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Unconventional Training

29/9/2013

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PicturePile one of two
Weight training with conventional weights is all well and good, but sometimes training can be mixed in with a job that needs doing.... like shifting rocks to build a rockery.

PictureRock pile two
Somewhat annoyingly, a friend and I had only placed these rocks here within the last week.  The idea of covering up a corner of the garden with them had not occurred to me at the time.... so I found myself shifting them for a second time in a few days.

PictureThe intended rockery
Still, it's a good way to see the results of your efforts - unlike a session on the bench press.

PictureThe finished product
Several hundred rocks later, a few grazed and scrapped fingers, and one aching back... and all finished.

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ali
29/9/2013 10:45:53

hindsight is s great thing.

looks good.

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