Today at the gym I decided to keep most of my bench press reps right around my current bodyweight of 185 pounds. I felt like I cranked out some decent numbers. Once again I had one of my trusted spotters […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for June, 2014
Today I threw all sorts of stuff together at the gym. I started off with a set of 20 pull ups, a number of reps that is getting very hard to pull off lately. I need to either get stronger […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I bumped up the speed of the treadmill .1 MPH which translated into knocking 8 or 9 seconds off my pace per mile, down to 9:05 for my 20 minutes of running. My distance covered on the bike was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Finally some intensity
I had what felt like my best intensity at the gym in quite awhile today. I pulled 375 pounds off the floor for the first time in months and got two deep squat reps at 225lbs. Yes I realize the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sweating to soccer
So my upper body was very sore today from Tuesday and Wednesdays work. My lower body, despite doing a decent amount of squatting the day before did not feel that bad. I decided to do a run/bike brick to help […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I returned from my 4 day trip to Pennsylvania with about the same nighttime body weight I have been lugging around for a few weeks at 186-187 pounds. I have decided I am officially unhappy with my overall fitness […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today was a mix of movements that included a total of 70 pull ups. Not much else to say about it. Today’s Workout 5 minutes cardio stretching 70 pull ups broken out – x20, x8,x8,x8, x8, x8, x10 Bench tricep […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So my lower back and legs were feeling rather tight and sore from my treadmill 5k yesterday. I was considering that as an excuse to bypass squats and dead lifts but after reading IronLoo’s inspirational post this morning I discarded […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yesterday after work I did my first Century workout (40 air squats, 30 push ups, 20hanging knee raises, 10 pull ups) in quite a long time. If you really try to push the pace it is pretty amazing just how […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This weekend my only organized exercise was a 20 mile Dunkin Donuts bike ride with Cindy, the first time I have been on my road bike in well over a month. I did put a lot of grunt exercise in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…