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Monday, December 31. 20185X5 strengthIt's a typical time of year for people to change up their fitness program. The daily exercisers I know shift their programs around about every 3-4 months just to keep their bodies off balance. If it isn't stress, it ain't exercise. For example, I've spent the past 3 months emphasizing my cardio endurance (while doing heavy wts only twice a week). I've seen some improvement in my running and stair machine work, but far from enough to reach my goals. Darn it, I get tired! I'd like my 25 year-old body back... Anyway, time for a change so I will add a third weights day to replace one of my calisthenics/athleticism classes. I hate to do that because the classes are great fun and damn stressful, but I can switch back in 3 or 4 months. What do I mean by "weights days"? Barbell or goblet squats, deads, dumbell rows or seated rows, bench. I can't do overhead presses due to a bum shoulder (which needs replacement but I don't want to go through the down time). Also, I do accessory efforts like curls, press-downs, pullups, dips, kettlebell lunges. Because of time constraints (1 hr/day usually) I tend to do 3 sets of the accessories, and 5 sets of the basics. I usually do 50 jump ropes between sets as part of 90-second recovery. Don't ask me why. For those who want to spend a few months emphasizing strength and power-building, a 5X5 program is known to be effective. Anyway, for a few months my program will be 3 days of weights, 1 calis/cardio class, 1 day higher intensity and HIIT cardio, one day with 1/2 hr calis and 1/2 hr HIIT cardio, and one day "endurance" long slower cardio (just jogging as long as I can) as a "recovery" day. Doing the same things all the time is not the most effective plan. How do our readers keep their fitness programs changing?
Monday morning linksAmos Oz, ‘Israel’s greatest writer,’ advocate for peace, dies at 79 William Baumol, whose famous economic theory explains the modern world, has died The man who got justice for the girl in the red coat Social Worker Led Frugal Life To Leave Nearly $11 Million To Children's Charities Association of Cannabis With Cognitive Functioning in Adolescents and Young Adults If You’re Over 50, Chances Are the Decision to Leave a Job Won’t be Yours Practically Pernicious in Every Way - The Disney reboot of a classic story about parenting inverts and betrays the message of the original. The Ten Most Outrageous Higher Ed Stories From 2018 Walter Williams: Disparities Galore THE CURE FOR SOCIALISM: BETTER BUREAUCRATS! The Conservative Purge Continues: Christian Leader Franklin Graham Suspended from Facebook Over 2016 Post REPORT! Top Email Service Providers Tossed GOP Candidates’ Emails Into Spam Folder During Election Immigration: America as an 'attractive nuisance' FBI: A Record High of 8 Million Illegal Immigrants Tried to Buy Guns in 2018 Conway: Border wall debate 'a silly semantic argument' XHALE City Vape Shop FIRES Racist Trump-Hating Liberal After SCREECHING MELTDOWN CAUGHT ON VIDEO Donald Trump is completely transforming the Democrats "The press reports he watches television for hours, is inattentive to briefings, doesn't read, rants, rages, nurses petty resentments..." Gen. Anthony Tata: Trump Doctrine brings foreign policy success SYRIA WAS NEVER A JUST WAR - The West should fight wars based on the principles of Augustine, not Mohammed. Newly formed Putin Airways to undertake a round the world non-stop commercial flight Sunday, December 30. 2018US National Anthem, by 7 year-oldHow people try to find replacements for religionFrom today's Lectionary: Lost childLuke 2:41-52 2:41 Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. 2:42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival. 2:43 When the festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. 2:44 Assuming that he was in the group of travelers, they went a day's journey. Then they started to look for him among their relatives and friends. 2:45 When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for him. 2:46 After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. 2:47 And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. 2:48 When his parents saw him they were astonished; and his mother said to him, "Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been searching for you in great anxiety." 2:49 He said to them, "Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house? 2:50 But they did not understand what he said to them. 2:51 Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. His mother treasured all these things in her heart. 2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in years, and in divine and human favor. Saturday, December 29. 2018Lake BoatsA short film about three antique, wood, triple-cockpit speedboats running together on Lake St. Clair, Michigan. Features a Chris-Craft, a Gar Wood and a Hacker Craft.
