So despite my years of observations of what I classify as weird or annoying behavior of gym goers, I have no doubt that some of what I have done at the gym would also be viewed as weird by others. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for August, 2015
During my mostly core day at the gym today I did high explosive pull ups instead of the mundane variety. The goal is to explosively pull as high as you can. Of course much more energy is put into each […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s gym session covered a variety of upper body areas but definitely hit the shoulders the most with presses, raises, and shrugs all mixed in. I also got a total of 50 bodyweight pull ups mixed in with varying grips. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So on Sunday I did a bike-run-bike training brick with Cindy. Today I seemed to be paying with the dreaded second day soreness that really starts hammering you the older you get. I also had some first day soreness from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today my bench press buddy and I hit the big plates. My numbers were pretty good as I got 235 for one, only 5 pounds off my recent 1RM of 240 pounds. I probably could have grunted and groaned a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today is my normal core focused workout. There was a good amount of direct (ab wheel, hanging knee raises) and indirect (push ups) core exercise. However I also included a lot of sets of pull ups in between. My first […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today was an all upper body session that included some heavy top ends with curls and cable shrugs. I started with 21 pull ups for good measure. My lower body does not feel too bad after resuming running yesterday. I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back up and running
So during my five days away from the gym I did keep moderately active, doing two 20 mile bike rides, a small workout yesterday as well as unconventional exercise from house chores such as pressure washing the pool deck and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My buddy was back from his trip so I agreed to join him in a bench press session, despite just doing the movement on Monday. You may recall me whining about feeling weak during Monday’s session, I could barely get […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…