I’m just going to assume SP will pick something fitness related for the Glibs’ homepage photo for this article.  If Q does it then I’m in real trouble.

This exchange with mrfamous last week got me thinking:

If you can’t get into your gym because your governor shut it down, how you make your workout more challenging other than increasing your reps?  One method is to alter the exercises you are already doing to make them emphasize a different muscle group.  Another is to deliberately involve a second major muscle group.

Here are two examples.  The first is diamond cutter pushups.  In the traditional pushup, your hands should be roughly shoulder width apart, when you descend your shoulders should line up with your hands, elbows are at a 45-degree angle, your ascent should be felt primarily in your chest.

Per AthleanX, here are the instructions for a diamond cutter pushup:

Get into a pushup position but instead of having your arms out under your shoulders, bring them in so they are directly under your chest. Your pointer finger and thumb should be touching your opposite hands pointer finger and thumb creating a diamond shape. Slowly lower your chest to a few inches above your hands and forcefully push up by contracting your chest and your triceps.

Your triceps are much more involved in the movement.  It’s your triceps, rather than your chest, that will likely be the constraint on total reps.

The second variation is the Cross Knee Plank Pushup.  Your starting form is the same as a traditional pushup.  During descent, bring one knee up and across your body.  Think of it as trying to touch your knee to your opposite elbow.  That knee must stay off the floor.  You have three points of contact during the movement.  When you ascend, the leg straightens out to give you four points of contact at the end of the movement.  You just worked your chest and abs in one movement.

 

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In coronavirus news, I continue to hate everyone. That’s not really news anymore.  Daughter 1 got screwed out of returning to campus this fall.  Her frustration is palpable.

My 83 year old father has become my barometer for what more or less normal people think is going on.  Dad has always been politically middle of the road.  He gets his news from the MSM and is unlikely to get it from an alternate source unless something in his social media feed flags it.  Every time we talk, I mention something he hasn’t heard before that’s germane to the Covid-19 public policy discussion.  Every week he asks why he hasn’t heard about that.  Indeed, Dad.  Indeed.

I have followed Sweden with great interest since they announced they would not shut down and would follow the path to herd immunity.  Here is a chart of their daily Covid-19 deaths:

 

Why on earth didn’t we follow their example? We would be done with this shit show by now.

 

This week’s music is for every Glib who has the balls to be “that guy” when discussing the ridiculousness of the shutdowns.

One for Mojeaux because she’s been keeping at it.