Normally when you exercise it is a good thing to feel a “burn” in your muscles. It means you are working them near capacity which results in strength and power gains down the road. Today at the gym I had […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for May, 2016
You may recall a couple weeks ago I squatted with another gym friend of mine where I did a total of 30 reps at 185 pounds. They were broken into sets of 8,8,8,6. That last set was supposed to be […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today was an all bench press all the time session. I did more reps at higher weight totals, trying to kick start my strength past the current 235ish 1RM I have been stuck at for awhile. We will see if […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today my core routine included ab roll outs where I use a smaller barbell with 5 pound weights on either end as my “wheels”. I like using the barbell instead of an ab wheel because it allows me to change […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today I incorporated another type of “dead” exercise into my workout in addition to dead lifts that I hit once in awhile, dead hang pull ups. When I am going for a 1 set max amount of pull ups I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today was bicep and tricep day. There just is never much exciting to say during these sessions but I keep trying to make small progressions in whatever movement I choose from week to week. Today’s Workout 5 minutes […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The squat rack was occupied today which didn’t break my heart. On there were two guys that worked all the way up to 315 followed by 365lbs. At best they barely touched 45 degrees in their leg angle during the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had a weekend that was filled with a lot of home labor, enough that I didn’t even feel up to running or riding yesterday. I didn’t have very high goals going into chest day at the gym. I was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…