So despite my consistent right knee pain of varying intensity that continues to bother me I did lower body weight training today, specifically smith machine squats. My logic is the pain my body experiences if I miss a week of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So this weekend there was a lot of undisciplined eating going on for me and by the time this morning came around I felt fat. This feeling was reenforced when I saw 186 flash up on the scale this morning, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today I threw some weighted pullups into the routine. I have not done any weighted pull ups in a very long time and it showed. I remember several years ago my friend Jeremy and I had a weighted pull up […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today the highlights of the workout were more belly to wall handstand push ups and doing some exercises at the top end of my weight capabilities finishing up dumbbell curls, barbell shrugs and standing curls with weight I could only […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today at the gym I had a guy next to me in the other smith machine that seemed to be overly equipped. Hanging on the bar in between sets he had his two knee wraps and weight belt. You would […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This weekend I did my first outdoor endurance training in several weeks, riding a pleasurable 20 mile round trip to the closest Dunkin Donuts and back. On the ride Cindy and I were less concerned with maximizing our MPH and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I was back on the Smith machine doing my deep squats. They have seemed harder than they should be ever since I was relegated to doing them on the Smith. I have described how I get my feet way […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My bench press buddy was feeling ambitious today. He suggested that we try for a 245 pound 1RM on the bench today, a scarce week after us pressing up 240 for the first time in ages. I did not fully […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So today I did some dragon flags as part of my core day. My first set of six reps felt strong, strong enough that I could have probably repped 8 if I wanted to. My second set was going ok […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today was cardio day. I pulled a few meters further in 20 minutes on the rower than I did the last time. I cranked up the resistance on the recumbent bike for the second part of the brick to a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
