http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrwN-iXFksc Last night when I got home I decided to give the Bar-baric mode of this month’s BB challenge a shot which is maximum muscle ups in a 5 minute time period. I used a pretty unconventional strategy in the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQY5lqlSug8 Last night I did some work on Lou’s parallelettes, practicing the L-sit to planche transition. I captured a couple reps on tape. Because of my stretched out dimensions, this is a very tough move for me and looks awkward. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yesterday I received a large box at my front door from New York, it was my Iron Lou parallelettes. Parallelettes are great for many body weight exercises. In some ways it is like having a portable set of parallel bars […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yesterday after I put in some time in the treadmill I wanted to work on my handstands and planche holds a little bit. Well the handstand practice quickly went out the window after I repeatedly banged my three bad toes […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyp_L2jFBIY I made one last attempt at hard mode of this month’s Bar-barian challenge, flying pull ups. This was the same thing that ripped my right hand open earlier in the month when I stupidly chalked the bar and my […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So Wednesday at the gym was leg day. One of the movements I always try to do during leg day are squats. I don’t particularly enjoy doing squats. My body is not exactly well proportioned to squat effectively. I also […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I threw my new Fat Gripz in my gym bag on Tuesday. It was bi/tri day so I figured that was a perfect time to see how the blue beasts do on barbells and dumbbells. I did my bicep […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have had a couple unsuccessful challenges lately. First on Sunday I tried normal mode of this month’s Bar-barian forums challenge, clapping pushups, and posted a number about 10 reps less than I hoped for. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB9Atxi8_IU Then last night I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The other day I saw Metin commented on some guy’s pull up bar picture. The bar had two blue things on it, I wasn’t sure what they were. Metin said they were called Fat Gripz and they were excellent. I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
