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Hi, I'm making a log so that people on the internet can harass me about my fitness goals. Stats: Age: 27 Sex:  Height: 5'7" Weight: 130 lbs. or so (probably slightly wrong, my scale is terrible) Location: Portland(ia), OR Backstory: Eh, nothing too exciting, I've been heavier in the past but never really mega huge or anything. However, like many clumsy nerdy types, I've never been fit, just skinnyfat. I would like that to change. My primary way to achieve this will be to lift a weight. Goals: -60 lbs. x 5 bench press  Completed: VideoBoth by May 15th, 2013 (~6 months from the start). Secondary fluff goals: -Be super strong and able to lift all the things like groceries and large musical instruments!  -Feel really cool about lifting up heavy things and watching numbers go up!  -Feel better because being fit and healthy does that apparently!  -Make this a habit so I can keep healthy as I age and my golden years can be more awesome and less hunched over and wobbly!  -Look more awesome for myself mostly but also to increase likelihood of positive interactions with hot dude(s)!  Plan: Stripped 5x5 by our own Sean10mm! I'd like to squeeze in some sort of cardio and possibly flexibility stuff like yoga for the sake of general fitness as well. Not a part of the Toxx but still important I think maybe? Pics: Taken 11/23/12, a few weeks after first starting    (Even this is a massive improvement over when I started!)
HondaCivet fucked around with this message at May 22, 2013 around 16:00 |
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| # ? May 24, 2013 01:57 |
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Logs with ladies getting buff always end up awesome. You better keep that streak going.  Your fluff goals tell me you have just the right attitude and mindset, so I am looking forward to seeing you progress.
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| # ? Nov 19, 2012 17:25 |
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  Get it, girl!
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| # ? Nov 19, 2012 17:49 |
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Arthur D Wolfe posted:Logs with ladies getting buff always end up awesome. Very much this. 
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| # ? Nov 19, 2012 18:24 |
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HondaCivet posted:Hi, I'm making Gotta warn you that moving furniture continues to suck.
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| # ? Nov 19, 2012 19:13 |
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slinkimalinki posted:Gotta warn you that moving furniture continues to suck. This. Good luck with the lifting, you'll be smashing cellos in no time.
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| # ? Nov 19, 2012 22:29 |
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slinkimalinki posted:Gotta warn you that moving furniture continues to suck.  Thanks for the warm welcome! I too hope that this will be an epic log. I plan on hitting the gym after work so I should have my first update tonight.
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| # ? Nov 19, 2012 23:03 |
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OMG first update!  I wish I could say it was a super triumphant excellent workout but it wasn't because it was A Day. The gym was crowded and hot and annoying. Everyone goes to the gym after work on Mondays I guess? Anyway, numbers! Deadlift: 55 x 5 65 x 5 70 x 5 70 x 5 75 x 5 Yes, my deadlift is really bad. I've been having to stay this low because my knees want to buckle inwards really badly if I try to go higher.  Is this common with beginners or am I probably doing something wrong?Dumbbell one-armed row: 12 x 5 15 x 5 20 x 5 20 x 5 25 x 2 Not really sure what to do here since there aren't any dumbbells between 20 and 25, at least not from what I saw . . . I'd do the barbell row but bending over and holding 40 lbs. is too much for my back for some reason, it gets really tired. Barbell shoulder press: 20 x 5 25 x 5 30 x 5 30 x 5 35 x 4 I really suck at this one too, it hardly ever seems to go up. Maybe shoulders are just dumb and slow to get swole? Should I post logs from the past few weeks too? I don't know if that would be informative/helpful. Nothing miraculous has happened since I started or anything.
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| # ? Nov 20, 2012 05:38 |
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HondaCivet posted:Should I post logs from the past few weeks too? I don't know if that would be informative/helpful. Nothing miraculous has happened since I started or anything. Couldn't hurt, probably a good way to track your progress from your actual day 1 and all that.
