More pulling, sweet sleep, Bern

Last night after work I knocked out a total of 50 pull ups as the chickens mulled around.  I have been trying to reboot my pull up progress.  Last week I went out and did a max rep set of pull ups every night when I got home.  I currently can just barely get 20 reps, a far cry from my all time best of 30 reps I managed several years ago.

Over the past couple years my amount of time out in the bar park has diminished greatly.  Putting my finger on exactly why that is is not clear.  If I were to guess I would say that the contentment I have in other areas of my life since Cindy became a close part of it has taken some of my focus and anger that I used to fuel my calisthenics routine.  In the big picture, it’s good that I have more happiness in my life.  If it means I do a few less pull ups so be it.

I was happy to see Bernie win easily in the New Hampshire primary.  Even though he has long been predicted to win that state, to have it in black and white appears to be a wake up call for political traditionalists that assumed for the last year or more that Hilary Clinton would be the democratic nominee.  For once I hope lemming mentality comes into play where more and more people jump on Bernie’s bandwagon.  It is going to take a movement of monumental proportions to put such a non-traditional candidate in the White House.

Last night I believe I actually had one long continuous block of sleep that was uninterrupted until the alarm went off at 5:55.  That is the first time that has happened in quite awhile.   I would like to build on that.