Today I included side dips in my bicep/tricep work. A side dip is like a regular bodyweight dip except at the bottom of the movement you shift your weight to alternating sides so you armpit is right next to your […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After a two week hiatus I was back to lower body work. The squat rack was occupied so I jumped on the squat press. Considering the layoff and my recent across the board slight decrease in strength, my numbers weren’t […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This weekend my girlfriend and I got a lot of “exercise” in the form of home project labor. I built a new door for the chicken coop run and we laid another 60 castle stones as a border around the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My exercises today for my back and shoulders were all the body weight variety with the exception of dumbbell rows toward the end. I finished with the heaviest dumbbell in the place, the 120 pounders. Just holding them is a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today I brought my belt along to do weighted dips. I topped off at 90lbs, struggling mightily to get a second rep. When I was at the bottom of rep two, trying to keep pushing through the sticking point I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I missed the gym yesterday so I started this week off with dumbbell chest work. If I am ever missing a day at the gym during the week lower body is always the body part that is sacrificed. I tried […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I just did not feel very motivated at the gym today. I was very close to just getting on a cardio machine and plodding along for a half hour. I was feeling bummed out about the sale/no sale of my […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It didn’t seem like I got that many movements in today although I was working consistently and didn’t have a lot of gab time. I did some tucked front lever raises which will work your scalpula in a major way. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today I did barbell squats for the first time in a long time. I wouldn’t be surprised if it has been a couple months due to a combo of my lengthy illness and lack of squat rack availability when I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So anyone that reads this blog knows that I often will offer commentary regarding the many silly and stupid things I see at my local gym on a regular basis. Well today it was my turn to contribute to that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
