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It's been real, thanks Blogger! Hey thanks for checking out this page! After 10 years of posting here and over 600 posts, it's time to try something new at over possibly greener pastures. Which means you can now find me and all my random adventuring ways over at One Man Many Plans . 

Lose weight AND blood!

So I'm coming up to 100 decent workouts for the year 2021 which if you know me at all, means I've been working through my most fitness-centric year in existence. Inspired by hitting age 40, wanting to spend more time outside than in front of a screen and with covid 19 forcing me to enjoy more time at home, I've almost hit the 100 mark which is a huge achievement for me.  

What time is it? Kettle bell time!

Only on workout 99, I'm fighting more than work tiredness and lack of sleep - I'm waging war against an airborne horde..

Yeah I'm getting killed by mosquitoes. 

Okay not literally but when I curl, I'm getting bitten.  When I bench press I'm getting dive bombed. And when I sweat, it's like a giant neon sign saying 'The blood is hot on this one, time to feast boys!'

Which also means I've now had to add The Swat as part of my workout regime when outside in the fitness rotunda. Truth be told it doesn't burn many calories at all but it is satisfying to crush one of these annoying bastards looking for a feed while I'm searching for enough intestinal fortitude to eek out another set of barbell squats. (If only they didn't move quick enough when I'm swinging my kettle bells about..)
The trouble is, where there's one, there's an army. Now we've hit summer well that army is now legion. Just walking in and thinking about which exercise to perform next has them (the mosquitoes, not me) getting hot and bothered. 

The workout rotunda. The home of iron, blood, sweat, tears and high pitched mosquito screams.


So here I am now looking for suggestions although I've already come up with a few:

1) Douse everything in fire. Pro: Kills the mosquito. Con: Burns down everything else.

2) Carpet bomb the entire workout rotunda in bug spray. Pro: Kills the mosquito. Con: My asthma.

3.) Some kind of acid trap? Pro: Kills the mosquito. Con: Pretty much everything else. 

Does anyone have a natural remedy, something I can put in there that will irritate them far more than it will me? I mean I know beer makes a great snail trap but the problem with that is: a) I'll drink it b) I don't think Mosquitoes drink beer c) Mosquitoes don't hang out with alcoholic snails to begin with.

I'm open for suggestions blogging world, preferably before I try for a 100kg dead lift on workout 100 and my arms somehow drop off due to lack of functional blood. 

Anyone?

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