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| # ? Nov 20, 2012 05:52 |
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HondaCivet posted:Yes, my deadlift is really bad. I've been having to stay this low because my knees want to buckle inwards really badly if I try to go higher. HondaCivet posted:Not really sure what to do here since there aren't any dumbbells between 20 and 25, at least not from what I saw . . . I'd do the barbell row but bending over and holding 40 lbs. is too much for my back for some reason, it gets really tired. HondaCivet posted:I really suck at this one too, it hardly ever seems to go up. Maybe shoulders are just dumb and slow to get swole? HondaCivet posted:Should I post logs from the past few weeks too? I don't know if that would be informative/helpful. Nothing miraculous has happened since I started or anything.
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| # ? Nov 20, 2012 18:48 |
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Arthur D Wolfe posted:The overhead press is infamously slow to progress, especially for women. I have only put on ~30 lb on my working weight in three months, and I am a man twice your size. Just keep pressing, even if the weight does not go up much it is still a great exercise. This is so true. I love OHP, but mine is weak and staying weak. Granted, I have a bone spur in my shoulder, but still, I've only added 5lbs to my OHP 5RM in the past ... oh ... six months, I guess. Don't worry about how much you can lift on this one. Just keep on doing it. Also, I find it helps A LOT if I tighten my core as much as I can and squeeze my glutes as I'm doing this lift. Helps keep the body a straight, strong platform upon which to press. 
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| # ? Nov 20, 2012 18:57 |
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Yeah, shoulders are super slow for me too. Don't worry. 130 at 5'7 is really good, the muscle will really show on you and you're going to look amazing. It shouldn't take long, either! HOORAY for girl logs! edit: wait what large musical instruments are you picking up?
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| # ? Nov 20, 2012 19:19 |
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I enjoy this thread title.
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| # ? Nov 20, 2012 21:16 |
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My military press is super slow to improve, like yours. I started a few months ago doing 15 pounds, and I can now do 5x5 at 30 pounds pretty well, will be throwing in some 40 pound ones next time. On the bright side, it feels SO AWESOME when you finally go up a weight doing them!
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| # ? Nov 21, 2012 01:45 |
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Uziel posted:I enjoy this thread title. Nerd trap sprung, haha!  I'm a C# developer by day so the nerd is actually me.  Arthur D Wolfe posted:Buckling knees is very common for beginners on pretty much everything that has you driving your hips up (deadlift, squat). Make sure to mentally "push" your knees out: this will help you activate your glutes and recruit more strength from your posterior chain (i.e. butt and thighs). As usual form is everything, so make sure to read up and look at videos of people of all sizes deadlifting! I will totally try this next time, thanks! I've been trying to keep my knees forward but not really actively push them out. Might help me get away from 70 lbs. right away too. I'll try to sum up the past few weeks and stick it in my first post below the OP at some point. Re: large musical instruments: I play trombone and baritone/euphonium, mostly trombone. Not super heavy but complete with the case they get awkward.
HondaCivet fucked around with this message at Nov 21, 2012 around 06:16 |
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I also enjoyed the the thread title, but because I had no idea what it was referencing I read it as if it were the rantings of a crazed swole madman. "Mmm, protected Strong bod..LIFT A WEIGHT! food arrrrrgh Bacon! *scratches at lice*, Heavy... Things? Arrrrrgh *deadlifts 500lbs* a WEIGHT!"  I expect great things, will check in here now and then!
