Those of you that regularly follow this blog may almost think it has been abandoned due to the lack of consistent activity. I can assure you, it has not. I have however been quite busy and recently returned from a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So today I again added to my personal best at smith machine decline bench press. I scratched out a rep with another 10 pounds on the bar which translates to roughly 260 pounds of real world weight. I am not […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you think blog entries here are representative of my workout schedule you would unfortunately be mislead. I am still getting to the gym pretty much every weekday but time constraints because of other responsibilities has precluded me from being […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So Cindy and I did our track 5K over the weekend and as seems to usually be the case, it was a struggle due to heat, humidity and the fact my body just does not really like running. Running normally […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today as I was doing heavy shrugs on the smith machine a younger guy and I assume his girlfriend were on the adjacent machine. The woman, who was attractive and in decent shape, said something about how she wanted to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Since I planned to do lower body today I hoped the pain in my right side would be less of an issue. As I went through the workout I discovered several things. Chin ups hurt more than pull ups, I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So like I mentioned Friday, I had another sharp pain on my right side during my third set of dragon flags. I have had this happen a few times before but this seemed like the most severe example as the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Remember earlier in the week when I patted myself on the back for not trying a 1RM deadlift when my knee was hurting? Well I am back to being dumb again. I have not done dragon flags for months. You […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I worked Smith machine deadlifts into my routine today as one of them came open after I did a few sets on the leg sled. After getting two reps with three 45 lb plates and a 25 pounder on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This entry is much less about my exercise log and more about strange people. On my way to the gym I found myself behind a roughly 15 year old Toyota Camry with a badly peeling clear coat. The car and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
