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Gym: one month in

The idea was to write how I survived the first month in the gym unscathed. Being near the end of my session today, I thought I’d do a few sets of barbell pullovers. After the warm-up, the weight of the bar seemed to strain more than it ought as I... ...full story at adekun

from adekun on Tue, Nov 03 2009

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