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Traps & Shoulders this morning. Done using 4 of the Brig-20 recommended movements. Showing the last working set of each one in this clip. As I acclimate to this deal I’ll add resistance, but for now I’m keeping it moderate and getting the reps. A-Jay

In this case 'boring' may have meant mature and having an IQ larger than your shoe size. A-Jay

This goes on all year, but the hard water season allows me a perfect opportunity and plenty of time to 'ramp it up a bit'. A-Jay

Generally NOT a stick used in Bass Fishing. Certainly can be but not a remotely popular deal. With the recent surge in very light / small ultra finesse presentations for bass, this type of blank might be found at more bass fishing rod vendors. As it stands now, if I were looking for that deal, I'd be checking out rods usually used for trout type applications. A-Jay

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And that's not bass fishing now is it. A-Jay

When & If paddling or pedaling a kayak is the only physical exertion one participates in, then it certainly feels like exercise. Clearly duration, distance & frequency come into play. If you're participating in a schedule regiment of another type of exercise, that is done more often than kayaking, then the boating might seem more like recreation. A-Jay

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This should cover it ~ (underlined a few of my favorites) Won't belong before every birthday card you get will have at least one of these on it somewhere You Know You're Getting Old When... Your joints are more accurate than the National Weather Service. Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off. Your back goes out more than you do. The twinkle in your eye is only the reflection of the sun on your bifocals. You feel like the morning after when you haven't been anywhere the night before. You finally got your head together, now your body is falling apart. Your supply of brain cells is finally down to a manageable size. You wake up with that morning-after feeling and you didn't do anything the night before. You don't care where your wife goes, just so you don't have to go along. It takes twice as long to look half as good. Many of your co-workers were born the same year that you got your last promotion. People call at 9 PM and ask, "Did I wake you?" You can live without sex but not without glasses. The clothes you've put away until they come back in style... have come back in style. You look forward to a dull evening. Your mind makes contracts your body can't keep. The pharmacist has become your new best friend. There's nothing left to learn the hard way. You come to the conclusion that your worst enemy is gravity. You start video taping daytime game shows. You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room. Your idea of a night out is sitting on the patio. You look for your glasses for half-an-hour, then find they've been on your head all the time. You wake up, looking like your driver's license picture. Happy hour is a nap. You begin every other sentence with, "Nowadays..." You constantly talk about the price of gasoline. You don't remember when your wild oats turned to shredded wheat. You sing along with the elevator music. You are proud of your lawn mower. You wonder how you could be over the hill when you don't remember being on top of it. Getting lucky means you find your car in the parking lot. The little gray-haired lady you help across the street is your wife. Your idea of weight lifting is standing up. Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either. Your ears are hairier than your head. You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it. It takes longer to rest than it did to get tired. You talk about "good grass" and you're referring to someone's lawn. The end of your tie doesn't come anywhere near the top of your pants. You give up all your bad habits and you still don't feel good. Your childhood toys are now in a museum. You can't remember the last time you laid on the floor to watch television. You confuse having a clear conscience with having a bad memory. You frequently find yourself telling people what a loaf of bread USED to cost. You know all the answers, but nobody asks you the questions. You enjoy hearing about other people's operations. You got cable for the weather channel. Old Folks MTV! Your new easy chair has more options than your car. Your little black book only contains names ending in M.D. Everything hurts and what doesn't hurt, doesn't work. You find yourself beginning to like accordion music. You have too much room in the house and not enough in the medicine cabinet. You get into a heated argument about pension plans. "Getting a little action" means you don't need to take a laxative. Conversations with people your own age often turn into "dueling ailments." You buy a compass for the dash of your car. You take a metal detector to the beach. The car that you bought brand new becomes an antique. You are cautioned to slow down by the doctor instead of by the police. You realize that caution is the only thing you care to exercise. You don't remember being absentminded. You have more patience; but actually, it's just that you don't care any more. Your memory is shorter and your complaining is longer. Your drugs of preference are now vitamins. You tip more and carry less. You read more and remember less. You get propositioned by AARP. Younger women start opening doors for you. You begin to become invisible in the dating and mating game. The highway patrol sigh or shake their heads but don't give you a ticket. You scout for a warmer place to spend the long, cold winters. You are no longer 'promising'. Younger men ask you for advice. You work on your short game. Youthful injuries return with a vengeance. Youthful indiscretions harden into bad habits. You shop for health insurance the way you once shopped for a new car. Your medical expenses go up 50%. A 'late night' now ends at 11 pm. You learn where your prostrate is. You develop a knack for wearing hats. and finally, You know you're getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It's like, 'See if you can blow this out.' A-Jay

When I look back on my mid & late teens, "Ten Foot Tall & Bullet Proof" comes to mind. Growing up in the 70's was like a free for all. Besides that, I'm certain mature adults had no problem associating the words disrespectful and selfish in my general direction. And I earned it. I am honestly embarrassed by much of how that deal went. Thankfully, I somehow managed to surround myself with folks who epitomized the polar opposite of all of that. Final realized that the world didn't revolve around me. #changedman A-Jay

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I do not do correctives. As a 'veteran lifter', what's busted is busted . When we train long enough and with the loads necessary to result in strength and or hypertrophy gains, there's going to be some carnage. If you choose to purchase and read Mr Bridnole's book, what you may find is that many 'compound exercises', can & do cause much of what we suffer from. Asking joints to perform under load over and over in a manner that is biomechanically counterproductive is where a good bit of 'over use' originates. (Exception may be if there is a Giant increase in workload, like going from 3 sets to15 in one workout. That can jack some stuff up too.) Unfortunately, I am the Poster Child' for all of that. There 's a VERY GOOD CHANCE that the Brig-20 done right and over time, can seriously help and allow our bodies to heal from many of these nagging injuries. If there's any chance at all, I believe this deal is the way to go. Since I started this deal, most ALL of my post workout DOMS has been in the targeted muscles with very little if any in my joints and or associated connective tissue. That a big deal and quite a change from most every workout I've done, especially those that included compound exercises: which was just about all of them. Food For thought. A-Jay

