Today’s row/recumbent bike brick was broken up due to a power failure. Somewhere around 7 minutes into my planned 20 minute rowing session the batteries in my portable radio died. I stripped off the headphones and decided to row the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was surprised I was able to get on a smith machine for the 2nd week in a row. I took advantage of it by getting some smith squats in. It was a bit of an odd session. Part of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the more impressive core exercises is doing a full ab wheel roll out on your toes as opposed to on your knees. Even the knee variety is quite tough if you are getting your body down to floor […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So late last night I returned from a race timers conference in Philadelphia. I had not done a gym workout since Thursday or Friday of last week. While I was at the conference I tried to not pig out too […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My bench press buddy was at the gym today. He was doing some benching and asked if I wanted to see how 185 felt. I could move the weight ok but immediately had that unsettled feeling in my left shoulder. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today was a row/ride brick. I notice if I want to keep my pace on the rower at or below 2:15 per 500 meters I need to pretty much exclusively stare at the little 4 inch by 4 inch display […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For the first time around a month one of the Smith machines was actually free at Planet Fitness when I wanted to use it. I used the opportunity to get some squatting in. Despite not being able to do squats […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Right now a challenging one set rep count for pull ups for me is 20 reps. For push ups that same number is around 50 reps. In many workouts I will start off with either 20 pull ups or 50 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I planned to include bodyweight dips in today’s routine, preferably weighted reps. Well right away in my warm up set I could feel that deep pain in my left shoulder I felt Monday during benching. It wasn’t severe but […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not only were both Smith machines occupied at Planet Fitness today, the leg press sled was as well. (by someone with 25 pounds on each side) I find myself getting more annoyed with the refusal of the gym to make […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
