You may recall the other day I wrote about how for most of the last year it has felt like I lost my inner drill sergeant and instead had him replaced with a Richard Simmons-esque trainer, someone who wants you […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today I hit a little bit of everything from an upper body perspective. I still feel weak but at least I am slowly feeling less so. Today’s Workout 5 minutes cardio/stretching 15 pull ups 20 dips Seated dumbbell curl 25lbs […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I just got through 4 very stressful days related to my duties as the race timer for the local half marathon. I encountered some problems with the event timing that lead to pretty incredible amounts of work to address. This […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As I have lamented for the past year or so, I have had a drop off in my physical abilities across the board due to injury, illness and just being an old fart. So far in 2015 I have been […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As I mentioned yesterday I had a sharp pain in my bad right knee as I was switching positions on the kneeling leg curl machine. I was worried I once again did some sort of meniscus damage, an unfortunate habit […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So today at the gym I did my first barbell squatting with anything more than 135 pounds on the bar for the first time in at least a couple months. The experience was made less enjoyable since I was six […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Over the weekend I upped my running distance and did most of it on open roads instead of round and round the local 400 meter track. The varied scenery and cool temperatures in the lower 60’s helped me cover 5.5 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today my training brick was a combo I have done before, running and rowing. However it was the first time I did the combo after a day of decent lower body resistance training. The run felt ok, even with me […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So today at the gym it was actually significantly less crowded than the day before. However I did still get to see something pretty unique on the Cybex cross trainer machine. The machine is designed for you to swing your […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As is customary this time of year the gym resolutionists have once again flocked to the local fitness centers. Their presence was most notable in the cardio machine section of the gym, there was hardly a treadmill or stationary bike […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
