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Only Rainy Days and Mondays…
Used to get me down…
…but that’s before I discovered kettlebells, steel clubs, rope flow, maces, and gadas!
Up bright and early and out in the rain at 0530.
- 15-minutes rope flow
- 200 x 360s with a 5 kg gada (30 right, 30 left, then rest, and repeat. Set 3: 30 right, 30 left, 10 right, 10 left)
It’s only 1 kg more than the steel mace (well duh, Einstein!), but the longer handle length makes it feel much heavier.
Lunch today was striploin with 3 rashers of bacon, 4 boiled duck eggs, some no-sugar mayo, mustard, and black pepper mix, some green olives, and a large tablespoon of butter. Delicious!
Post-lunch walk: 15 minutes, not carrying anything today but lots of arm swinging to get the blook pumping. (Forearm’s feeling much better after the weekend rest.)
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