I have left pull ups out of my workouts for 2-3 weeks because of the left forearm discomfort I have been feeling while doing them. Today I reintroduced them via sets of 10 at a time. The first set was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for November, 2015
So as I was on the cross trainer warming up I heard a horrible loud crash back in the free weight area. It was loud enough that some staff came trotting out to see what happened. My angle of view […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had a decent chest session today, once again getting 240lbs off my chest and getting 225lbs x 2, twice on the way down. I found myself getting annoyed at the Retro staff insisting on playing the mostly shitty music […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today I incorporated wall planks into my core workout although my position was more horizontal with my hands further in front of my head than these pictures. The 60 second holds got progressively harder and tremor filled as they went […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sort of a farmer
Today for shoulder/back day I did some pseudo farmer walks, using a hex bar instead of conventional farmers walk handles. It lacks the overall effectiveness of a true farmers walk but still requires you to engage many of the same […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I am continuing to ride the crest of my monthly cyclical strength curve, getting 5 reps of seated overhead tricep extension with an 80 pound dumbbell, something I don’t recall pulling off before. I just shaved my head last night, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Six plates, just in time
It sounds like I made my exit from Planet Fitness just in time. Joe the trainer who used to work at PF but now works at Retro said PF is planning to remove their two bench presses from the gym […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today I equaled my 1 rep max of 240 pounds for bench press, matching the most I have done since rebooting my bench press routine within the last couple years. (all time best 275 while on creatine) I need to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…