onto the platform like she was about to be shot. The consensus was that that was a very good description of her platform comportment generally. It's good to be remembered :-) | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 16-09-2024 @ 08:47 | ||
| A very quick and simple four XXXXY XGXYX XXYXX Despite the previously discussed worst start possible, it all just fell into place | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 15-09-2024 @ 09:01 | ||
| A tricky five XXXXY XXYXX YYXXX YXGYG I have long suspected that the worst opening is "XXXXY" as in my case the last letter us "E", I am now certain of it | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 14-09-2024 @ 08:43 | ||
| A simple enough four YXXXX XYXXG XGXXX I have decided to change my opening word. I use three factfinders to commence each puzzle. The original sets was THEIR, NOMAD and LUCKY, all the vowels plus "Y" and nine others, I then switched to WAIVE, SOUND and CRYPT, same deal but five vowels in two words which I considered a slight advantage. Conversations with handsome Jeff (who is much better as this than I) convinced me that "WAIVE" was the weak link here due to the relative rareness of "W" and "V". "ALIVE" would be an improvement but still has the "V" After much beard stroking I got it down to "AGILE" or "IMAGE". Doctor Google informed me that "L" is almost twice as common as "M" (although that is in language and not just five letter words). Assuming that it is true for five letter words too, "AGILE" gets the vote. Now I just have to remember this. Habit is a powerful force. Thank you for your attention. | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 13-09-2024 @ 20:47 | ||
| Friday, 13th September, start 1500 Tbar row, these weights are in pounds 50 x 10 62 x 10 75 x 10 87 x 10 100 x 10 112 x 10 125 x 10 137 x 10 150 x 10 150 x 10 150 x 10 Barbell bent row, kilos now 20 x 10 30 x 10 40 x 10 50 x 10 55 x 10 60 x 10 60 x 10 60 x 10 60 x 10 60 x 10 A quiet but fun night | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 13-09-2024 @ 08:27 | ||
| A difficult five YXXXX YXXXX XYXXX XGGGG A very similar start to yesterday, but not too much to go on. The fourth took a long time to work out but proved effective. | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 12-09-2024 @ 07:00 | ||
| A very straightforward five YXXXX YXXXX XGXXX XGGGG If four hadn't been as good as it was I would have been in trouble | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 11-09-2024 @ 19:21 | ||
| Wednesday, 11th September, start 15:15 Squat, sleeves and boots 20 x 5 20 x 5 20 x 5 40 x 5 50 x 5 60 x 5 70 x 5 80 x 5 80 x 5 90 x 5 100 x 5 A sharp stabbing pain in the right knee during walkout got worse at 80, tried that weight again and it improved slightly so creaked on for a couple more sets. | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 11-09-2024 @ 09:34 | ||
| A rare and triumphant two XYYXG Took a little thought, so not overly quick, but the time investment was worth it :-) | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 10-09-2024 @ 21:44 | ||
| I bought a "smart" light switch, but I couldn't figure out how to use it. I had to exchange it for a dimmer switch. | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 10-09-2024 @ 09:10 | ||
| Congratulations Bod, 900 indeed. A rather tortured five for me XXXXY XXXXX XYXXX XYYGX The fact that the fourth attempt didn't end in "..GGG" rather shot my fox as I was fairly convinced that would be the correct ending. That prompted a serious re-think which in turn prompted much gasping as sighing. | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 09-09-2024 @ 21:02 | ||
| Monday, 9th September, start 15:15 Bench 20 x 10 20 x 10 20 x 10 30 x 5 40 x 5 50 x 5 60 x 5 65 x 5 70 x 5 75 x 5 75 x 5 75 x 5 A good night tonight, a small but select group. Fun. | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 09-09-2024 @ 08:24 | ||
| A rather tortured five XXYXY XXXXY XXXXG YYYYG Also solved in seconds, sadly though in hundreds of them. On looking through my scribble I failed to do something rather obvious that probably would have made things much easier. Must try harder. As eighties pop group Bananarama once said "It ain't what you do it's the way that you do it" | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 08-09-2024 @ 20:17 | ||
| I watched some of the paralympic bench pressing earlier, the 107kg plus class, some very strong boys as you would expect but some rather strange rules that you wouldn't and some very strict refereeing. The don't have a pause, and therefore no "press" command. They use large (as in thick) Olympic weightlifting style weights rather than the slimmer, metal, powerlifting weights. As a result of this, they have had to create a black, fifty kilo weight to accommodate the weight needed and (presumably) leave sufficient bar-end for the spotters to grab if needed. The referees red-lighted any press-out that was not perfect and the jury showed their utter contempt for the referee's opinion by overturning almost every decision they were asked to. Actually that may be a slight exaggeration but not much of one. The commentators were less than useless and explained nothing. Other than that, I quite enjoyed it. I have a great deal of sympathy for the referees, how they resisted punching the jury is praiseworthy and a mystery to me. My hat is off to them. | |||
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