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HondaCivet posted:Re: large musical instruments: I play trombone and baritone/euphonium, mostly trombone. omg I <3 you. Brass for life, baby!!! French horn here.... I did marching band for 6 years and yeah I remember lugging those stupid cases around. I also remember standing at attention with my horn up for 30 minutes at a time to build endurance @___@
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| # ? Nov 21, 2012 15:35 |
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Susical posted:I also remember standing at attention with my horn up for 30 minutes at a time Same, puberty sucked
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HondaCivet posted:Nerd trap sprung, haha! i would just like to say that playing trombone is nerdier than being a c# developer. and also good luck working out or whatever
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ixo posted:I also enjoyed the the thread title, but because I had no idea what it was referencing I read it as if it were the rantings of a crazed swole madman. I accept this as an equally valid interpretation of the thread title. Possibly more valid. david carmichael posted:i would just like to say that playing trombone is nerdier than being a c# developer. and also good luck working out or whatever Probably! It's especially dorky now that I'm an adult and I'm supposed to have better things to do I guess? Obviously something being "dorky" or "weird" doesn't stop me from doing it though or I wouldn't be lifting weights (as a woman) or writing software for a living. Here is a local trombone choir (yes that is a thing) playing the James Bond theme. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx-J-FmXfBM This recording single-handedly proves that trombones are cool.  Susical posted:omg I <3 you. Brass for life, baby!!! French horn here.... I did marching band for 6 years and yeah I remember lugging those stupid cases around. I also remember standing at attention with my horn up for 30 minutes at a time to build endurance @___@ Horns suck, low brass 4 lyfe  J/K, horns are cool, I even remember briefly trying to learn it. Are you still playing? ANYWAY I have an actual update! They let us out of work a little early and being a good goonlifter I began my time off by immediately going to the gym. Back Squat: 45 x 5 50 x 5 55 x 5 60 x 5 65 x 5 This is what I did last time so I need to hop up at least another 5 lbs. next time. Bench Press: 20 x 5 25 x 5 30 x 5 35 x 5 40 x 5 Up another 5 lbs. yeeeeeeah  Pull-Ups -55 x 8 -55 x 5 I'm using an assisted pull-up machine right now and I used the 55 lbs. counterweight today so I'm just going to notate that as a negative value I guess. But last week I was using the 70 lbs. counterweight instead so wooooooo  (I have a goal of doing real pull-ups but so does everyone right?)
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| # ? Nov 22, 2012 01:27 |
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Do you ever refer to your trombone as "my 'bone"?
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| # ? Nov 22, 2012 01:33 |
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slinkimalinki posted:Do you ever refer to your trombone as "my 'bone"?
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slinkimalinki posted:Do you ever refer to your trombone as "my 'bone"? Maybe jokingly. I think I usually just call it my trombone or my horn. Just to head things off at the pass: Nobody calls themselves a "tromboner" or a "'boner" unless they are joking. The correct term is "trombonist" or "trombone player." Playing a trombone is not called "trombonering" or "bonering" or "boning" unless you're a middle school boy. The moving metal part is the slide, not a boner. No part of the trombone is called a "bone" or a "boner." Or a "trom" for that matter. If by "it" you mean "move the slide to play the majority of notes" then yes, trombones do indeed do "it" in 7 positions. There jokingly exists an 8th position as well - when your slide falls off, which really shouldn't happen unless you're a kid or a moron. The liquid that issues from the "spit valve" is almost entirely condensation from the breath i.e. water. It contains very little actual spit. The curly tubing on the back of some trombones is the F attachment. Hitting the trigger opens up that tubing into the flow of air and is the equivalent of 6th position on the slide. You can open this trigger and use the slide at the same time to hit extra low notes. Bass trombones sometimes have an additional trigger attachment. The trombone has an older relative with an even more embarrassing name, the sackbut. I have surely answered all possible trombone-related questions forever.
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Have you seen that black and red trombone in that music shop on NE broadway? What is up with that? Now I want to take up the sackbut.
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Glad you started a log, HCfanpantstic posted:Now I want to take up the sackbut.
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| # ? Nov 22, 2012 05:37 |
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ladyweapon posted:Glad you started a log, HC Too late. Jk. Ihope.
