So today when I was doing my standing behind the back shoulder shrugs on the Smith machine I finished with just a static hold with 4 plates on each side (around 400lbs). I couldn’t shrug that much weight with any […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last night was my fantasy football leagues draft party which I hosted. For whatever reason I always over indulge during this event and I once again did this year. The end result was me waking up this morning exhausted and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I wanted to have a somewhat decent last day of legs since I will be out of town for a couple weeks. I jumped on the Smith machine to get some squats in. My IT band felt irritated during the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So despite my years of observations of what I classify as weird or annoying behavior of gym goers, I have no doubt that some of what I have done at the gym would also be viewed as weird by others. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
During my mostly core day at the gym today I did high explosive pull ups instead of the mundane variety. The goal is to explosively pull as high as you can. Of course much more energy is put into each […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s gym session covered a variety of upper body areas but definitely hit the shoulders the most with presses, raises, and shrugs all mixed in. I also got a total of 50 bodyweight pull ups mixed in with varying grips. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had some left over issues from Sunday’s reverse duathlon brick followed by yesterdays dull and painful lower body training. I figured it made sense to not roll the dice and try to run again today. Instead I jumped on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So on Sunday I did a bike-run-bike training brick with Cindy. Today I seemed to be paying with the dreaded second day soreness that really starts hammering you the older you get. I also had some first day soreness from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today my bench press buddy and I hit the big plates. My numbers were pretty good as I got 235 for one, only 5 pounds off my recent 1RM of 240 pounds. I probably could have grunted and groaned a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today is my normal core focused workout. There was a good amount of direct (ab wheel, hanging knee raises) and indirect (push ups) core exercise. However I also included a lot of sets of pull ups in between. My first […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
