Milo is the only strength-training magazine I've ever found of use. I love all the Iron Mind stuff. The grippers make my hands hurt just by thinking about them. :)
Bahh.... now you've reminded me that it's been way too long since I was working out regularly. I have fat cells in areas where previously I didn't even have body. Pretty soon I will collapse under the weight of my own gravity and even light will never escape me.
But mainly I just wanted to say your live journal is great reading. I think it has one of the highest "useful, hype-free information" densities on LJ. Of course my perception of what is useful tends, quite perplexingly to most sane beings, to extend to tidbits like "The Mole Man of Fresno." So take that as you may.
Of course the Mole Man's story is useful. Who has not seen Nightbreed? Next time you find yourself in an underground vampire city, you will be prepared.
I have somewhat small hands for a guy who's 6 ft. So my grip has often lagged behind other strength improvements I've seen. I picked up the grippers as part of a training regimen to combat this, and they did help some. When I was working with them regularly, I could close the #1 a few times with each hand, but still couldn't quite close the #2. If you meet someone who can close a #3 or #4 (yikes!), be very polite when shaking hands. :)
I fear genetics will forever delegate me to a rank less than Captain of Crush. With good behavior, I might manage Corporal one day. Maybe.
The Mole Man reminded me of Ed Leedskalin and his Coral Castle (http://www.coralcastle.com) here in South Florida. The Coral Castle is one of those places that has continued to provide fodder for the paranormalists for years, despite the fact that folks who were close to Ed (as well as Ed himself) insisted that there was no mystery to its construction, just clever application of chains, pulleys, and levers. Apparently the guy didn't like adults around when he was working, but did let kids hang around. So after one kid claimed to have seen him levitate 4-ton blocks of coral, the story stuck. Forget about the many other kids who had a slightly better understanding of what all those chains and wires were for. Ahhh... reminds me of high school. :)
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Milo rocks
Bahh.... now you've reminded me that it's been way too long since I was working out regularly. I have fat cells in areas where previously I didn't even have body. Pretty soon I will collapse under the weight of my own gravity and even light will never escape me.
But mainly I just wanted to say your live journal is great reading. I think it has one of the highest "useful, hype-free information" densities on LJ. Of course my perception of what is useful tends, quite perplexingly to most sane beings, to extend to tidbits like "The Mole Man of Fresno." So take that as you may.
Re: Milo rocks
Date: 2002-04-07 04:22 am (UTC)Of course the Mole Man's story is useful. Who has not seen Nightbreed? Next time you find yourself in an underground vampire city, you will be prepared.
BTW, have you ever tried the grippers?
Re: Milo rocks
Date: 2002-04-07 11:37 am (UTC)I fear genetics will forever delegate me to a rank less than Captain of Crush. With good behavior, I might manage Corporal one day. Maybe.
The Mole Man reminded me of Ed Leedskalin and his Coral Castle (http://www.coralcastle.com) here in South Florida. The Coral Castle is one of those places that has continued to provide fodder for the paranormalists for years, despite the fact that folks who were close to Ed (as well as Ed himself) insisted that there was no mystery to its construction, just clever application of chains, pulleys, and levers. Apparently the guy didn't like adults around when he was working, but did let kids hang around. So after one kid claimed to have seen him levitate 4-ton blocks of coral, the story stuck. Forget about the many other kids who had a slightly better understanding of what all those chains and wires were for. Ahhh... reminds me of high school. :)