Today’s back/shoulder session was a little challenging because my lower back is still pretty jacked up from deadlifting on Tuesday. Any movement that invovled bending down requires auxiliary support by one of my arms. All things considered it worked out […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last week I tweaked my back pretty good trying to do deadlifts on the smith machine with a slight pitch angle. I had some pretty bad pain for two-three days but felt more or less normal by now. This week […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After a four day hiatus that did include a four mile fun run on Thanksgiving but also excessive calorie consumption, I was back at the gym today, ready to continue my never ending assault on the aging process. My bench […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Since Planet Fitness removed ALL barbells from the facility a year or so ago your only options for doing these type of exercises is via the Smith machines which everyone knows is less effective in most every way. However I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I know I have fallen off documenting workouts on a daily basis and I doubt that anyone really notices. Rest assured I am putting in the time 5 days a week as long as there are no extenuating circumstances. Today […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So in my early to mid 40’s I was very heavily into calisthenics. I did endless pull ups, push ups and dips. Much of that work was my pursuit of an explosive calisthenics move called the muscle up. The move […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I went into today’s lower body session not expecting much. I just did a 4 mile race on Sunday and although my lower body didn’t feel awful it didn’t feel great at all. Even so I performed half decent pulling […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I have been doing hanging knee raises, leg raises, and toes to bar forever. I just realized a week ago that because of my poor hip flexor flexibility I have been doing them in a far from ideal way. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week I have not really felt like going to the gym due to just feeling out of it for various reasons. However I am 3/3 and still got myself in there and did lackluster workouts but workouts all the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As the title suggests, today’s workout consisted only of those three movements. I first alternated between sets of pull ups and push ups, starting with a first set of 20/50 and ending with 5/10. It was a lot more reps […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
