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Actually I forgot to say but I am in remission now. I'm still on medication and we're managing my transfer from steroids to the long term immune suppressant, but I am in remission. My hope now is that eventually I can come off medication entirely though I think I'll need to be very patient about that.

#if anyone wants an update on my condition I am doing great #pumping iron #actually thinking about going up a dumbbell weight again soon #start doing some stuff with 8kg weights

Late to Pumping Iron party

My new thing is to listen to one new album, read one new book and watch one new movie every week.

This week's movie is Pumping Iron (1977). Directed by George Butler. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno.

It's a documentary about Schwarzenegger and Ferrigno preparing for the 1975 Mr Olympia bodybuilding competition in South Africa.

I joined a new gym recently, and the algorithm must have seen me looking up the timetable because I have been inundated with videos warning me about the dangers of steroids and 'performance enhancing drugs'. (Full disclosure: I am a middle aged fat woman who swims daily and does yoga. Closest thing to being offered steroids was a colleague I bumped into after swimming buying me a coffee on the way back to work.)

Anyway, this came up and it was pretty good. Wholesome, even, compared to the teen influencer takes cattle steroids and has heart failure in his twenties stories I've been seeing.

Schwarzenegger was already acting when this was made, and his charisma is clear. Ferrigno became The Hulk the year after it came out, and I can see why that made sense, even though he seems very very much younger here (not helped by having his Dad with him).

#late to the party #pumping iron #arnold schwarzenegger #movies #documentary

pumping iron (1977) would be a rlly interesting source to look into apartheid South Africa

#an outside perspective would be so interesting to look into it plus it might be before the trade embargos?#pumping iron #pumping iron 1977 #arnold schwarzenegger #south africa #apartheid #evilestmonkey

Random thought, I wanna start getting back into working out. Got to a point where I had 17 inch arms and could do curls with these 33lb dumbbells I got. Probably not strong enough to do that now, but I’ve still got a pair of 15lb dumbbells and some resistance bands I can use to pump some iron. Probably going to be more focused on making my biceps grow, they’re my favorite muscle group and I want to see how big they can get. Can’t do so now, still away from home for a visit for a couple days, but I’m hoping to get back to lifting soon! 💪😼

#muscle #biceps #working out #workout #pumping iron #fitness #weight lifting #sleepy’s random thoughts