So I did something today at the gym I haven’t done in around two months, run. Despite doing alternative cardio activities during that time, there is no true substitute for running. I STRUGGLED to put in 20 minutes at mostly […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today was primarily a core day. I did so many different movements I won’t be able to keep the order straight. I also can’t keep my left elbow bent. Sometime this week I developed tendinitis/tennis elbow type pain on the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There were some wins and losses today. I started my workout with a set of 20 pull ups, a rep count I had been unable to hit since my various problems at the end of 2014. The squat rack was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I just got through 4 very stressful days related to my duties as the race timer for the local half marathon. I encountered some problems with the event timing that lead to pretty incredible amounts of work to address. This […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As I mentioned yesterday I had a sharp pain in my bad right knee as I was switching positions on the kneeling leg curl machine. I was worried I once again did some sort of meniscus damage, an unfortunate habit […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So today at the gym I did my first barbell squatting with anything more than 135 pounds on the bar for the first time in at least a couple months. The experience was made less enjoyable since I was six […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So after being pretty much debilitated by back spasms for two days after painting my pool deck I finally started feeling better yesterday. I got through the day with only a minor spasm here and there. Today I returned to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So if you have been a regular reader of this blog you will know that 2014 has been a very frustrating year for me health/fitness wise. For many years my advancing age had not meant retarding performance in the gym […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So yesterday at the gym I did a few things with moderately heavy weight requiring me to strain to knock out the last few reps. Well my reward for doing so was moderate discomfort in the area you sit on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today the gym was very full, probably the fullest I have ever seen the Wellness Center since joining. My theory was the snowbirds that migrate for the holidays are now arriving in mass. There were a LOT of faces in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
