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He should address the mandatory $20 minimum wage and it's impact on the people of California.

If you have a ffl sot the atf can always come do an unannounced audit on you..and there are a lot of reasons they can seize your stuff.

I have said license and have never had an issue or have been audited beyond a phone call.

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My FFL here in CA works out of his home, gets state and federal audits randomly. Said they come in and trash his paperwork everywhere then complain that it's not in order. I considered getting my FFL but after talking to 2 people that have them, backed out. Not worth the hassle.

If any comfort to the Vaxtards, the "died suddenly & unexpectedly's" have really slowed down.
During the Vax push it was brutal, 3-5 per day in local obits.

Bhanks already did it


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Some thoughts for today.

Think I'm burned out. I walked fast for quarter lap on the treadmill to wake myself up for leg day. Warmed up with two sets of non taxing leg press.  Loaded up the leg press for the work sets.  I did one set of 12 reps. Then felt completely drained. I think I'm doing too much. I see my legs getting thin from too much running and fast walking. Sad to say I quit the workout and ended it.

Awhile back I talked to Bill Pearl. I know I'm repeating myself here but at 55 he stopped caring about lifting heavy weights. Here I am at 65 trying to crush my joints using what is heavy weights for me. Back then when I talked to him and this is years ago I told him I was thinking about using light to moderate weights. He said I was a smart man.  Pearl always preached to train hard but not to failure.

 Even Danny Padilla said he use to train with HIT and he used serious heavy weights. He said he began to dread the workouts describing them as scary. He went back to his 5 sets of 8 to 12 reps with short rests between sets using the same weight.

  Recently I have been watching a lot of Ryan Humistan videos on youtube. He preaches in effect that when he lifted heavy for something like eight reps it was easier than his new system of short rests between sets  doing 15-to 25  reps with a light weight.  He even does stuff like 100 deep squats with just the bar. His legs look amazing. He preaches very short rests between sets and high reps. Using high reps to failure can be just as draining as low reps to failure.

Maybe Steve Holman had it right when he described his 4X training. Truly nothing new and the majority of bodybuilders train that way. X stands for sets. Holman describes a set in effect like this. 4 x 10 reps using the same weight would be the first set to 10 reps but knowing you could get say 16 or more. Second set stop at 10 reps knowing you could have gotten 14 reps. Third set stop at 10 but you could have gotten 12. Last set you fail at 9 reps. So it's three non failure sets but they are still work sets and not warm ups.

Going to retool and come up with a new strategies.  Adding all this running into the equation is really draining and is apparent when it's time to lift. Trying to be a hybrid athlete is hard. I truly want to be a good runner yet be good in the weight room. When you split your time you become the master of nothing.

Nick Bare is a really good hybrid athlete. If you're not familiar he was an Army Ranger.  While in the Army he made a mail order supplement company that exploded. He lifts and runs hard. He started running marathons and his first attempts were good but nothing amazing. Now he runs sub 3 hour marathons and is built. His approach is to somewhat neglect leg training when he is running a lot. He said you have to prioritize what you are attempting to be good at.  I don't know how he can run 10 miles in the morning then hit the weight room in the afternoon. Some think he juices. Maybe. 

A pioneer of hybrid training was Brad Harris from the old Gold's days. He acted in a lot of movies in Europe but he was known for his great physique. Arnold tried to get him interested in bodybuilding competitions but he had no interest. He use to run distance and sprints. He was unique in that he never trained legs in the weight room saying he got all the exercise his legs needed from running. His lifting was something like three exercises a body part for 3 sets of 12.  When he died in his 80's I was surprised because he seemed like he was indestructible.  Below is a picture of Brad Harris.

It's funny when you talk to distance runners they will describe a good runner as being strong. They consider a typical weight trainer as being weak for not being able to run a few miles at a good clip.