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Originally Posted by uproared
Damnit, that's massive.
I cant do a one-armed (balance/strength), and my fingers feel like they're going to drop-off if I try and use only one or two fingers!
You sound like you must be ripped, what are your gym stats?
My bench is about 85kg and shoulders dumbell presses around 32.5kg. I've stale mated on this and I doubt I'll be able to get a lot stronger without putting on weight first (I'm 75kg)...but I STRUGGLE to put on weight.
How about cardio? I've slacked on that for the last couple of years...
I just blew 3k on a racing bike though, so I'm looking forward to getting back into cycling.
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I have done about 27 years combined Martial Arts (Aikido, Tae Kwon Do, Wing Chun, Karate, Judo and some Jeet Kune Do) and Boxing training.
Even though I am not currently training in any of these disciplines in a formal sense, I have held onto the greatest thing that I ever learned from Bruce Lee:
"The most powerful weapon in the world is a focussed mind." and
Have no limitation as limitation."
My fingers cane after I do one thumb 1 index finger pushuos...yet the satisfaction is food for the mind and I always think of Bruce saying
Argue for your limitation and it's yours."
A couple of my mates blew out when they saw me first do it and commented that they could never do that. I said don't try, do it with no doubt! 3 weeks later Kitty and I were at the markets in Hobart and they came up to me and said Dakota watch this and did exactly what they doubted they would ever do. That was a buzz.
I am around 90kg and am fortunate that I have never had any excess fat. I am big boned and a fast gainer with no visible fat.
I can bench twice my weight and triple on excercises like pec decks (probably my best muscle group).
I spent around $2k on an Orbea (Spanish) mountain bike recently and intend to stop driving my car whenever possible and use the bike for fast cardio sprints and long endurance runs.
I skated 200kms in 12 hours (Launceston to Hobart) so I could raise funds to travel to the National Rollerskating Championships. I love to push myself and compared to many.... I haven't really started.
If we doubted ourself less we would all be capable of so much more on every level.
Keep up the good work and your bike sounds like a great investment.
One final thing that just came to me.
Mike Nemitz was interviewed by Muscle & Fitness Magazine 10 or so years ago (He had the largest biceps in the world or close to it) and they asked him: "Mike, how many biceps curls do you do?"
He repied: "I don't count....why limit myself!"