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Recovery day <grin>. There's room to improve processes to take some physical load off in future batches (next batch is already ordered) but the simple truth is I'm doing mechanically intense things to large pieces of metal; just moving them from op to op, tightening chucks and fixtures adequately, etc is a lot of work.

3 miles on the treadmill last night. Strength this morning - squat, bench, BB row, LTE.

Cardio yestrerday, gonna do lower body today. Still a little sore from the session with the trainer, he had me doing stuff I never do. Which is a good reason to hire a trainer occasionally I guess.

gym this morning

squats 5/5/5+, bench 5/5/5+, pull-ups 3x11, dips 3x30, core

Holy crap, all this time I thought you were a man!

Now I feel REALLY lame.

^ good one!



got out this afternoon with Tiny Elvis for 6 miles- 1200' gain in the first 2-ish miles, add in a foot or so of loose snow and it made for tough one (of course doing squats this morning I'm certain helped!)

6+ miles, 1300 ft. ele gain hike in the light rain. We are loving this new loop we found. These closed logging roads will be sweet when I get a MTB which should be real soon here.

Soggy doggies. Old man Nick has no undercoat and you can see he was a bit disgruntled by the end.

Did week 2, day 3 of PNWild yesterday and did 3.5 miles with 80 pounds in the new pack. Was great on the back and killed the legs!

that does look soggy!

^ what new pack? 80 lbs is a bunch to be training with!

10 miles of some really (really) tough backcountry skiing- bucking 3'+ of powder, blowdown and all with a 20-ish lb pack- made the giant double cheeseburger, fries and two IPA's go down pretty easy

Nicky is such a trooper. We don't know his exact age as he was a rescue, but he's at least 10-11. He was incredibly, casually, athletic as a young guy. He's having issues with a hind leg we think due to his anti-seizure meds. But today the joy to be hikin' was just bursting from his oversized heart, those first few miles anyway.

He truly has no undercoat, just "hair". Chloe (Tibetan Terrier) on the other hand has a felt-like undercoat.

I got the Seek Outside Saker. Don't plan on doing much training with that weight, but wanted to see how the pack handled that much weight. It did way better than I did. Really liking this pack so far!

Upper body today, good workout. Then we went and pigged out at a brunch.

Walked 5 miles on the flats

our high today was -1F, sooooooo 6 miles on the dreadmill

Was -4 with the windchill this morning, so I knocked out 5.5 miles on the elliptical this morning. So boring, but gotta get it in!

Hiked our 6.2 mile loop in the Coast Range. Back to the salt mines tomorrow so it was good to hike/walk each of the last 3 days! Lessee... 17.5 miles total.

Same old stuff for me. Yesterday was lifting, today was cardio.

10 rounds, no rest:
2 min thai heavy bag (odd rounds right handed stance, even rounds left handed stance)
1 min elliptical...closer to 50 seconds to get on it and off - 1/2 forward, 1/2 backwards


Health/med question:
Any of you guys had a hip replaced...or resurfaced?

Cardio yesterday, 50 minutes of intervals on stairs, then bike. I have another session with the trainer today, he'll no doubt come up with some off-the-wall stuff that looks easy but will kick my butt.

He's a young studly dude, but he labors under the impression that the girls who walk by and smile are looking at him........

JCMCUBIC - my hunting pard had a hip replacement in 2016. I can hit him up with any questions you may have.

No workouts since Friday. Drove downstate to visit family. Dad's got stage 4 lung cancer. Between the drive and drama it's stressful but spending time with him is worth it. Hope to get back to it tonight or tomorrow.

Scott,

Sorry to hear about your Father. Tough load to carry.

I'd be interested to hear what components and type of surgery your friend had as well as any input/suggestions.... I'll pm you later today.

If going with a replacement it looks like the anterior approach is best all around. At my age and activity level it's likely I'm going to wear a total replacement out and will need another. That, and the ability to return to high level athletics, has me looking at resurfacing....but it's a longer recovery and there are possible complications. If a resurfacing wears out there is still a lot of bone left for a replacement.

Thanks!