The last time I tried doing dead lifts on the smith machine with a slightly pitched back angle I wound up tweaking my lower back pretty bad. I attributed it to the angle of travel of the bar on this […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Once again my bench press buddy and I slapped three big plates on each side after we 1RM’d 235 pounds. Last week when we first did the heavy negative we were unsure of how it would go so we both […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Today my buddy and I did something a bit different after we both 1Rm 235 pounds on the Smith machine. We threw a third 45 pound plate on each side to do a fake 315 negative (285 actual). We were […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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So during my bench press session yesterday I failed at a 1RM that I successfully completed the prior week which was a bit of a letdown. I followed up by failing again at last weeks 1RM-5 pounds which really annoyed […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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I donned my long sleeve Under Armour “Cold Gear” shirt for today’s session. My wearing a long sleeve shirt to the gym is a bi-annual occurrence at best but the weather the last few days with lows in the upper […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Today I saw an old man doing some very stylish bicep curls. He was sporting dual 12 pounders that he would alternate curling around his back at the bottom of the movement. It was a cross between marching and a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Today as part of my workout I did bodyweight + pull ups and dips. Wow did I struggle. Either my bodyweight really jumped up over the holidays or I just really lost a lot of strength in those movements due […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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After a long four day Xmas weekend where my only organized exercise was a 5Kish run on Saturday, I was back in the gym today, eager to burn off Christmas calories. My gym buddy was not there today so I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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So today at the gym my bench press buddy and I were back on the Smith machine for another bench press marathon where we do nothing but reps at varying weight for the entire session. I set a new personal […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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So I was in my back corner where I normally like to do my stretching. I was folded downward in a standing position, stretching my hamstrings/back when all of a sudden I hear repetitive and very loud slamming a few […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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