Just routine. Nurse's exam for the new school year. Took the test twice, once in the morning and again that afternoon. The school is going to have a doctor look at him the next time he visits.
You know, he isn't obese. He works out regularly, he eats well, stays away from sugars and so forth. Doesn't even drink soda or gatorade-like drinks. Just water and milk. While he was training for the Nationals in ND he worked out with Iowa's Heavyweight regularly and dropped from 277# down to 265 by the time he weighed in at Fargo.
Then after the first tournament he dropped to 259 at the weigh-in for the second tournament. I don't know what he weighed when he came back from Russia, but I would guess that he's back in the 265, 270 range. Maybe it's the rapid changes in weight? I should get a family doctor to look at him, but we use a woman and he isn't in favor of a woman giving him a physical.
Yeah, the leg press thing is one of his strengths. He has a lot of power in his calves, gives him a big edge in wrestling. There is another machine that he maxes out, I don't know what it's called. You sit in a chair and raise weight with your knees using the front balls of your feet? I've forgotten how many plates he puts on but each is 45 pounds and he loads up both sides with as many as it can take. His trainer tells me people walk over just to watch. Me, I get two plates on each side and that's all I can handle. If I had to guess I think it takes up to 9 on each side, so that would be 810 pounds. Does that sound right?
Whatever it is, it boggles the mind.
Anyway, if you or Nemer are firm about getting out to Vegas just before Election Day I'll try to move my plans around and get there early. The guys I am going out with have a golf trip every year and this year is Vegas. It's a gambling junket wherever we go, very competitive golf. Unless one of them backs out I couldn't get you into a foursome. Tee times are arranged already. I think we are playing 6 different courses, I don't recall which ones. Considering the fact that I hate the sun, I think I may expire by the end of the week. |
