15OCT: Trainer killed me again!

More push / pull with the trainer at Gold's.  I have to say, it's nice to do something so different than what I'm used to.  Light weights, high reps, machines as part of a single movement pattern circuit, machines and free weights as part of a whole body circuit.

My anaerobic endurance is shooting up rapidly!

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