Saturday morning linksPhoto via Salt Water New England: When there's no snow or ice, Christmas week is a good time for a hunt in Yankeeland 'They shall not grow old' a box office blowout - for good reason Meet Bai Shaofeng, a Beijing bachelor looking for love. Shaofeng’s problem — one faced by millions of his countrymen — is a product of cultural preferences, government decree and modern medical technology. In China, there are simply too many men. A few insane academic SJWs The Other Intersectionality: Victims of Islamism Greatest Female Tennis Player in History Martina Navratilova Says That It's Not Fair for Men to Compete Against Women; Trans Activists Attack Her Until She Deletes the Tweet and Apologizes Furious trans woman tells shopkeeper "Let's take it outside" Who are Seattle's homeless Mostly addicts, hobos, and the mentally-ill Postcards From San Francisco This Insane Battle To Block a New Apartment Building Explains Why San Francisco and Other Cities Are So Expensive Proposition 13 is no longer off-limits in California Latest Russia bombshell is fake news Another, bigger migrant caravan is set to leave from Honduras next month Sheriff: Border Fence Helped Cut Crime in Yuma by 91 Percent NY Times Warmist: Forget The Carbon Tax Now (Till We Can Ram It Through) THE NY TIMES WAS SILENT WHEN THE DCNF ASKED IF IT WOULD SUPPORT BANNING PRIVATE JETS. WHY? Maurice Strong, Climate Crook Democrats Hate the Wall because Trump Loves It Could Venezuela's Socialist Disaster Get Any Worse? Just Ask Its Oil Company Bashar Al-Assad Has Won The Syrian Civil War Friday, December 28. 2018Friday morning linksPhoto: Christmas Eve moon over the Maggie's HQ after church and a late Christmas Eve party Bill Ballou: Mariano Rivera not getting this writer’s Hall of Fame vote Interesting. He's right that people always loved Mariano 6 Unexpected Ways Depression Can Impact Your Social Life & How To Spot The Signs Jews on the Prairie - The rise and fall of Beersheba, a Jewish agricultural colony that brought immigrants to Kansas in the 1880s Mizzou Official Claims Tall Men Asking Out Short Women Could Constitute Sexual Misconduct What about tall women going after small men? WRONG AGAIN: Obama and Gore Said Global Warming Would Cause More Severe Tornadoes – 2018 Was First EVER with NO VIOLENT TORNADOES ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN A MEMBER OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS? John Kerry's Family Fights to Keep Peasants Away from Ancestral French Villa, Claiming Terror Threat The cost of the wall is nothing compared to the yearly cost of illegal immigration Steyn considers concept of lone wolves Michael Walsh: Sweet Shutdown, Roll On Williamson: Does the U.S. government do more harm than good? The FBI and DOJ Were Working to Protect Hillary Clinton a Lot Longer Than Generally Discussed… Byron York: When Democrats embraced the 'Southern Border Fencing Strategy' Tom Friedman is having a bad old time 'getting' Trump Althouse is no Trumper, but this: For better or worse, Trump is now Trumpier than ever After 60 years of revolution in Cuba, cracks in leadership emerge Beijing continues its South China Sea imperialism and ups the military ante. Commies are always imperialists China To Take Over Kenya's Largest Port Over Unpaid Chinese Loan Clever technique. China knew they'd never be able to pay the loan Ecuador fell into the same trap Taiwan’s growing role Thursday, December 27. 2018Jerash
Jerash (Gerasa) was an important city during Jesus' time. A tour:
Thursday morning linksThe 10 Most Popular Chicken Recipes of 2018 Jonathan Haidt: How Overparenting Backfired On Americans Seattle update Heather: Back to Discipline - Disparate impact reflects disparate reality. Is journalism "story-telling"? Why (Most) Right-Wing Intellectuals Hate Trump Dennis Quaid to sing in new documentary about political censorship: 'Our whole culture has become intolerant' Not Reported by Liberal Media: Border Patrol Agents Rescue Several Illegal Aliens – Arrest MS-13 Gang Leader at Border Record 24,000 Migrant Children Caught at Border in December–In Just First Three Weeks Tom Homan: 'Shame on the Parents' Who Send Unaccompanied Minors to US GUATEMALAN MIGRANT FATHER DECLINED MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR SICK CHILD BEFORE DEATH MSNBC Panelist Attacks Trump For Visiting Troops In Iraq Video Montage: The Worst of MSNBC In 2018… Kissinger and I Were Once at Odds, But Let Him Speak Wednesday, December 26. 2018Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - in brassOutdoor gear on saleWednesday morning links
