Today I decided to start my session doing something I used to awhile back when I thought I had a chance of ever doing the BBR’s, max (more or less) dips, pull ups, and push ups. (also known as GUTS) […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A couple weeks ago I stumbled across the good fortune of someone giving away two very large tires. One of them is around 200 pounds and the other is a shade under 300 pounds. I nicknamed the one tire “Leonidas” […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So for a long time it has been known that the Bar-barian requirements were going to change for 2013 although no exact specifics were mentioned. A few days ago I heard the change was going to be bumping the amount […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So anyone that has read my online ramblings over the last few years know about how long I struggled with getting my first muscle up. It was literally at least a couple year process due to injury and just not […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So yesterday I made my second attempt at the program I have now named “Ray’s Way” (I like to name things). The way it works is once you successfully complete all 5 rounds at certain rep numbers twice, you then […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So today at the gym I targeted as the day I was going to try the routine suggested to me by Ray. In a nutshell it went like this. Five 3 minute rounds, during each round you must complete 20 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ray, whom I know through the Bar-barian forums and who also has the good fortune to train directly with Zef in NYC, messaged me last night. He saw my State of the Bar address video and specifically the part where […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So like many in the bar community, I saw lots of coverage of the 2012 Workout Fest in the Ukraine. The event had a huge Bar-barian group attending, I think I read a total of 11 were Bar-barians there, including […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have had a couple unsuccessful challenges lately. First on Sunday I tried normal mode of this month’s Bar-barian forums challenge, clapping pushups, and posted a number about 10 reps less than I hoped for. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB9Atxi8_IU Then last night I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A couple times this week I have done unbroken sets of 50 push ups at the gym. It was the first time in awhile I tried to stretch a pure push up set. For several months all of my push […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
