I prefer not to use any machines. I focus a lot on cardio, which is what I do when I'm on stage. I also am into isometric workouts.

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Let justice be done, though the world perish.
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The daughter of debate That still discord doth sow.
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A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.
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A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.
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All my possessions for a moment of time.
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I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
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Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dan...
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