So today I again limped through my sets at the gym. still suffering from pretty acute IT band/knee pain. It sort of sucks. I tried to counteract the negative way I was feeling about my current state of wellness by […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well I paid the price for stupidly running yesterday when my IT band was already irritated. I have been limping around to varying degrees ever since. I need to do daily rolling of my lower body to try to kick […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So despite nursing a small limp walking into the office from the parking lot this morning I decided that my brick at the gym would include 20 minutes on the treadmill. My hope is if I just keep running, even […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I decided to swap out smith machine squatting for leg press this week. I got as high a 5 plates plus a 25lbs on each side (roughly 545 total). The two reps I squeezed out at that weight felt like […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today at the gym my bench press partner was not there but one bench was free so I pressed on solo. I did less bench sets than if he was there and used the extra time to do some other […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today was an oddball Friday workout because it was a non-standard week. Today was only my second gym appearance of the week. I had decided ahead of time I wanted to do some smith machine squats so they wouldn’t paralyze […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today I was unable to get on the bench presses at Planet Fitness. One of the two of them was being cannibalized by some guy using the olympic bar for floor work. I find it rather dumb that the place […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today was a somewhat unconventional Friday workout which usually is all core. I did weighted pull ups early in the workout instead of late like last week. Moving them earlier in the workout seemed to generate better numbers which made […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So there has been some push back from my reintroduction of running into my routine, as I knew there would be. Last night my IT band on my right side felt super tight. I got out my roller and rolled […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I did something today at the gym I haven’t done in around two months, run. Despite doing alternative cardio activities during that time, there is no true substitute for running. I STRUGGLED to put in 20 minutes at mostly […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
