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For the first time since I got my original cholesterol test in flight school in 1989, my cholesterol is in "normal" limits. An endocrinologist at the VA specializing in lipidology (it's a thing) put me on a combination of two meds to try to get the numbers to be prettier. I've been studying this issue …
The fact that we are expected to pledge faith and allegiance and perform rituals like puppets whenever certain songs are played, or pieces of fabric are held high says a lot about the nature of being human. We aren't free. We're afraid to be free. It's why we get conned by cults, religions, dictators, snake …
There's nothing like the specter of gun control discussions to get the patriotic blood boiling and the cries of support for our beloved Constitution flowing like the blood after a mass shooting. The religious are often criticized, rightfully so, for cherry picking the pretty parts of their texts, but our freedom loving, apple pie eating, …
I like when the extra microphones they employ for the post-season TV coverage pick up opposing players shooting the shit in Spanish while standing out at 2nd Base. Baseball may be an American invention, and was once widely seen as the American Pastime, but it's a global game now. Latin players from Cuba, Venezuela and …
I had to get rid of The Pursuit of Strength as a domain because it was annoying me. I picked up a nice new domain for only $1.99 a year: joesblog.website and was going to map it to this blog, but now it turns out WordPress won't allow me to map anymore on their free …
I've completed my rep max testing for all lifts I will use in my HST cycle. I was going to do the two weeks of 4's with negatives, but as it happens, an unexpected weekend trip out of town would put me at a 3-day gap in training, and I don't know that I would …
I've decided to continue this blog as a journal of my exploits for no one to read except me. Since I last posted I've done the usual scrapping and restarting of ideas on how to train when I took another look at an old friend: HST. I've collected a plethora of training books over the …
After my last powerlifting session, I did some thinking, an activity that generally signals a change in direction. While I have made some nice improvements in technique for the three powerlifts, my strength increases are nonexistent. Let's break it down: Strength is a combination of motor skills, neurological adaptations and hypertrophy. At a FFMI of …
I had my first ever Dexa Scan performed today. It was quick, easy and provided lots of fascinating information. The first actionable item was to do something to improve bone mass density. Apparently it's a natural process, that is the weakening of skeletal bone mass, but I'm not about to head into a risk zone …
Reading the news of the day, dealing with the obstacles one must face to earn a living, interacting with the multitudes each day, facing the mundane yet irritating travails of existence can challenge one's sense of optimism and contentment. At times a Herculean effort is required to prevent a descent into dread and pessimism for …
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