So I took last weekend off from running and doing lower body resistance training hoping to address an annoying mild ache I was feeling in the top of both knees. I resumed my weekend 5K run on Saturday which went […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So the dragon flag was a movement I was very proud to have been able to do years ago when I was at the height of my calisthenic fitness and strength levels. In the past year or more it has […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s back/shoulder session was a little challenging because my lower back is still pretty jacked up from deadlifting on Tuesday. Any movement that invovled bending down requires auxiliary support by one of my arms. All things considered it worked out […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last week I tweaked my back pretty good trying to do deadlifts on the smith machine with a slight pitch angle. I had some pretty bad pain for two-three days but felt more or less normal by now. This week […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Since Planet Fitness removed ALL barbells from the facility a year or so ago your only options for doing these type of exercises is via the Smith machines which everyone knows is less effective in most every way. However I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week I have not really felt like going to the gym due to just feeling out of it for various reasons. However I am 3/3 and still got myself in there and did lackluster workouts but workouts all the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So as is often the case at Planet Frustration, the three smith machines were tied up making my buddy and my plan for bench press invalid. We decided to go with dumbbell chest press instead but neither of us were […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So today for chest day I got on the one Smith machine that is a Hammer Strength model. In addition to having it’s guide bar at a slight angle it also uses a fatter barbell, more like an axle bar. […] ↓ 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…
