Somehow I once again forgot to pack socks in my gym bag. I did not want to risk angering the Blister Gods by running with no socks and my legs/knee still were not feeling all that great anyway. I instead […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My right knee is feeling pretty cranky after Sunday’s 5.5 mile run. I still wanted to get some leg work in. I decided to start off with something I haven’t done in eons, squats on the smith machine. Generally speaking, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today in my second week of bench pressing with my gym buddy we had immediate access to one of the benches so we were able to include a 1RM in the sets. For me, pushing up 225 with no hands […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today at the gym I did a run/row brick. Once again I have had some lower body aches and pains that made unsure if I could run. Those pains certainly weren’t helped my the 50 tire flips I did at […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As I was working through multiple bench press sets I heard very loud and irritated yelling from the back corner of the gym. I looked that direction expecting to see two guys arguing about who stepped in front of who […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So as I am setting up a mat to do dragon flags on an old guy with head phones comes back to use the prone leg curl machine that is in the same area. In his hand was one of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another benefit of going to Planet Fitness is there is ALWAYS good people watching to be done in between sets. The mostly elderly crowd this time of year simply do some very entertaining things on machines. My favorite today was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Despite my right knee still feeling slightly swollen from Sunday’s run and yard work beating I decided to give a run/pedal training brick a go. My knee felt ok during the nearly 2.25 miles I put in on the treadmill. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On Sunday Cindy and I did close to a 5.5 mile run to start off the day. I felt pretty good during the run and thought I escaped injury free. That may have been the case if I didn’t back […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today was primarily a core day. I did so many different movements I won’t be able to keep the order straight. I also can’t keep my left elbow bent. Sometime this week I developed tendinitis/tennis elbow type pain on the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
