For the second day in a row stretching my quads/hamstrings felt more hurtful than helpful due to the swelling in my right knee. I walked away from the stretching with a limp. I think I will just lay off the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I had the Tough Mudder on Saturday. You can read a full recap of the event on my regular blog here. Let me just say it was tough but more wet than muddy. I almost escaped injury free but […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not much to report. I missed the gym yesterday due to a problem at work and today, as part of my calm before the storm Tough Mudder plan I just did 30 minutes of moderately hard cardio on a cross […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last night I tried the last two modes of this month’s BB challenge so I at least did them all this month. First up was Bar-baric mode which is a static one hand chin hold for time. I have not […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So today I took my first shot at a +1 version of the Ray’s Way I successfully completed two weeks in a row. That meant I needed to do 5 sets of 16 dips, 9 pull ups and 21 push […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My workout today was pretty simple, only alternating between two movements after my set of 20 pullups. I flip flopped between sets of 25 push ups and 20 hanging knee raises doing 5 sets of each. It was an uncreative […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s Workout 5 minutes cardio/stretching 10 high pull ups Following all super-setted in random manner 3 sets of alternating front/side straight arm dumbbell lat raises – 15lbs x 15, 20lbs x 12, 25lbs x 8 60 second wall handstand hold […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Once again this week I went for a deadlifting PR, just not the one rep max variety. I added 5 pounds to the six 45 pound plates on the Olympic Bar, for a total of 320 pounds. Like last week […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was not feeling all that great going into today’s workout. I was feeling borderline ill last night and had a headache this morning. I was glad it was Fat Gripz bi/tri day because I wasn’t in the mood to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On Sunday I once again tried to complete a 10 mile run which mentally I see as a requirement for doing the Tough Mudder. Last week you may recall I tried to get 10 miles in around a 400 meter […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
