1/13/2023 Daylight Savings Time
How much more adaptable would it be if the change of clocks happened on Friday at about 4:00 PM instead of Sunday morning at 2:00 AM? Think about it. Add another reason I should become Emporer. Today's Training: AirDyne: 10/10/10 Cycle: Commute Dynamic Squat: 10x2 Dynamic Deadlift: 10x1 GHR: 3x10 Reverse Hyper w/ hard change […]
Is It Really Your Back Causing You Pain?
I think many of us who are a little more seasoned and have a lot of years under the bar suffer from back pain.
3/10/2023 How To Be the Very Best
To be the best you have to train like you're the SECOND best. Or as I saw in one meme..."Fight for your position on Noah's Arc like you're the THIRD monkey." Today's Training: Concept II Row: 5 min. steady; 15x10/50s AirDyne: 5 min. steady; 15x10/50s Then I assigned one of three other modalities: for an […]
3/9/2023 When It All Goes Accordingly It Becomes Almost Spiritual
Years ago when I trained to compete in Triathlons, I would swim an average of six miles, Cycle over 300 miles, and run up to 70 miles on any given week. During those long days of training, there were times when everything would seem to be just about perfect. The weights didn't feel heavy, the […]
3/8/2023 No One Will Teach You This...
You will need to find these twenty things out on your own: Today's Training: Airdyne: 10-10-10 C/S Row: 10x10 Lat Pulldown: 10x10 Bicep Curl (of any sort): 10x10
A Big Glass of LIFE
Clint, how do you always seem to find a way to smile and be a positive kind of guy? Well, I can promise you that I do not always smile and I am not always happy or positive but I do tend to enjoy life quite a bit more than most people do. Here is […]
3/7/2023 Only You Can Master Your Thoughts
People are soft. We've become too comfortable. The worst thing that can happen to a man is to become civilized. Today's Training: Run: Sprints; 10x50 yds Cycle: Commute Bench: 10x10 DB Fly: 10x10 Tricep Extension of any sort: 10x10 Banded Shrugs: 10x10x Medium Band (Retract while elevating the scapula) Cycle: Commute
OPERATION BE LESS FAT - A Better Way To Diet
After more or less being in a calorie deficit for over a decade, my body was revolting. My maintenance calories were low and I felt terrible.
3/5/2023 It Only Takes One Second
I was being a lazy POS this morning. It was raining pretty hard and the feathers were feeling WAY too comfortable, but my bladder was the only thing that got me out of bed. When I looked back into the bedroom, I gave thought to go back to bed even though I had already slept […]
2/3/2023 The exhaustive sets
Today after the conditioning we hit all the major muscle groups in the upper body with TWO sets of an exercise to "failure". The term failure is a hard one to comprehend when you're in the middle of the set. Two things to consider; the first is when it begins to "burn" doesn't mean failure, […]
3/2/2023 Excuses!
Excuses are useless. They are for people who don't want it bad enough. Today's Training: Run: 3 miles Cycle: Commute Dynamic Squat: 10x2 Dynamic Deadlift: 10x1 GHR: 4x10 Reverse Hyper: 4x10 Cycle: Commute
3/1/2023 The Two Types of People
Those that say they will do it and those that are doing it. Simple Today's Training: AirDyne: 10-10-10 Cycle: Commute Concept II Row: 10 mins steady; 15x10/50s Blast Strap Row: 4x50 Suspended Knees to Elbow: 4x10 V bar Lat Pulldown: 4x15 Horizontal Med Ball Wall Throws: 4x5 on each side 45-degree Back Extension: 4x10 DB […]
2/28/2023 We Need More Backbone than Wishbone.
This quote by David Goggins parallels what I have been harping on for weeks. We don't do certain things because we suck at them. We suck at them because we don't do them. If we did those things with consistency then we would suck LESS and actually start to improve. As we improve we do […]
Strength Progression For Hypertrophy
My "rules" for how I progress in strength to limit the risk of injury.
5/3/1 AMRAP And Progressions For The Seasoned Lifter
Figuring out how to keep making progress in training is not always easy
2/26/2023 The War Within...
I am all about my rule #67 which states, "No Complaining". When I bring it up to people who are complaining, they will stand in front of me and tell me that their rhetoric is NOT a complaint when in fact...IT IS! For me to live by my codes I need to exhibit the behaviors […]
2/24/2023 If It's Physical; It's Therapy.
I said that years ago and still think it would make a pretty cool T-shirt. Today's Training: Concept II Row: 6500 m or 30 minutes. Whichever comes first. Abdominal Side Flex: Use the 45-degree back extension: 3x10 on each side Hi-Lo Cable Woodchop: 3x10 Med Ball Side Slam: 3x5 on each side AirDyne: 15x15/45
