2/20/2023
"One dumb-bell, Watson! Consider an athlete with one dumb-bell! Picture to yourself the unilateral development, the imminent danger of a spinal curvature. Shocking, Watson, shocking!" Sherlock Holmes, The Valley of Fear.
Not to brag but I can crush an apple and crack a walnut (with my right hand.) My left hand is attached to a left shoulder that currently is out of commission, and for a good few months now. Nerve damage? A muscle tear? Dunno. Hurts, though. So just yesterday, I decided to quit working it at all. See, I was trying to do wrist curls and exercise grippers, but my shoulder screamed even when not poked directly.
So I'll continue working on my right-arm unilateral development be damned (my spine already curves a bit). Maybe I'll even take up arm wrestling as more than a new interest but as a something I do. I'll pull righty, that's it. If all else fails, there's always thumb-wrestling (Thumb War) but I don't think there is much seriousness there, much up-swing-or-side. Arm wrestling is now in mid-surge in terms of popularity.
Norman Mailer claimed to have invented thumb wrestling. There is good reason to question that claim but no one can question his obvious Thumb War passion. My birthday is soon and as I age toward AARP, it's good to know I still have possible athletic outlets that are not quite yet limited to chair yoga. That's all for now, I have a date with a bucket of rice. Those who know, know.
Kaplowitz Media. will return to its regular programming on March 1. 2023.
Smoking: Cheap shag in a clay pipe.
Reading: Holy Bible (KJV)
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