Archive for December, 2012

Day 2

I need to think of a good alias for the old school strongman, whose transformation from string bean to Adonis was the envy of every boy of a certain era. I think it was advertised in comic books? I will call him Strongman for now.

But I am not a boy. Also, some of the visualization doesn’t make sense for me. Envisioning a strong, powerful chest? Not quite what I seek. Strength sounds good. I will visualize having toned arms and actual upper body strength.

The exercises are not unlike today’s boot camp/body weight exercises. I’m modifying them to work for me. One of the first is a dip/pushup between two chairs. I will work up to that. For now, incline push-ups against a bench or the counter will do. I need to do tricep dips and I’ll have done my Strongman for the day.

An old-school strongman will be my personal trainer

I am going to undertake a very old-fashioned exercise regime: Charles Atlas! My journey begins tomorrow.