Today was a first at the gym, I did a Bar-barian forums challenge during my session. I had my phone there for another reason, but since I had it, I figured I may as well get a challenge attempt in. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today was squat / DL day with a very large emphasis on the DL. My body just does not feel good squatting. After 10 reps at 135 and five at 185 I tapped out. I was feeling pain in my […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yesterday at the gym I tried out my new Eagle Loops, one of my Christmas gifts. It’s a very simple but effective training aid, designed to help build hand/grip/finger strength. I actually mistakenly received two sets due to an Amazon […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I bought my girlfriend a slack line for Xmas. I set it up over the weekend and we both tried it out. I was pretty miserable at it, unable to take more than a step or two before falling off. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have been tardy posting my daily workouts. I’ll blame it on the holidays. On New Years Day I participated in a 5K run followed by a dip in the chilly but quite survivable Gulf of Mexico. I haven’t been […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My last workout of 2013 was nothing exciting, another Fat Gripz bicep and tricep session. I have been a bit limited the last couple days by a kink in my neck that seemed to come out of nowhere. My 2013 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My exercise routine around Christmas was rather spotty. It did include some highlights like this: I really wanted to get 400 pounds off the ground. Well I did get it off the ground momentarily but could not pull it upright, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So last week was an odd one for me exercise-wise because I was doing at home training, meaning all of my workouts occurred in the back yard. I didn’t have time to post them here but I did make videos […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today was shoulder day more or less but I added a full body movement in as well, Turkish Get Ups. This is a movement I remember playing with once or twice before many years ago. It is ideally performed with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last night was another BB challenge attempt. I did a pretty good job on my pull up Xmas tree. Today was an abnormal Wednesday at the gym for me. I wound up skipping squats because some dummy was doing 100 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
