Today was Fat Gripz/bi/tri day however my elbows were feeling sore and tender, probably from the 80 pull ups yesterday. It made for a less than inspiring session. Today’s Workout 5 minutes cardio/stretching Seated FG dumbbell curls – 25lbs x […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I had hope of resuming my normal leg/lower body routine a scarce 4 days after the Tough Mudder. It didn’t happen. After doing a 5 minute warm up I did 15 prisoner squats. At the bottom of each rep […] ↓ 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…
I decided the deep slice on my finger had sufficiently healed enough to resume more normal workouts. For the second day in a row I walked into the gym normally, tweaked my knee, limped around for 20 minutes and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I didn’t even bother to post yesterdays workout which was a boring 30 minutes on the cross trainer, burning roughly 350 calories. Today despite my right knee still feeling marginal from the Monday treadmill 5K I thought I would try […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Over the weekend I managed to badly slice the top of my right ring finger on the very sharp and fast moving propeller of my RC plane. The cut appeared to be very deep as it bled like mad. As […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For whatever reason I find my favorite thing to do on the Triple Gym are back lever progressions. The foam covered bar on the dip attachment is just comfortable for me. Last night I also used it to do some […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So one of my online calisthenics buddies, Steve P, likes to post the various workouts he does on FB. I have borrowed a number of them. I like them because they save me from having to think and most of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Duf, and I am a failure. (sometimes) It is really an odd thing trying to analyze the mind-body connection that pushes an individual during physical activities. I have never quite figured out why some days I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So ever since Fi shamed me into resuming dead lifts as part of my weekly workouts I have been making some steady progress which continued today with a one rep mixed grip pull of 355 pounds. The progress has been […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
