Today I had another funny visual. Back in the 80’s I recall going to gyms that had “neck machines”. They utilized something that reminded me of a toe cage used for biking except head sized. You put the strap around […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So ever since I reconnected with my bench press buddy at Retro 2-3 years ago we had talked about getting our bench press back to 250lbs, something we both accomplished in our younger days. Despite the talk and good intentions […] ↓ 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…
So those of you that read my normal blog already know about my latest gym saga. Cindy, who teaches a few classes there, was told Friday that the gym would be closing very shortly, evicted for not paying rent. This […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last week a younger kid started up a conversation with me regarding the Tough Mudder since he saw I was wearing one of the shirts from the three events I did. In addition to the Mudder we talked about triathlons […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today I worked poor man’s t-bar rows into shoulder/back day. They don’t have an actual t-bar so an olympic bar with a close grip cable machine handle works good enough. With my legs still killing me from all those squats […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
My exercises today for my back and shoulders were all the body weight variety with the exception of dumbbell rows toward the end. I finished with the heaviest dumbbell in the place, the 120 pounders. Just holding them is a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
100 pounds is a significant number for me in several different exercises. 100 pound dumbbell rows and dumbbell chest press are two milestones I recently reached again after a lengthy hiatus. Today another 100 pound exercise was added to the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I watched a video on YouTube recently about squatting, more specifically how you SHOULD do it. The video simplified squat form down to a couple simple things. The starting position for the bar should be mid-foot when viewed from the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