More Babies Are Conceived Over the Holiday Season Than Other Times of Year It was Christmas Eve 1967, and we had just returned from a four-day operation that took us into the rugged hills of Vietnam's Khe Sanh Plateau. 50 Years After 'Earthrise,' a Christmas Eve Message from Its Photographer Ruling that blocked grizzly bear hunts appealed by US End of Snow (Again): “under a high emissions scenario, skiing could be very limited … by the end of this century” Morals are not products of reason Can Intelligence Buy You Happiness? These endless Happiness Studies bother me. What is happiness anyway? A warm gun? Seems to me that not feeling depressed or overly-anxious is worth feeling grateful for. The Virtue Signalers Won’t Change the World - Third-wave antiracism makes sense, and fits into the longer struggle, but it’s a dead end. Revising trauma downward Fewer NYC High School Students Identify As Heterosexual Than Ever Before Hetero isn't cool Why Doesn’t the FBI Videotape Interviews? College: CHECKING THE RACIAL BOX Ticking Time Bombs in the Church On The Continuing, Pervasive Hatred of Short-Sellers Sorry, Lefties And Never-Trumpers, But Mattis Quitting Isn't A Crisis Trump Derangement Goes International Trump Signs Sweeping Bipartisan Prison Reform Ahead of Partisan Shutdown Trump seeks peace not war He could end up ending or getting the US out of several wars in four years - Yemen, Korea, Syria, Afghanistan, wars against Israel. Not bad. They’re Not Sending Their Best: Democrat Leaders Pelosi and Schumer Post Same Exact Trump-Hating Tweet on Christmas Eve TRUMP BESTS THE GENIUSES IN SYRIA - All those foreign policy wizards who got us into this mess are now screaming. No wonder. In the Middle East, Christians are under grave threat - let us show them they are not forgotten The Vanishing - The plight of Christians in an age of intolerance Iraqi Christians Celebrate Hopeful Christmas After Defeat Of ISIS Tuesday, December 25. 2018The StarMonday, December 24. 2018Dylan does The Night Before ChristmasMonday morning linksThe devil's Christmas presents Another one: Toddler-Tamers Moonbat Christmas Carols A gal who is in over her head at work Life Is Worth Living, Even if It Is Painful and Short - My son’s addiction caused great suffering and ended with a fatal overdose. I’ve never regretted his birth. Researchers reported in 2016 that men who ejaculated more frequently were less likely to have prostate cancer—but the researchers didn’t know why. They now believe they have an explanation. Markets: When Everyone Sells, Who Buys? David Hogg is heading to Harvard despite an SAT score of 1270. If Facebook got your private info, it's your fault for being a "dumb f***" said Zuckerberg PewDiePie’s Battle for the Soul of the Internet Is Lebron James more than an athlete? NR Won’t Be Cowed by a Litigious Michael Mann LYING HACKS: MSNBC Gets Caught Using 2011 Border Patrol Video to TRASH DONALD TRUMP "You couldn’t create a creepier Yuletide scene if you tried" — says The Guardian about Trump and Melania's Christmas portrait. The press and plausible lies John Huber Missing In Action as DOJ/FBI Corruption Goes Unpunished Don’t expect Trump to stop being Trump in 2019 Chief Justice Roberts is the new Swing Vote, or worse NO DEAL: Trump Holds Strong on Border Wall Funding – Senate Will Reconvene After Christmas Migrants versus culture Levin: Here’s just how little influence ‘we the people’ have had on immigration policy How arrest of Chinese ‘princess’ exposes regime’s world domination plot About 2,600 Troops Prepare to Spend Christmas at Mexico Border IDF CHIEF: SYRIA WITHDRAWAL SIGNIFICANT, BUT SHOULD NOT BE EXAGGERATED The politics of Brexit is descending into chaos. Sullivan: Trump says No to the neocons Sunday, December 23. 2018Stormy winds did blow...Dickens invented the white ChristmasTurns out that there was a chilly decade when Dickens was a kid. Climates change. It's all good but warmer is nicer mostly.
