My week of post illness gym workouts continued in now familiar less than exciting manner. Yea I am doing stuff but I just am not doing it for as long or as much which in turn makes me feel not […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Although I am back at the gym I am certainly not anywhere close to feeling normal as of yet. Not only is my body not normal, my mind is lagging behind as well. Although I had another legitimate 5-6 minutes […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It felt like my illness was really still dug in when I did lower body for the first time since becoming sick. I felt significantly weaker in every exercise and instead of normal sweating I felt clammy. Sure continuing to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Things have been quiet here because I have been battling with what I presume is a flu-like ailment since two Fridays ago. The first full day of the ailment was brutal, among the most difficult I can recall during my […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I managed to barely hang on to push out a 68th push up today to start my workout, one more than my birth year of 1967. It gets very painful to both push and hold the plank lockout position once […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So although Mr Unsolicited hands out unrequested exercise tips like they are candy, overall he is a nice guy. He won major points with me today when one of the girls behind the counter felt it necessary to crank up […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
100 pounds is a significant number for me in several different exercises. 100 pound dumbbell rows and dumbbell chest press are two milestones I recently reached again after a lengthy hiatus. Today another 100 pound exercise was added to the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Awhile ago I relayed a story about one of the trainers at the gym, an older guy giving me unsolicited advice regarding bench press. His suggestion was I never touch the chest with the weight. His recommendation was to stop […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For the first time in quite awhile my buddy was there for bench press day. He is coming off a nearly week long illness so he didn’t feel great but at least he showed up. Having a spotter there helped […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I started off my workout today as I have been starting off my Friday workouts for a couple months, with a 1 set max attempt at push ups. Each week I have been trying to add one measly rep to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
