I had plans to do some of my high stress core movements such as dragon flags at the gym today however those plans were discarded for two reasons. First my upper torso, particularly my shoulders are EXTREMELY sore today. Second, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for May, 2014
What does my SSR have to do with today’s workout you may ask? Absolutely nothing, I just like the picture. I split my workout between bi’s, tri’s and shoulders using a combo of body weight, dumbbell and cable machine movements […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bigger, bloodier pulls
Today I did my heaviest dead lifting in quite awhile, pulling 375 off the ground with more back than I would like. No matter how much I try to focus on keeping things tight at higher weight numbers it seems […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last week I was asked to film a short little happy birthday message for UK Jay, one of the original Bar-barians. It was his 40th birthday. Jay is a great guy and really has done a lot to help motivate […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last night at home I had three muscle ups in a row, the first time I have done that many in eons. While I was out there I had a couple single reps that were pretty clean for me, minimal […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So my squat and DL program is on a slow and steady pace as I try to recover from a month and a half of various health issues that have cut and retarded progress. I was happy that the the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today was a throwback workout, a throwback to the days when my fitness world was focused on exactly one movement, the bench press. You may recall that last week I did my first benching in a couple years at the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My buddy IronLoo is a HUGE fan of farmer walks. A farmer walk is when you are basically carrying a heavy object in each hand and walk with it, like a farmer would lug something. Lou has encouraged me to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have been less than consistent documenting my gym visits lately. The reason is I am not happy with them. I never realized that dealing with a hemorrhoid would not only be irritating for obvious reasons but also a motivation […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This weekend Cindy and I did a run/swim brick on Sunday. The run portion was two loops around a local park which worked out to 4 miles, the longest run under my belt in 2014 which is pretty sad. 4 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…