My IT band has been quite sore since running on Saturday. That soreness continued today but I decided to do lower body anyway. Once I got warmed up the pain lessened. I again combo’d Smith squats with dead lifts which […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for August, 2017
So today for chest day I got on the one Smith machine that is a Hammer Strength model. In addition to having it’s guide bar at a slight angle it also uses a fatter barbell, more like an axle bar. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I started off shoulder/back day with a Century circuit (40 bodyweight squats, 30 push ups, 20 hanging knee raises, 10 push ups) I had not done one in awhile and it certainly showed. Even with my trying to just […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I managed to get on a Smith machine today to do some “squatting” and “deadlifts”. Both of those words are in quotes because I know that doing these movements on a Smith is less effective than doing them with a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Those of you that regularly follow this blog may almost think it has been abandoned due to the lack of consistent activity. I can assure you, it has not. I have however been quite busy and recently returned from a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So today I again added to my personal best at smith machine decline bench press. I scratched out a rep with another 10 pounds on the bar which translates to roughly 260 pounds of real world weight. I am not […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…