Eclectic Metroflexing

You can tell the value of a gym by the size of it's dumbbells.  I'm sure - metaphorically speaking -  that line could be used in a pharmaceutical ad somewhere.  Whatever.  I actually wiped spider webs off some old York cast irons today to play with them and see what it felt like to hoist up some old time strong man iron.  Pretty cool to be honest.  I brought no gear with me on this trip so I wanted to stick with dumbbells and body weight kind of stuff. And I really needed to get off my ass and out from behind a monitor.  I worked up to a set of 5 reps with 120lbs DBs (flat bench).  Its amazing how taxing it is just to get settled with those things.  They're massive, but not the smallest the gym has.  they've got 200 pounders there but I'm not sure how you would get set with those even with some strong spotters. Moved on to dips on fat bars.  No chain belts there but rather  short lengths of chain that could only have come for a shipping yard.  I did a bunch of pullups on various bars, some kettle-bell swings, and stood in front of a huge fan a bunch.  It was great exercise, but I can't get used to the humidity here.  I still consider houston a slice of hell, but at least this pile of steel and concrete make it a bit like home.