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Brilliant political interview
A lot of it is about the problems with elitism. The guy gets it. I'd vote for him for anything, but I think he loves his life as it is. Like Scott Adams, he is not a political dogma guy. Like Adams, a superb and humble gentleman. Tucker is right: Trump is most most leftist Repub elected in many decades. In fact, he was always a Dem. Christmas Oratorio
Interestingly, it was what was termed a "parody," that is, a recycling of his previous music which had been written for secular purposes. If interested, here's Bach, The Master Recycler Here are 7 minutes of it, with the Atlanta Boy's Choir and period instruments:
Saturday, December 22. 2018Wexford CarolA love letter"Do not mourn me dead..." Sullivan Ballou Letter and Ashokan Farewell
Saturday morning links
Photo is our Christmas card from Uberhof Duer in Bulla, Italy. Dolomites' Val Gardena. Nice place to stay, classic hiking of course and great high skiing. Yes, the food up there is mainly German/Austrian. There is no single Italy. New discoveries about the genetic history of corn (maize) Prince Harry WILL join friends at Boxing Day pheasant shoot after rumours animal rights supporter wife Meghan had ´banned him´ from going Glad to hear it Hey guys! Does your dick hang down into the toilet water? Psychological research shows that the harder we strive to be happy, the less likely we are to achieve that goal Organic farming is 'much worse' for the climate than conventional food production, researchers say How I Quit Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon GE Powered the American Century—Then It Burned Out A book from Austin Bay: Cocktails from Hell: Five Complex Wars #MeToo In A Star Is Born The end of Lean In: How Sheryl Sandberg’s message of empowerment fully unraveled Church Of England’s Transgender Baptisms Blaze Trail For 3 More Blasphemous Rites
Jerry Brown Thinks Democrats Want Too Much Spending And Regulation. Wait… What? Yesterday DHS Secretary Nielsen announced an administrative reform of the enraging asylum scam that is aided and abetted by the Democrats "EXPERT" ACCUSING TRUMP OF RUSSIAN SUPPORT CAUGHT FAKING RUSSIAN SUPPORT FOR GOP Heed Emanuel - Illinois is facing a fiscal nightmare, Chicago’s outgoing mayor warns. ‘The Walls Are Closing In’: Cable Journalists Chant Dems' New Mantra Five Times a Day Let me suggest that Trump’s behavior is perfectly understandable if viewed in the context of his business background. If Trump does it, it becomes wrong Soros Spent $1.35 Million Funding Organization That is Flooding President Donald Trump With Lawsuits Russians Funding U.S. Anti-Fracking Groups? Is UK Heading for a ‘No-Deal’ Brexit? Bringing Troops Home From Syria and Afghanistan Also Brings Fits of Bipartisan Rage Friday, December 21. 2018Last minute shopping ideaMaggie's Farm is a Stilton cheese place. It's our favorite artery-smoother, although there are hundreds of other cheeses we love too. We also believe that great cheeses should be served after the main course - either instead of dessert or before dessert. (I agree with that article that you can and should eat the rind of cheeses - unless coated with wax or stuff.) Somebody you know needs a Stilton Spoon. Give them a wheel of cheese to go with it - or what good is the spoon? I see Williams Sonoma has them. They have the proper spoon, and the cheese too. Who needs bread or crackers? You could eat it right off the spoon like ice cream. (Correction - they don't seem to have them anymore.)
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