Today was an oddball Friday workout because it was a non-standard week. Today was only my second gym appearance of the week. I had decided ahead of time I wanted to do some smith machine squats so they wouldn’t paralyze […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for May, 2015
Today I was unable to get on the bench presses at Planet Fitness. One of the two of them was being cannibalized by some guy using the olympic bar for floor work. I find it rather dumb that the place […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today was a somewhat unconventional Friday workout which usually is all core. I did weighted pull ups early in the workout instead of late like last week. Moving them earlier in the workout seemed to generate better numbers which made […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So there has been some push back from my reintroduction of running into my routine, as I knew there would be. Last night my IT band on my right side felt super tight. I got out my roller and rolled […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No cardio, knee history
So I did something today at the gym I haven’t done in around two months, run. Despite doing alternative cardio activities during that time, there is no true substitute for running. I STRUGGLED to put in 20 minutes at mostly […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So this weekend there was a lot of undisciplined eating going on for me and by the time this morning came around I felt fat. This feeling was reenforced when I saw 186 flash up on the scale this morning, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today I threw some weighted pullups into the routine. I have not done any weighted pull ups in a very long time and it showed. I remember several years ago my friend Jeremy and I had a weighted pull up […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today the highlights of the workout were more belly to wall handstand push ups and doing some exercises at the top end of my weight capabilities finishing up dumbbell curls, barbell shrugs and standing curls with weight I could only […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today at the gym I had a guy next to me in the other smith machine that seemed to be overly equipped. Hanging on the bar in between sets he had his two knee wraps and weight belt. You would […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…