40/70 Benchmark

Against a longer mean....yes.

Yes, I won't argue the point that its rare. Vast majority of cold winters for us are also snowy.

Well, La nina was also weak....there has always been more variability amongst weaker events. 2008 and 2000 were both weaker la nina events...and cold. Extra tropical influences def. have more proxy in those instances.

You don't need barbell....its ideal to mix it in to maxamize stength, but I'm strong enough.....on my best days I can incline the 105s for about 8...not doing that right now, though....more like 95s.

Phil, I haven't done barbell bench press in over 20 years....I have a partially fused left wrist (since Jan 2001) and the surgeon told me I would never lift weights again (hang with 'em, doc), but the dumbells allow me greater range of motion and room for the supination that better positions me to be able to lift heavily with my condition.

I have a heavy 3-day body part split for my lifting that includes ample core work/stretching for about 30 minutes as a warmup....do abs once a week after legs, too, and then believe it or not, the squats are temendous for that core stability and strength that act as a nice primer to finish off with abs. Its no coincidence that I don't have back issues at 44.

I'm developing some chinks in the armor here in my mid 40s.....left shoulder is a bit iffy, as I had a small tear in the rorator cuff a couple of years ago that I just let heal....now I'm starting to get some "areas" in my knees....nothing severe, but enough to that I am a bit conscious of certain movements these days. Doesn't affect my squat or anything yet, since I wrap my knees. None of this impairs my heavy lifts yet. Back is still perfect, save for some occasional, mild inflamation down low.

Yes, agreed.

It was very consistently cold, but just nothing extreme.

Yes.

Yea, I think when the better maps are available in a couple of weeks, it will be a bit larger of an anomaly.

Vast majority of the globe is warm....no deabating that.

Hold on, let me hold my breath-

Its a bit colder vs 1991-2020 climo across SNE, but I'm suprised....thought it was colder.

No, they haven't...at least not by 1991-2020 standards.

Oh yea....I'm sure we'll have a stiff NE breeze delivering a steady supply of ass-mist for the marathon, etc.....bank on that.

100%...this is what I am getting at when I harp on the pattern out west all season and the sequence just being off. That is why the ridge out west is always crap.

The way I look at is its another poison pill out of the way...we have seen just about every flavor of shitty winter over the course of the past several years.....furnace-check.....rough pattern out west-check, cold with comparitively little snow-check, "El Nina"...a la 1972-1973-checked that off last year. Looking back throughout our climo history, I don't believe that there is a poison pill left that we haven't recently ingested. Get all of these poison pills out the way because its going to rock in a few years. JMHO. I know some feel differently due to CC....no use arguing because no one is going to change anyone's mind. Lets wait and see.

Yup....took my largest porking ever on Dec 5, and then January was like -20 every night with hardly any snow.

The first two weeks of March of fair game for big snows, but the second half gets dicey in terms of climo around here....so that may be an ideal sequence. Once we get into latter March a "cold" pattern isn't as redeeming.

It just takes a perfect pattern to cold winters in our modern climate......that's why its seemingly only one oasis on a sea of warmth every season these days. This year it was finaly our turn again, but the rest of the globe is warm.

2003-2004 sucked for snow in my hood. I know it was better for you, but massive??

I actually do have 14" of concerte that it sucks to lose, but I feel like this season has run its course....at least we know we're still capable of colder winters...at least by modern standards.

It only moves SE when it can c0ckblock the event...otherwise its west.

Yes.