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  1. 1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    IAs a warning, I know some have bad reactions to the shingles vaccine. I was lucky to avoid it.

    I had severe flu-like symptoms for about 32 hours after my second and third COVID boosters, but it wasn't terrible.  From everything I've heard about the shingles vaccine, I'm reluctant to get it, even though the long-term benefits can be worth it.

  2. 20 minutes ago, Mittens said:

    I promise you can get to 100 a day in a month no problem.  I started doing 10 pushups 5x a day and now do 20x5 a day.  The difference in the way I look today is crazy from just 6 months ago, and it's not just the weight coming off.  My arms and chest are bigger and more defined - I really feel like I look like I did in my 20s....maybe 30s...at least from the nipples/elbows up.

    Yep.  In my 30s I stopped working out.  Typical complacency with marriage and kids after keeping fit throughout my 20s.  I got back to it as I was approaching 40, and one of the first things I did before ever setting foot in a gym was pushups.  It was humbling at first because I had done zero resistance training for several years.  But as you mention, I worked up to 100 or more a day (spread out over 3-4 sets) no problem.  And it didn't take long for my then-wife to notice some muscle tone and mass start to form.  Eventually I got back into a gym routine with free weights and have stuck with it religiously since.

  3. 4 minutes ago, Herbie Hancock said:

    I’m not trying to be a dick here, but the entire idea behind working out is getting uncomfortable….

    I don't think his use of the term "uncomfortable" was the equivalent of not sufficiently exerting your body to generate a meaningful workout. 

    I'm not a cyclist, but possibly in very cold conditions the level of exertion on a bike might not warm you up like running.  I used run 10+ years ago when my body didn't fight it as much, and often I would run in 20 degree weather.  After a couple minutes (in appropriate attire but not bundled like an Eskimo) my body temperature rose enough where the chill didn't bother me.  I'm not sure cycling is the same.

    Maybe similar to lifting weights in an open garage when it's below 40 degrees.  That kind of uncomfortable.

  4. 22 minutes ago, Mittens said:

    I try to get 50mi a week, which makes 2500/yr.  I'm well under that goal this year - strava says 61 rides for just over 1300mi, so maybe at 1400 max.  The reality is that unless you're really jamming out, cycling isn't awesome for losing weight.  Great for keeping moving and being active, and damn sure better than sitting on your ass, but your heart rate just isn't getting into that max window enough to burn a bunch of calories.  Spin class does a much better job imo, but I'd much rather be outside in the elements.  I will say that not riding to bars/breweries will help you drop weight!

    Last night's ride:

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    Pretty brave of you posting that with Nicole potentially lurking on this thread.

  5. Just now, Cairn Horn88 said:

    Before Georgia State, O’Neal worked in the personnel and recruiting department at Georgia.
     

    So….why did he leave Georgia?

    To go work for Georgia the state, not just Georgia the university.

  6. My dad is a former Marine and I grew up in Marine Corps/Navy bases.  My dad likes all those Navy boys.  Every time he needed to go someplace to fight, those fellas always gave him a ride.

    Go Navy!

  7. 1 hour ago, Scheiss Meister said:

    My first CDs were Tears For Fears "Songs From The Big Chair"

    I was a late adaptor to CDs, and I don't even remember hearing about them or seeing them in my local music shops around the 1985 time frame.  But this was one of my favorite cassettes as a kid in the mid-80s.

  8. 45:  Believe It Or Not (Theme from Greatest American Hero)

    Cassette:  Michael Jackson's Thriller (as a gift), Billy Joel's An Innocent Man (first purchase with my own money)

    CD:  Depeche Mode's Songs of Faith and Devotion

    Download:  No clue

  9. On 11/27/2025 at 7:11 AM, GhostOfTomJoad said:

    Where the Streets Have No Name/Joshua Tree.

    Not necessarily my favorite, but one of the best and most iconic in my opinion, on an album that is on most lists of best albums of all time.

    On 12/4/2025 at 5:18 PM, Orange-4-Life said:

    “Welcome to the Jungle” (GNR’s Appetite for Destruction)

    I wish I could go back in time as 12-year-old South Austin and hear this opener for the first time.  It can still give me a charge.  It was during the rise of the 80s hair bands, but those guys and that song kicked ass in a way that the likes of Poison, Motley Crue, Skid Row, etc. never could.

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