U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kalen Dozzi, 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron prime base engineer force training manager, searches for the remnants of a simulated chemical attack as part of Exercise Swift Saber 25 at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.

Airman 1st Class Gretchen McCarty, April 21, 2025

Decline Bench Barbell Chest Press

How to perform

Exercise Description

1. Lie down on a decline bench with your back
   supported, knees bent, and feet fixed against the
   padded bars.
2. Grab a barbell over the chest with your elbows
   dipped under the bench, hands placed wider than
   the shoulder width, and palms facing forward.
3. Raise the barbell by straightening your arms.

Exercise Tips

1. Keep your back nicely supported on the
   bench.
2. Keep your wrists straight and your elbows
   away from your torso.
3. Maintain a smooth breathing pattern and
   avoid breath-holding.

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Exercising daily (Including break days) Day 148

Negative Feelings?

Daily writing promptWhat strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings?View all responses

Cleaning, walking, reading, and sometimes TV. Mostly cleaning and organizing.

Negative Feelings?

my fast heartbeat

Spread Love.

Mes 3 haciendo ejercicio

Mes dos haciendo ejercicio

Saturday

March 14 2026

Busy all day crossing off items on the “to do” list, didn’t get a chance to run til the evening, and by then felt mentally drained along with being hungry. This was the backdrop to the evening 8 miler through the neighborhood. The run never got better, nearly bonked in the middle of it but made it back home ok. Glad to at least get in a run on an empty tank. Refueled with a big dinner tonight and hopefully will power up tomorrow.

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Perfect day for a run with a very big bunch of like mined people. I have been doing the City to Surf since I was 11 years old and I am pretty sure I have never seen such a big turn out for this iconic fun run. It was such a lovely sunny day we both enjoyed the course a lot. Post run we got some lunch and sat on the grass and watched the entertainment and prize giving. Lots of cool prizes. Big ups to Fresh Choice for giving all entrants a bag of groceries to take home. No I am not being sponsored by Fresh Choice. We walked home along the beach pausing for refreshments at the Mr Whippy truck. Just to cap it off there is cricket on the telly this afternoon so it will be feet up and stitching for the rest of the day. Perfect day.

An NSV?

I’m feeling all my stretches again.

There was a period where I would do them and I wouldn’t feel them all.

But lately? I get into a stretch, and it’s like my muscle is going “THANK YOU” and I just want to sink into it.

Oooof.

God it’s good.

I never expected to make friends when starting exercise classes, but I’m glad I did. We met up at a brewery, played a card game, and went axe throwing the other night! My social battery was constantly in flux, but I’m glad I stuck things out.

Today was a special boot camp class! There were 3 stations with 4 moves each. You get 40 seconds to do a move and then 20 seconds rest before you switch to the next move. We did them all 3 times!

Station 1

Squats

Reverse lunges

Squat jumps

Lunge walk

Station 2

Push-ups

Shoulder taps

Burpees

Running

Station 3

Medicine ball slams

Russian Twists

Sit-ups

Planks

After we did all of the stations 3 times, there was a relay race involving running and bear crawls! It was a pretty exhausting workout. 😅 I struggled a lot with my stomach and it might have been because of my pre-workout/creatine drink I had beforehand….

Packed the crutches away. For the first time in close to a week, I think I may be able to get through the whole day without pain.

Small victories.

go for a walk, even if it’s just around the block 🚶‍♀️

Walked 4.5 miles in 80° lets fuckin goooo

exercise 03142026

• bike ride to the gym
• 8 x 10 incline sit ups
• 3 x 10 pec machine
• 3 x 10 lat raise
• 3 x 10 low row
• 30 minutes on the step mill
• bike ride to repair shop, then home

the gym workers received Hershey kisses

• late yesterday, i was pressure washing my deck to prepare for painting and my electric pressure washer died. borrowed my mother in law’s gasoline powered pressure washer and it wouldn’t start. this morning i brought it to the repair shop and they weren’t open at the time indicated on Google. i rode by the repair shop on my bike ride home from exercise and they were open. rode on home and brought my mother in law’s pressure washer to be repaired. the guy said it would be a week or so
• exercise felt great
• apple for breakfast. cream cheese on a toasted bagel and yogurt for lunch
• top left = beautiful sky and clouds
• middle = essentially a recipe for low country boil. put shrimp and sausage and veggies in aluminum foil with seasoning and butter. we heat it on the grill for 20 minutes and comes out delicious. i learned how in 2017 when i visited @trivialbob for a Tough Mudder
• bottom = little league baseball started a couple of weeks ago
• hope you have a peaceful afternoon and evening..

Forced exercise….

We saw the puppies surgeon the other day and we definitely have to have her knee repaired surgically. The surgery is on the 25th and until then she is to remain as quiet as possible so she doesn’t further tear the cartilage. She’s pretty stoned most of the time because she loves to run otherwise. Once she has surgery it’s 2 weeks where she’s to remain basically immobile except to go out to potty and even then she has to be on a leash. After the 2 weeks is up she will start therapy which is twice a week for 2 weeks. At that point we have to do therapy exercises at home as well due to her size and weight but we also have to start walking her.

This is a dog that has never liked to go for walks. To her they are boring and she just turns around and drags us home. She’d prefer to chase a ball in our big yard for an hour. This means she and I are getting forced exercise together 😂. We start at a 5 min walk for a couple of days and then work our way up 5 min at a time to 30min.

I have not walked any amount of distance in a very long time. My trainer wanted my gait to be corrected and my knee to straighten before I walked allot. I’ve been getting exercise in other ways. Two weeks ago he said that my gait is much improved and we need to look at gaining momentum and distance with walking how that things are better.

Apparently the dog and I are on the same therapy program of forced exercise. It’s even the same knee we are rehabbing. They say owners and dogs start to look and act alike after being together a long time. My husband says we didn’t need to take it to this extreme 😂😂😂.