Thoughts on going to the gym

[xiphias]

I've now been going to the gym with my cousin for nearly a month. I've nearly doubled the weights I started with, a month ago.

If I keep this up, by the end of the summer, I should be able to bench-press a Buick.

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Moore's Law!

[brooksmoses]

This seems a variation on another method I have heard tell of. You start, so the tale goes, with a baby calf. Each day, you lift it over the fence. Now, a baby calf isn't that hard to lift over a fence. And so you do this each day, and each day it grows a bit, and by the end of the year, you're lifting a full-grown cow over the fence.

Re: Moore's Law!

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

You can also train your jumping ability a similar way. Plant a stalk of corn, and jump over it every day.

If you do this right, after a year, you should be able to jump six feet while carrying a cow.

[jehanna.livejournal.com]

If I keep this up, by the end of the summer, I should be able to bench-press a Buick.

This made me giggle because arcticelf is always on about how he'll know he's in shape when he can lift a Buick and throw it. :)

To my knowlege, his workouts, while they have got him into excellent shape, have not yet progressed to this point.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Cool! By the end of the summer, we should be able to do a two-person Buick juggling routine! Now we just need to get six Buicks! And, learn to juggle! And, y'know, both get strong enough to toss around Buicks one-handed.

[jehanna.livejournal.com]

You know...I can picture the two of you doing this. And it's scaring me that I can. :)

I really need to introduce you guys to each other at some point. We should all get together sometime after WPI lets out and things settle down a bit.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

If anyone would do this it would be you.

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