I started my session at the gym today with a one set max pull ups attempt. This is something I used to always do every day, regardless of what body parts were the main focus. I need to reboot that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Injuries
Today the squat rack was occupied and I can’t say I was all that upset about it. I got on the squat press machine and had a good session getting 7 plates a side (one of them being a 25 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s an odd thing as you use various equipment at a gym. Because of various angles, pulleys and positions utilized, the same amount of weight on two machines can feel dramatically different. I have described this before in the case […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If I go by doctor’s marching orders, it is supposed to be roughly another 10 days until I return to doing upper body exercise at the gym. I have already been doing some minor stuff at the gym last week […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Like I said yesterday, since my skin cancer surgery I have been doing more cardio and less resistance training. For a few of those days I have started off by climbing a virtual Space Needle on the stair climber which […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I haven’t been posting here since my skin cancer surgery for a few reasons. The first couple days after surgery I wasn’t really doing anything. The days after that my efforts at the gym have been limited per doctors orders. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So today is my last day at the gym before I have a mohs surgery on my left deltoid to have some basal cell skin cancer removed. I have had this procedure several times on different spots of my upper […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last week I was at home doing remote classroom training so that meant no formal gym time. I did keep moderately active doing the most running in a 7 day period in the last few years as well as some […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nothing all that exciting to report from bicep and tricep day other than I got things started with a set of 20 pull ups. My strength felt decent but my lower body is killing me from my PB squat totals […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Earned the pain
Today I did squats with another gym buddy I talk to pretty regularly. He is about my height and a couple years younger but probably somewhere around 40 pounds heavier. He played tight end in college and used to be […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…