I am continuing to ride the crest of my monthly cyclical strength curve, getting 5 reps of seated overhead tricep extension with an 80 pound dumbbell, something I don’t recall pulling off before. I just shaved my head last night, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It sounds like I made my exit from Planet Fitness just in time. Joe the trainer who used to work at PF but now works at Retro said PF is planning to remove their two bench presses from the gym […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today I equaled my 1 rep max of 240 pounds for bench press, matching the most I have done since rebooting my bench press routine within the last couple years. (all time best 275 while on creatine) I need to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So the plan going into today was mostly core work which would include hanging exercises. After I did three short, difficult, static L-seat holds I tried to move on to ab roll outs. That plan got scuttled after 3 reps […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had a little more jaw work during today’s session than was ideal but I still managed to get in some decent push and pull reps during shoulder and back day. I got three sets of 6 reps doing belly […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today was bi’s and tri’s day. I felt pretty decent both pulling and pushing. The highlight of the session was getting two dip reps with an 85 pound dumbbell between my knees. Today’s Workout 5 minutes cardio/stretching Standing alternating dumbbell […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I did my first barbell squatting in a couple weeks. Even though the numbers were only slightly better than my last outing my base underneath felt more solid than it has been. I didn’t have the right side weakness that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This weekend I continued my slow climb towards average running endurance, completing two laps of a two mile loop with Cindy. It did not feel good, mentally I am further behind than I am physically. I just have not been […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have had a difficult last few days as the older of my two dogs, Nicki, was at the vet and eventually passed away early yesterday morning. Her death is an emotional thing for me since I have never had […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I haven’t been able to coordinate with my bench press buddy so I went at it solo today. Before I got started I had to walk up to the counter staff to ask them to crank down the music that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