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| # ? Nov 22, 2012 05:40 |
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fanpantstic posted:Have you seen that black and red trombone in that music shop on NE broadway? What is up with that? It's probably a pBone, a trombone made of plastic. They come in a bunch of other colors too. They're apparently really popular although I hope people aren't using them for anything but marching because while they sound much better than you'd think they still sound like playing a normal trombone into a plastic garbage can or something. There are apparently groups in town that get together and play Renaissance music on period instruments. I know that the Community Music Center has a Renaissance Band class at least. Perhaps the class is full of hipsters, I'm not sure. You guys are all joking why am I answering these questions seriously
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| # ? Nov 22, 2012 06:20 |
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No, I am curious every time I walk past there, which is often. Also, I love learning things about things. Thanks for all the 'bone info. A p-bone, huh? Only $159? Looks like after I give up on ukulele, I'm taking up the P-Bone!
fanpantstic fucked around with this message at Nov 22, 2012 around 07:13 |
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fanpantstic posted:No, I am curious every time I walk past there, which is often. Also, I love learning things about things. Thanks for all the 'bone info. A p-bone, huh? Only $159? Looks like after I give up on ukulele, I'm taking up the P-Bone! You can never give up on the ukulele. Also I think the trombone, or almost any wind instrument, would be extremely hard to learn without lessons so you might want to think about that before picking up a horn.Anyway, I was mostly a horrible lazy slug over break so far but I did manage to squeeze in a workout at home tonight. Deadlift: 65 x 5 70 x 5 75 x 5 80 x 5 85 x 5 I tried pushing my knees out and it seemed to help! Deadlifting at home is different than at the gym because I don't have an oly bar at home, just a little 15 lbs. thing, so I get to use my big 25 lbs. plates and I get to start the lift from higher up. I think this also made a difference in my knees not caving inwards. I might just have to do A Day at home instead of the gym until I can get my numbers up. One-armed Row: 12 x 5 15 x 5 17 x 5 20 x 5 22 x 5 Another reason to do A Day at home - I have 1.25 lbs. plates! Shoulder Press: 20 x 5 25 x 5 30 x 5 32 x 5 35 x 5 Did 5 full (slow) reps at 35 lbs., yay. I also took pictures of my unswole self. I'll try to get those up before the weekend's over but I don't feel like dealing with it at this very moment. 
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HondaCivet posted:I tried pushing my knees out and it seemed to help! Deadlifting at home is different than at the gym because I don't have an oly bar at home, just a little 15 lbs. thing, so I get to use my big 25 lbs. plates and I get to start the lift from higher up. I think this also made a difference in my knees not caving inwards. I might just have to do A Day at home instead of the gym until I can get my numbers up. Does your squat rack at the gym have adjustable safeties? If yes, you can always put them down as low as they go (or to the height of the 45 pound plates) and put your bar on them, doing the deadlifts from the rack.
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HondaCivet posted:You can never give up on the ukulele. If getting low enough is an issue and causing problems with the lift there is no reason that you can't start the deadlift off of plates giving you a little advantage. I've enn following your progress in the  log; lifting will make all the difference in that aspect of your life, I know is does in mine.
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| # ? Nov 25, 2012 18:06 |
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Those are both awesome ideas! Both will probably get me very strange looks but oh well.
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 07:28 |
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Gym'ed it up today. RESULTS: Back Squat: 45 x 5 55 x 5 60 x 5 65 x 5 70 x 5 Not too bad. I have some weak muscle somewhere that makes my hips do a weird wobble when I squat but I can hold them straight if I try so I worked on that some more. Bench Press: 20 x 5 25 x 5 30 x 5 35 x 5 40 x 5 40 lbs. is pretty slow but I can still do it AND push the barbell back up into the holder things.  Pull-Ups -55 x 3 -55 x 2 Man these were poo poo today, normally they're so fun. I didn't get enough sleep so that's probably why.I felt grumpy and sad almost all day. Possibly related to tiredness but it sucked. Hopefully I can sleep it off. Edit: Also I posted my pics. Please try not to be blinded by the paleness.  )
HondaCivet fucked around with this message at Nov 27, 2012 around 05:19 |
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HondaCivet posted:Man these were poo poo today, normally they're so fun. You're not alone, darling. I'm always surprised how much lack of sleep/mood really knocks around my lifts. Get a good rest day tomorrow - either do some easy cardio or just sit on your butt and watch something funny. Have a good sleep. Eat more good things. Then get back to lifting really heavy things  (Also, the paleness did not prevent me from seeing those guns!)
