Mike joins up

I found my partner Mike's LiveJournal -- he shall henceforth be known as mike_norcal.

It's funny that he still doesn't get that the computer is the tool I use to build the record of my understanding to live beyond me. As I recently told him, when I die I do not want to hear from those assembled to remember me that my proudest achievement was a beautifully decorated house. Not that it's nothing, but somewhere down my priority list.

Leg Press personal best

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Leg day at the gym. Warmup with the leg press at 540# 15.15.15, then 630# 16, 760# 16.16.16.16.16. Record (go me!) -- though my legs aren't any bigger since 100# ago.

Then it's some leg extensions (255# 16.16.16), leg curls (105# 15.14.12), various piddly abductor and adductor things...... then a little cardio at the end to oxygenate everything.

I only do legs twice a month, with the second set centered around barbell squats, c. 245#. Total weight lifted for squats is the weight of the bar plus your body weight, so about 420# in this case, while the press, since it's at a 45 degree angle, is 760# / sqrt(2) or 540# (actually slightly more because of the unknown weight of the sled.) Yet the squat is much more draining, presumably since more degrees of freedom in motion means more energy expended to control posture and keep the back straight.