Have no consideration what so ever!
While I don't like to do it, I go to the weight room at the YMCA to do my leg workout twice a week. The major reason is that they have good machines to do squats. Trying to do them by myself at home with free weights is a bit dangerous. Since I have to go there anyway I choose to do the rest of my legs at the same time. My routine calls for me to start with leg extensions, and since they only have one machine to do this exercise I am always aware of when the machine is in use. Today another guy just beat me to it. No problem. I need to remain flexible so I decide to do leg curls first. When I finish my first set there the man is still on the extension machine, and it looks like he hasn't even started! So I change my strategy and decide that I will do both of my two sets back to back, instead of rotating to the next exercise. After all, though it is not that uncommon for people to hog a machine for some time, I try not to let it get to me. Anyway I move off to the other end of the gym and do my squats and then check back again. Would you believe he is still there and although he has now started to do something, it appears that he has little or no weight set up, and he is barely moving his legs....perhaps 5 degrees of extension. What the?? Deep breath Peter and I go do my hip flexors. By this time I am starting to think I may have to say something but since I didn't have the energy for any conflict I proceeded to do my back extensions and my abs, all the time watching this guy out of the corner of my eye. He just seemed totally oblivious to the possibility that someone else may need that piece of equipment as he clearly spent most of his time just sitting there, occasionally making some small effort to put the thing in motion.
Finally, when I was just about ready to say screw it and go home, he dragged his lazy ass off the seat and back into his wheelchair!
Okay so maybe I embellished my story a bit. But only in that I knew he was handicapped all along. He had almost no use of his legs and yet was making some effort to exercise them. Dear God, I am so blessed to have the use of all of my limbs. I promise to always put them to good use and to try not too whine too much when they are a bit sore from the use I put them to. Or failing that, I at least wish to beg forgiveness in advance for when I do whine.
So if you got 2 legs that work today....use them today!!!
Along with my weights I had a decent ride in beautiful warm weather. As far as I'm concerned it can never be too hot to ride. Bring on summer!!
(leg weights, ride 70 kms 2:16)
...and this ones for you Mikey. I hope you like it....
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward."---Franklin D Roosevelt
While I don't like to do it, I go to the weight room at the YMCA to do my leg workout twice a week. The major reason is that they have good machines to do squats. Trying to do them by myself at home with free weights is a bit dangerous. Since I have to go there anyway I choose to do the rest of my legs at the same time. My routine calls for me to start with leg extensions, and since they only have one machine to do this exercise I am always aware of when the machine is in use. Today another guy just beat me to it. No problem. I need to remain flexible so I decide to do leg curls first. When I finish my first set there the man is still on the extension machine, and it looks like he hasn't even started! So I change my strategy and decide that I will do both of my two sets back to back, instead of rotating to the next exercise. After all, though it is not that uncommon for people to hog a machine for some time, I try not to let it get to me. Anyway I move off to the other end of the gym and do my squats and then check back again. Would you believe he is still there and although he has now started to do something, it appears that he has little or no weight set up, and he is barely moving his legs....perhaps 5 degrees of extension. What the?? Deep breath Peter and I go do my hip flexors. By this time I am starting to think I may have to say something but since I didn't have the energy for any conflict I proceeded to do my back extensions and my abs, all the time watching this guy out of the corner of my eye. He just seemed totally oblivious to the possibility that someone else may need that piece of equipment as he clearly spent most of his time just sitting there, occasionally making some small effort to put the thing in motion.
Finally, when I was just about ready to say screw it and go home, he dragged his lazy ass off the seat and back into his wheelchair!
Okay so maybe I embellished my story a bit. But only in that I knew he was handicapped all along. He had almost no use of his legs and yet was making some effort to exercise them. Dear God, I am so blessed to have the use of all of my limbs. I promise to always put them to good use and to try not too whine too much when they are a bit sore from the use I put them to. Or failing that, I at least wish to beg forgiveness in advance for when I do whine.
So if you got 2 legs that work today....use them today!!!
Along with my weights I had a decent ride in beautiful warm weather. As far as I'm concerned it can never be too hot to ride. Bring on summer!!
(leg weights, ride 70 kms 2:16)
...and this ones for you Mikey. I hope you like it....
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward."---Franklin D Roosevelt
Love
Peter
Haha, thanks dad, I like the quote!
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