So as is often the case at Planet Frustration, the three smith machines were tied up making my buddy and my plan for bench press invalid. We decided to go with dumbbell chest press instead but neither of us were […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today was back and shoulder day. Normally I will feel soreness in a body part I worked at the gym a day or two afterward. Today my back and shoulders were already sore before I touched a weight, the end […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For the first time in weeks I was able to get on the smith machine to do some squatting and deadlifts. To be honest it didn’t go as badly as I expected with my numbers pretty much equaling what I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It has been a welcome change to have the time to get to the gym on a daily basis. Exercise and exertion just helps me maintain my state of mind , as well as it can be maintained I guess. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For some reason over most of my life I have been told that I look like a lot of different people. That list includes some famous people like McGyver, Mark Fuhrman, Jeff Gordon, Billy Bob Thorton and Christopher Lloyd from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So it’s been a rather tumultuous 6-8 weeks in regards to my normal and preferred fitness routines. It all basically went in the shitter. First we had our 10 day road trip. Then I rolled into a very heavy work […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My IT band has been quite sore since running on Saturday. That soreness continued today but I decided to do lower body anyway. Once I got warmed up the pain lessened. I again combo’d Smith squats with dead lifts which […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So today for chest day I got on the one Smith machine that is a Hammer Strength model. In addition to having it’s guide bar at a slight angle it also uses a fatter barbell, more like an axle bar. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I started off shoulder/back day with a Century circuit (40 bodyweight squats, 30 push ups, 20 hanging knee raises, 10 push ups) I had not done one in awhile and it certainly showed. Even with my trying to just […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I managed to get on a Smith machine today to do some “squatting” and “deadlifts”. Both of those words are in quotes because I know that doing these movements on a Smith is less effective than doing them with a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
