Well, I Went And Done It, Gunny...

[Gunny]

Seriously though, I used the damn thing like 2x, and paid like $2,000 for it on some ripoff plan they nicked me for.

Both my wives were fitness gimmick freaks. Had to have the latest, greatest. Got used once or twice then if I was lucky it folded under the bed. If not, coat rack

Didn't do me much good. I don't use machines.

[High_Plains_Drifter]

Both my wives were fitness gimmick freaks. Had to have the latest, greatest. Got used once or twice then if I was lucky it folded under the bed. If not, coat rack

Didn't do me much good. I don't use machines.

I talked my wife and her friend into a fitness membership at a local gym in Tampa. I never went to the gym with them when they went, but I found out they'd hit the gym, do God knows what, probably sit on the ass and watch other people work out, and then hit McDonalds when they left. A total waste of money.

Had a girlfriend after I divorced the wife in Tampa that begged me to go to the base gym with me. When I found out I could take her, she and I always went together. Needless to say, she was hot when I met, and she just got hotter. I took this picture of her at Clearwater Beach...

[High_Plains_Drifter]

Going to quick puffing the cigs when that gym gets here too.

I never smoke in my house, I never smoke in my vehicles, can't smoke in the bars, the only time I ever puff a few is like now when I'm in the shop.

Can't see smoking and working out to get in better shape as going together.

[High_Plains_Drifter]

Tracking says the new gym will be here Tuesday. Got a couple pics of my dining room table and chairs, put it on a local buy/sell/trade page on facebook for $40. It's gotta go... can't wait to get the gym put together and start pumping iron. I think about it every day.

[High_Plains_Drifter]

Well, just sold the dining room table so I'm ready for the gym.

[Gunny]

Well, just sold the dining room table so I'm ready for the gym.

Used to piss my ex off when I'd pull the weights out of the closet every morning and set the "gym" up in the living room. Done THAT more than once. Who needs a table? Got a bench, right?

[High_Plains_Drifter]

Used to piss my ex off when I'd pull the weights out of the closet every morning and set the "gym" up in the living room. Done THAT more than once. Who needs a table? Got a bench, right?

There used to be a dining room table there, now there's going to be a gym... I have TV trays to eat on, which is what I always use. I hadn't eaten at the table for over a year, and even then it was when I had company. All the table ever did was collect dust. I think putting the gym there is a much better idea. It'll be right under my nose so I'll use it every day. Tracking says it'll be here tomorrow. Says the shipping weight is 459 pounds, so just putting it together will probably be a work out all by itself. Sure excited to get going though. Haven't smoked for days now, and ain't gonna buy any either. Going to try eating a little healthier too. Going to see if I can actually put some bulk on this 63 year old disabled vet. I know I can at least feel better...

[High_Plains_Drifter]

Son of a BITCH... now this morning, this shipping company I've never heard of, has changed the due date for delivery from the 4th to the 5th... DAMN IT. I woke up early and couldn't fall back asleep because I was excited about getting the gym today, and now this... PISS, ME, OFF.

[High_Plains_Drifter]

Well, there it is! Going to take a video of opening it all in case it isn't all there, I have documentation. But, right in the middle of mowing my JUNGLE of a yard. I'll get to it in a bit...

[Gunny]

Have fun. You'll be so tired dragging that shit around and putting it together you'll have to wait a day to work out

[High_Plains_Drifter]

Have fun. You'll be so tired dragging that shit around and putting it together you'll have to wait a day to work out

You guessed that right. I worked on putting it together until 8:30 last night and finally called it quits. Got all the big stuff done, just a million pulleys and the cables, couple other small things and tighten everything up yet. Going to finish my morning coffee routine and get back at it. Yeah just working on getting this much done was a work out. This thing is BUILT. My Golds gym had plastic pulleys, this has METAL, with BEARINGS, and the steel is heavy duty. Just really happy with it overall, very well made... I have no idea why the board rotates this picture. It is not off on the host site. The board likes to auto rotate pics to landscape, seems it has a problem posting portrait oriented pics...

[Gunny]

What's the rubber mallet for? In case you get pissed off at all that assembling shit?

[High_Plains_Drifter]

What's the rubber mallet for? In case you get pissed off at all that assembling shit?

LOL... for putting in some of the end caps... but... here it is... DONE... only took TEN HOURS. VERY pleased though. Can't really think of an exercise you can't do on this thing. The thing right behind the upright seat you throw over your shoulders and do crunches, that's very cool. Doubt I can get the six pack back that I had when I was 30 but I'm going to try...

[High_Plains_Drifter]

Holy SHIT @Gunny... there might be hope for me after all... look at these freakin' animals... older than I am... MAAAAaaaan... I got work to do...



My greatest obstacle is my weak right side. It's not only my triceps but partial pecks, partial lats, etc. I can feel that the smaller parts of the pecks and lats WORK, they move, I can flex them, they're just lesser than the left. So as long as I can tell they WORK, I'm going to trash them. I figure if they MOVE, then I can build them up. I think I'm going to start working that side double, just to see if I can get it catch up to the left side. When I get pissed, it just makes me double my efforts. I don't like NO for anything, even building muscle. I'll wear that gym out before I quit... and that ain't gonna happen. Lifting is just part of the day now. I look forward to it, and I'm seeing results. I noticed today for the first time that the veins were starting to pop a little on my biceps. Never saw that before. I regret that I didn't start lifting right after I had that discectomy, and they told me I'd get 95% of everything back. I probably would have. Fuck it... I'll make it happen now.

Oh, and I bought a new curl bar. Much better, wider, heavy duty, great bar, angled, makes doing curls a helluva lot more comfortable. Strange that out of all the bits of the right side, arm that were effected by the crushed nerves, my right bicep is normal. It's as strong if not stronger than the left... weird.

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[High_Plains_Drifter]

Nothing like PINK FLOYD while working out. Bought another JBL Extreme bluetooth speaker, excellent price right now on Amazon, and can pair it with the other one I have and now have stereo, sounds fantastic, is cordless, wireless, perfect, take it anywhere and even run it off your smart phone.

I've lost TEN POUNDS now @Gunny. Hit the scale yesterday at 211.4 lbs. I haven't been down this far for a good 4 or 5 years. Getting some good definition going, and it will be even better losing weight. Target weight loss is down to 190 so, I still have a ways to go but I'll get there. I've changed the diet around completely along with the working out. People are going to look at me next summer when I'm getting the first tan in 20 years and think, what the hell happened to him, is that really Tom? ...