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 05:40 |
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Following your log. I think you'll probably smash your goals and have to make new ones sooner than you think.
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fortryllende posted:Following your log. I hope so! I'm really looking forward to being able to bench with the (empty lol) oly bar . . . Only 5 lbs. away! Right now I have to grab pre-assembled barbells off this rack the gym has . . . Maybe it's for circuits or something? The barbells go from 20 to 140 lbs. or so. Edit: I wish I didn't have to take pictures in the mirror, my legs look amusingly stumpy due to the angle. HondaCivet fucked around with this message at Nov 27, 2012 around 06:57 |
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I had a weird busy sleep-deprived week so I missed a workout. I am a terrible person. I got back on the wagon today with a workout at home. Deadlift: 65 x 5 70 x 5 75 x 5 85 x 5 95 x 5 Knees-going-inward thing is getting better fortunately. Almost to 100 lbs! One-Armed Row: 12 x 5 15 x 5 17 x 5 20 x 5 22 x 5 Shoulder Press: 20 x 5 25 x 5 30 x 5 35 x 5 37 x 5 I meant to do 32 instead of 35 but I wasn't thinking and put the wrong plates on but it went fine and I even kept going! I am totally getting callouses, am I a real lifter yet?
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| # ? Dec 2, 2012 06:41 |
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HondaCivet posted:Knees-going-inward thing is getting better fortunately. Almost to 100 lbs! HondaCivet posted:I meant to do 32 instead of 35 but I wasn't thinking and put the wrong plates on but it went fine and I even kept going! HondaCivet posted:I am totally getting callouses, am I a real lifter yet?
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| # ? Dec 3, 2012 04:22 |
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Thanks again for the encouragement/advice Arthur! Another fun Monday at the gym. Really crowded, people wandering around occupying 5 pieces of equipment at the same time, people leaving towels all over so I couldn't tell if poo poo was still in use or not . . . Not much of a lift day either. I had to get up really early to move my car . . . I was exactly 9 minutes late and I had to chase the tow truck away from my car! Dude gave me an $80 ticket anyway. I guess I should just be glad I wasn't a minute later. Anyway, lifts: Back squat: 45 x 5 55 x 5 60 x 5 65 x 5 65 x 5 Wasn't happy with my form so I didn't go up during the last set. Still getting the wobbly hip thing at the top of the rep. I can't quite figure out where it's coming from. I really wish I could take a video. Bench press: 25 x 5 30 x 5 35 x 5 40 x 5 40 x 5 Not ready for 45 I don't think but maybe next time. Pull ups: -55 x 5 -55 x 3 Weekend was mega dull except that I went on an OKCupid (lol) date on Friday. Nice, smart guy but zero chemistry. He's gone on a trip for two weeks, he said he wanted to see me again but who knows. Overall a grumpy sad past few days. Honestly I should be pretty stoked because a weird neat thing happened on OKC . . . A couple weeks ago a guy randomly asked if he could use one of my photos as a reference for a painting. I was like "yeah whatever." Yesterday he got back to me. Turns out he actually made it:  So yeah that's a highly art-ified picture of me based on a lazy phone photo painted on wood or something. Going to get a drink with him on Thursday night. I don't really know why he wants to meet me but he made a picture of me and he's hot so I'll go for it.
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If you cant take a video in the gym, do you have a broom handle you can use at home and take a video?
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