Last night at home I had three muscle ups in a row, the first time I have done that many in eons. While I was out there I had a couple single reps that were pretty clean for me, minimal […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Muscle Ups
Today at the gym one individual provided some entertainment on several occasions. The first thing that drew my attention was that he was on the Smith machine doing bench press. Smith machine bench press is not necessarily a bad thing, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today at the Gym – another fashion statement was spotted. This guy was wearing a tight, white, short sleeve undershirt with a pair of designer jeans,a loud gold chain, and tan shoes. If his gym attire wasn’t odd enough already, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today was primarily shoulder day. I added in a weird stagger hold wall handstand thing. I piled six 25 pound plates into two piles of three, about a foot apart. I then assumed a wall hand stand with my hands […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today at the Gym – today we had another demonstration of totally ineffective ab exercises. The demonstrator was a younger guy who may have not been old enough to drink legally. He was on the ab slant board. After locking […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I got my first bar muscle up back in September 2011. Since accomplishing that long term goal I sort of moved more onto other things like trying to build up my BBR endurance, hand balancing and levers. A couple weeks […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wake up call
So anyone that has read my online ramblings over the last few years know about how long I struggled with getting my first muscle up. It was literally at least a couple year process due to injury and just not […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
13, hanging around
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrwN-iXFksc Last night when I got home I decided to give the Bar-baric mode of this month’s BB challenge a shot which is maximum muscle ups in a 5 minute time period. I used a pretty unconventional strategy in the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Too much (You) Tube time
As I have said many times and in many places, I feel so fortunate to be involved in the bar/calisthenics/body weight exercise community. It is a great source of positive energy and motivation that helps me in other areas of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…