{"id":503,"date":"2023-12-15T03:49:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T03:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=503"},"modified":"2025-09-29T01:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T01:30:07","slug":"in-the-gym-benching-with-tim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=503","title":{"rendered":"In the gym; benching with Tim!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure the last time I was in the gym with Tim was pre-pandemic. But Wednesday evening we were both there and lucky to get the only two benches in the gym.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For point of reference &#8211; here is some Tim lifting in high school which I posted on the ninth &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/folly\/2023\/12\/tim-birthday-.html\">Tim&#8217;s birthday today!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just to prove I was there &#8211; my barbell has 145 lbs and I did three reps &#8211; and proud of it! I went up to 155 and did two singles at that weight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a57ee2200b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12252\" title=\"20231213_182336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a57ee2200b-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a57ee2200b-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tim &#8211; pause at the bottom &#8211; 245 lbs, a weight he can do multiple reps on &#8211; he did 6 or 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a5ea84200d-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12251\" title=\"20231213_183414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a5ea84200d-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a5ea84200d-500wi-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Boom &#8211; up and a pause at the top. I should have videoed this. Pauses at top and bottom &#8211; his form is perfect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a57ef9200b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12250\" title=\"20231213_183415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a57ef9200b-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a57ef9200b-500wi-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure the last time I was in the gym with Tim was pre-pandemic. But Wednesday evening we were both there and lucky to get the only two benches in the gym. For point of reference &#8211; here is some Tim lifting in high school which I posted on the ninth &#8211; Tim&#8217;s birthday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=503"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12253,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503\/revisions\/12253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}