IpostedthefollowingattheStrongFirstForum:
Male/Chinese/Programmer/45yr/5'7"/145lbs
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First,Ineedtobephysicallyfit(toagewell,e.g.).
Exercisesatsomegyms,includingmine,can
begrueling.Myskinisverythickthesedaysand
Idon'tfeelashamedfallingbehind.Atthesame
time,Icouldn'thelpbutimprovingbywatching
andtryingtodowhatothersdo.IfIkeepgoing,
ImightenduplikeHelioGraiceandbeableto
traininmylastyearsonearth(hedidanddied
at94),amuchbetteroutlookthanaprolong...[
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Anepiphanycameduringourrecentvocabulary
building.InoticedthatTimhadnotroublewith
manyshortAnglo-Saxonwordsusedtoexplainthe
keywordsthatweweretryingtomaster.ThenI
realized,asanimmigrantthroughpursuinghigher
education,thewordsIworkedhardtoacquirewere
forpassingexamsandmostlymadeoutofGreekor
Latinrootswhichbookssuchas"WordPowerMade
Easy"doagoodjobexplaining.
...[
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Thebook"WordPowerMadeEasy"byNormanLewis
arrivedonDec14,2017andittookmemorethan
twoweekstofinish.
Ilikeditrightaway.Foronething,Iscored
highinitspretestandmyvocabularylevelwas
rankedthehighest"superior."Vanityaside,it
wasararekindofwordbookthatoncestartingto
readIdidnotwanttoputdown.
ItblendsintheGreekandLatinrootsengagingly
whenexplainingthecom...[
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IlovetheGracieCombativescoursewhich
identifies36mostimportanttechniquesand
organizestheminaverybeginner-friendlyway.
Theempahsisonstreet-readinessappealstome
instantly.Toexecutethemoves,oneonlyneeds
basicleveloffitnessandmobility.Thisisfun,
too.It'salmostagame.
Itookclassesforonemonthbeforedecidingto
stopgoingdowntoSantaCruzandtostart
learningathome.Ihadthesp...[
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Itwasamemorableweekend.Afteryearsof
listeningtothenomadfitnessguru,ImetSteve
attheLavinMMAgyminSanRafael.65years
young,hestoodat5'7".Hehadveryshorthair,
sparklingeyes,andlookedveryfit.Testinghis
arm-lockinaweapon-defensedrill,Icouldtell
hisstrengthwasgreat.
His"Jiu-JitsuforaLifetime"coursecoversmany
aspectsofhealthandlongevityandonereally
doesn...[
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Dearreader,ifyouhaven'tnoticedfromtheposts
inthisblog,Iloveafewboringthings,e.g.,
longdistancerunning,swimming,andweight-lifting.
Inthemindgame,Ilovecollectingwords.
NomatterhowmanyvolumesonwordsandphrasesI
accumulated,Istillenjoyleafingthroughabook
abouttheminalibraryor(brick-and-mortar)
bookstoreand,ifallowedinthelatterlong
enough,eventuallyforkingoutafewbuckst...[
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Atmyworkplace,beforecodecouldbesubmitted
totherepository,ithastobereviewedbyanother
engineer.Moreover,ithastogeta"+2"consent
whichcanonlycomefromanexperiencedcolleague.
The+2-issuingpowercreatessomesortofpecking
order,which,likeothersuchartificialhierachies,
softwareengineersoftenfindseriouslyengaging.
IwascalledbyPoftenthesedaysforslab
allocator-relatedque...[
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"SimpleandSinister"isakettlebellexerciseprogram
fromPavelTsatsoulineofStrongFirst.There
areonlytwomajormoves--theswingandthe
get-up--andasessionincludingwarmupfinishesin
30minutes.The"Simple"goalrequires100one-arm
swingsinfiveminutes,aone-minuterest,and10
get-upsin10minutes,allwitha32kgkettlebell.
Itappealstosomethingprimalandmonotonousin
mea...[
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Theeuphoriabroughtbyexercisingoverthe
weekendstayedwithmeasIsteppedoutofthe
dojoat8:40pm,MondayNovember13,2017.Itwas
raining.Ihadtodrive50minthroughtheSanta
Cruzmountainstogethome.
AsIzigzaggeduphillinthedark,cautionwas
whittledawayandpluckcameback.Thegolden
pavementmarkersflashedbrightlyandmadeiteasy
toseelanes.Whattobeafraidof?Istartedto
speedupandpass.
Thin...[
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