Sunday I did a large training “brick” with my wife who is training for an upcoming olympic distance triathlon. We did a 90 minute bike ride followed by a 60 minute run followed by a mile swim (in a lap […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yesterday at the gym my legs actually felt decent enough to do some squats. Considering I almost needed a walker on Monday I was quite happy the rebound my body has made after running the half marathon. Last night after […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On Sunday I knocked off one of my physical goals of 2012, crushing my 2 hour half marathon goal, finishing in 1:55:17. That time was in spite of some very unfavorable race conditions including a 20 minute downpour and high […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last night I filmed an intro video for the March Bar-barian forum challenge, “Maximum Fatigue”. The challenge involves pre-fatiguing your muscles before trying a max rep set of several exercises. I was surprised how much of a difference it made […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I plan to use today’s Leap Day as a tool to get in one more attempt at this month’s 5150 Bar-barian challenge. I plan to try a slightly different strategy that I have seen several guys use successfully. It is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Despite my outer, workout obsessed appearance I too can suffer from the normal ebbs and flows of motivation. My last two GUTS efforts were sub-par, I mentally just was not that into it. I also have found it tough to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As I mentioned last week, my current endurance goal is to break 2 hours in an upcoming half marathon in early March. I ran this same event last year and turned in a time of 2:11 and change. In the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
