Yesterday Cindy and I hit the track for a run. We covered 12 laps which worked out to be almost exactly 5k in distance because we ran in the middle lanes. It was the furthest distance I have run since […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Both of my forearms were very sore today from yesterdays shoulder/back exercises that were very grip intensive. I didn’t even consider doing any of my core exercises that involve hanging. I also mixed in a lot of push ups (180 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today was shoulder and back day. I did wall handstand walkers where you alternate picking up hands while in handstand position, almost like marching in place. Sets of 20 “steps” were enough for me. I also did my first heavy […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have been liking reassigning my former endurance training gym day to resistance training instead. Getting to focus on bi’s and tri’s once again feels good and I am starting to see the results with some better numbers. Now if […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As I mentioned before, one of the positives for me with going back to RetroFitness is I liked the manager who I knew before I left. The new staff has been equally nice outside of one woman who is one […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today felt like a a throwback workout to several years ago and I liked it with movements like the standing barbell overhead press, inverted bodyweight shoulder shrugs with 150 push ups mixed in between. Today’s Workout 5 minutes […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I tried to open my workout with a set of pull ups and stopped at rep 12 after feeling pain/discomfort in my left forearm. At this point there is little doubt that I have managed to come down with tendonitis […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today I saddled up squats and dead lift, an abnormal pairing in most books. I tried some heavier weight with the squats, pushing up 185 and then 205lbs. I still felt that odd weakness on my right side at the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I noticed an older guy that used to work at Planet Fitness as a “trainer” was now at Retro training another old guy. I never talked to him at Planet Fitness but I said hi to him today, saying […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I felt distracted and annoyed at the gym today which is never a good combination for productivity. Today’s Workout 5 minutes cardio/stretching 50 push ups Hanging knee raises x 20 Hanging shin to bar raises x 8 Standing dowel oblique […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
