Today I got a lot of jaw work in talking to people at the gym. I did find the time to press 20 pounds short of seven plates per side for one difficult rep among the conversations. It felt heavy. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So after a decent few sets of squats I decided to try something different with deadlifts. Many of you may be familiar with the term “deficit deadlift” where you stand on something to make your body higher and the bar […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today should be quite the test for how well I have recovered from the minor forearm tendonitis that has been bothering me for several months. It seemed like almost every movement I did tested my grip in some manner. The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After a clear decline in 2014 as far as my health and fitness goes I had a rebound year. Things were far from perfect with chronic IT band pain that lasted damn close to 6 months and a return of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So today I decided to try some hex bar deadlifting instead of straight bar. With the hex bar there are a couple advantages. You are centered with the weight instead of it being in front of you. With a tall, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today I had a rare occurrence where I am pretty sure I matched my all time best in the squat press machine with six big plates on each side garnished with opposing 25 pounders as well. The total weight should […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Over the four day holiday weekend I did a bear walk around the perimeter of my backyard fence. If you would like to see how that turned out look here. Today at the gym I suggested to my bench press […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So as I was on the cross trainer warming up I heard a horrible loud crash back in the free weight area. It was loud enough that some staff came trotting out to see what happened. My angle of view […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today for shoulder/back day I did some pseudo farmer walks, using a hex bar instead of conventional farmers walk handles. It lacks the overall effectiveness of a true farmers walk but still requires you to engage many of the same […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It sounds like I made my exit from Planet Fitness just in time. Joe the trainer who used to work at PF but now works at Retro said PF is planning to remove their two bench presses from the gym […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
