So I returned to the gym for the first time in around 10 days, totally expecting to continue the strength deficit I have been experiencing ever since my weird ear pop several months ago. Of the last three weeks, I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today was likely my last time at the gym for 10 days as I am off next week since my dad and step mom are down visiting. I surely will still be active but my normal routine will be out […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Because of my short gym week I had to condense four body parts into one session today. To make it more manageable I alternated between a pushing and pulling movement. I felt pretty weak across the board, most noticeably with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had yet another lousy bench session at the gym today, my last time there for the next week due to being on vacation until next Tuesday. I keep expecting to just magically snap out of it and feel strength […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When I read that one of the possible side effects of prednisone was weakness and lack of energy it explained why I generally felt lousy during my gym workouts during the two weeks I was on it. What I don’t […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So yesterday I had a once a decade hell day at work that kept me at the office until after midnight. After four something hours of sleep I was back in the office early to deal with any aftermath. Of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So once again today during my chest pushing session I felt weak with poor endurance. I am still attributing it to my prednisone prescription which I thankfully should be done with by the end of the week. It was prescribed […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some days you just don’t feel like being at the gym. It sort of is like the hammer and nail analogy. Most of the time you are the hammer, driving your fitness progress forward through hard work and determination. Other […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You may recall that under the prior gym ownership they brought a trainer in there that went by the name Renegade. He sort of looked the part as he wore almost exclusively plaid button down shirts (mostly unbuttoned) with the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The main core exercise for today was ab wheel rollouts. I used an olympic bar with 10 pound weights on each end as my “wheel”. I like doing them with this set up because it allows me to use varied […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
