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Mid-August and the sun is shining like it was powered by the Northern Pipeline and Pennsylvania Coal. I shall hop in my solar-powered ’93 Toyota pick-up and putt south till I eventually encounter Gold’s Gym of golden iron in friendly Watsonville. There, by God’s grace, I shall descend upon the plentiful treasury and enrich my body, mind and soul.
 
I have a built-in secret weapon that accompanies me to the gym twice a week. ACM (Advanced Covert Mechanics) has taken me over half a century to develop, and its advantage in sustaining muscle in a deteriorating world, thus far, have proven creditable. ACM is also known as the greedy investment of patient, persistent and tough weightlifting and disciplined nutrition for over 50 years.

I call it iron-madness augmented by old age.
 
I simply go to the gym and perform any combination of movements I like and can do with distinguishable precision and manageable intensity and marginal might. I push and pull, I curl and extend, I press and pull-over throughout the week. And I stretch and take the kettlebells for farmer walks around the front yard on two off-days.

Bombing and Blasting, 2013.

I weaned my workout time from 75 minutes twice a week to 60 minutes times two earlier this year. Pacemaker Bingo in October of last year prompted the modification. As recently as July, wisdom suggested 45 minutes before the racks was sufficient time to rouse my hardly willing and barely able sinews to their max, the little buggers.

A mutt’s gotta do what a mutt’s gotta do. Letting go bites.

Funny thing: The reductions in training time made no difference in my obvious, apparent and visible appearance, whatever that means. The bodyweight remained the same (minus 195 pounds Fahrenheit), my energy and might (wet dog curled up in corner, scratching) showed no signs of diminishing and the head trip (we all know the head trip) improved, whatever that means.

Encouraged, I now attend my lifelong companions for 30 minutes, Sunday and Wednesday, as if anyone noticed.

Sunday, I did this:

> New Cybex chest-press machine supersetted with wide-grip pulldowns and close-grip pulldowns (4 sets x 10, 8, 6, 6 reps, ascending weight)

> Additional Cybex chest-press (4 sets x 2 - 4 reps)

> Olympic bar wrist curls (4 sets x 8-15 reps)

Finally, I did a set of B-71 crawls to the truck and pressed homeward, pedal to the metal.

I call that God’s Speed... Dave

Without Bomber Blend I am nothing.

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