You know I love it too. During the Sissy Squat, when my glutes / hips stay high enough, there is little to NO activation there. Total Full Length Quad Blast (with no hip, back or knee pain). But as soon as I lean forward and they drop, even a little, the exercise gets considerably easier. Which tells me those big ole glutes are firing. My pride says load it up and just squat that deal, but I can train my glutes far more directly with those step back lunges, especially with my opposite leg elevated on that block. A-Jay

That 'shad' pattern is most white with a hint of light grey, I guess. Most of the Shad baits I've gotten from Outcast had somewhat less 'color' than the one pictured on the site. Either way it's still pretty bright. A-Jay

And this is where that video is invaluable. I am trying to lean back and make that more of a sissy squat. Easier with the lighter weights but tougher as I go up. I will need to clean that up. I do have the option of using the cables which work well. I have been trying that lever arm version as it just feels smoother. I'll get it figured out. Old school squats are out of the question for this guy. A-Jay

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Been working on a Total Re-Boot exercise wise. The Brig-20 has been my motivation. Loaded with Isolation work. It's not 'just another workout program'. A good bit of this is somewhat familiar. However, This is a completely different overall approach from MOST ALL traditional resistance Training including all The Compound Exercises I've previously performed. And I mean for DECADES. Still fine tuning the training sequences & exercises to get the most out it in the home gym, but I Really Like where this is headed. My joints are very happy. More to follow soon. Here's a sneak peak at my leg workout from this morning. A-Jay

No clue ~ But I found this . . . . https://yourjeepguide.com/wrangler-snow-plowing/ A-Jay

Please go into this one with a 'very open mind'. It's going to challenge just about everything you 'know' about this stuff. Conventional wisdom might go right out the window and there could even be a little crow eaten. Personally I choked down a freaking murder of them. As always, I will most definitely be passing on my results. A-Jay

Great Term ~ Been there and we have to do that every time we foster a dog or get a new puppy. A-Jay

Thanks and right back at ya my friend. During the somewhat rare times I'm not deep into a training mode, I usually relax my dietary standards a bit, but this time I sort of went a little overboard. OK - Off The Rails . . . And even after all these years it still surprises me at how long it takes to get the kind of lean I like, but how fast it all goes almost completely away. Been riding the calorie deficit train for a couple of weeks or so now and that trip will need to continue for some time. But I like it; in particular the results. And I have to pass this on . . . . I've been running the Brig-20 deal for all of this come back trail, a month or so now. GAME CHANGER If you're not familiar with this deal, check it out. The best way I can describe this is -- and this is no joke. After 40 Plus YEARS OF 'WORKNG OUT' and suffering a number of life altering injuries in the process, I wish I had this information from the start. While some of this was and is available in other formats, Doug Brignole's presentation of this stuff literally blew my mind and I feel somewhat embarrassed at how ineffective I probably was for all those years. I sincerely hope that peaks your interest. I'll be dropping a video or three of this type of training in the immediate future, as soon as I can get off 'the fat boy program'. Stay Safe A-Jay

The 'extra casting distance' one gets from this, at least for me, could never out weigh the problems associated with it; especially in most bass fishing scenario's. My spools are always kept loaded pretty close to capacity, so my reel does a much better job of laying all that in a uniform & neat fashion than I ever could. Except for flipping / pitching, with a less than loaded spool, I can see me cursing at my gear more than I'd like. Good Luck though A-Jay

As all rods have a 'line & lure weight rating', it's mostly a recommendation rather than a hard & fast rule. Offers a buyer an 'idea' of where the rod might perform at it's best. However, when it comes to 'lure weight ratings', some companies get pretty liberal with what they list. So while the rating range might be listed as 1/4 to 1 ounce, the top & bottom end of that is usually a bit of a stretch. So the Sweet spot for a particular blank might be somewhere in the middle. In this example like 3/8 to 5/8 oz would be where I'd guess it to be. Clearly not all lures weigh exactly what they are listed as and when a trailer is added that changes it some too. Line type & size effects all of this as well. Pretty sure you're on top of this but for those who might not be: I highly recommend that you find a line of rods you like and stick with it. In the long run you'll be better off knowing what to expect from a product, especially if your making purchases on line. If you can be hands on before you buy, bring the reel you'll be using to the vendor, (or get one out of the display case) and mount it on a few sticks in the store. Usually helps. Fish Hard A-Jay

Despite fishing mostly clear rarely stained habitats, I do use various baits, both hard and soft, with and without rattles. No sure either way is ever really a game changer, but have seen an occasional preference one way or the other. Something I do bank on though, is that the mature bass I'm routinely seeking, and I'll even go as far as to call them Senoirs, didn't reach that age by missing many opportunities. Meaning, she is the queen of her castle and is very aware of her surroundings; especially when it comes to predators & prey. If she's into it, she'll be all over my jig. With or without a rattle. A-Jay

After a couple of years of 'looking', I learned that there is a rather significant population of pre spawn Brown Bass that stage considerable deeper and much further away from both the food source & the spawning areas than I ever imagined; mostly because I never checked. Only scratched the surface of the possibilities of this in 2021, but it's opened up another very viable option when the shallower fish bail after the many cold fronts April & May routinely see. Just one more nugget to make the hard water season seem even longer. https://youtu.be/8p_YjczqvhE?t=454 A-Jay