Today’s workout was mostly core sandwiched between a set of pull ups at the start and push ups at the end. Nothing fancy but it felt effective. Today’s Workout 5 minutes cardio/stretching 20 pull ups 20 hanging knee raises Back […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for March, 2015
Both Smith machines were occupied when I started my leg workout and the leg press sled in the back was broken. I decided I would start with the Cybex leg press machine. The full stack of weights is “only” 350 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s session was almost entirely bench pressing with my gym buddy. I was a bit disappointed, having my left arm lock up while trying to set a 2015 PR of 230 lbs after getting 225lbs without huge struggle. On the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today during my mostly core focused day I threw in some pull up sets and felt very weak doing them. I was surprised because overall this week I have been doing well at the gym. I didn’t expect to be […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It feels like since joining Planet Fitness I am getting a ton more production out of my workouts, spending time that used to be behind the wheel in traffic grinding out meaningful reps instead. It’s a good thing. I got […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Somehow I once again forgot to pack socks in my gym bag. I did not want to risk angering the Blister Gods by running with no socks and my legs/knee still were not feeling all that great anyway. I instead […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My right knee is feeling pretty cranky after Sunday’s 5.5 mile run. I still wanted to get some leg work in. I decided to start off with something I haven’t done in eons, squats on the smith machine. Generally speaking, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today in my second week of bench pressing with my gym buddy we had immediate access to one of the benches so we were able to include a 1RM in the sets. For me, pushing up 225 with no hands […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…