Saturday, November 21st, 2009 at
3:48 pm
Back to heavy volume and a ME Tuesday which turned out to be a mixed bag; a personal best in the push press and a groin blow-out while working up to an Olympic squat pr.
Tuesday, 11/17/09
Push Press: 95×5/135×5/155×3/165×3/185/205 pr/225 pr/235 pr (need more leg drive leg drive).
Back Squat: 135×5/185×5/235×3/275×2/285 f. (crashed the bar. My left side groin gave out and ended my run for a pr. damn!)
Chest-supported double Dumbbell Rows: 30×8/60×8/60×8/60×8.
Bar Front Raise: 45×10/50×9/.
Med Ball Sit-ups: 4×20. Legs close together. Could not do spread eagles, however.
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009 at
4:42 pm
In typical fashion of late, I started my training week slowly, picked up momentum and finished strong. Always finish strong!
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Monday, March 30th, 2009 at
8:18 am
Monday, 3/23/09
As soon as I got out of the truck, I was talked into doing some Prowler pushes with 90# of additional weight. They cared not one bit that I was not even warmed up, let alone in the frame of mind for Prowler pushes. Nevertheless, I did:
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Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 at
6:04 pm
Monday, 3/16/09
Back Squat DE: 135×5/135×3/185×3/195×3/.
Doubles, pause at the bottom.
60% 1RM @ 205: 6×2
70% 1RM @ 240: 6×2
30 second rest between sets.
Push Press, x 5:
95/115/135/155/165/.
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Sunday, March 15th, 2009 at
2:56 pm
It was a spotty training week with two workouts that were pretty good, especially the sandbag session at the week’s end.
Monday, 3/9/09
Sledgehammer Swings: 50/25/25/25/25/.
Double Kettlebell Swings, 40 kg: 10/10/10/10/10/10/.
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 at
9:39 pm
Every sport, no every sector of our life is littered with cliches and “buzz-words”. Some of course, are much more annoying than others. Many started being cool but have a short shelf life and should just go away.
Words and their meanings are fascinating.
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Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 at
11:47 pm
Monday, 2/16/09
No training
Tuesday, 2/17/09
No training, part II
This doesn’t look so good! Two days off to start the week! I really did rally to get some quality training in. Take a look.
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Sunday, February 15th, 2009 at
10:57 pm
Monday, 2/9/09
Rest Day
Ok, so I started the week with a rest day, so shoot me! I started slowly and kept it that way but rallied at the end of the week. Sort of.
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Sunday, February 8th, 2009 at
2:05 pm
This week got off to a slow start with a bad bout of allergies, but things began to improve by Thursday and ended on a high note with a couple of personal bests in both the squat and deadlift on Sunday.
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009 at
12:33 pm
Walk right past the elliptical machines, the treadmills, (run outside if you must), and laugh at the Lifecycles. You really don’t need them.
There are manly ways to work your “cardio” whether you are male or female. Here are my Top 10 in no particular order. What are yours? Read the rest of this entry
