Bench Press & Deadlift Day. First cycle again of the new 6 week cycle. Uncustomary short logs because I’m playing catch up. Decline Bench Press: 1) 5 reps @ 150lbs. 2) 5 reps @ 150lbs. 3) 5 reps @ 160lbs. Deadlift: 1) 3 reps @ 260lbs. 2) 3 reps @ 260lbs. 3) 2 reps @ […]

Very short logs because I’m backlogged again. Deadlift and Front Squat day for new cycle 1 of the second 6-week mesocycle. Yay. Deadlift: 1) 5 reps @ 260lbs 2) 5 reps @ 260lbs 3) 5 reps @ 280lbs. Front Squat: 1) 3 reps @ 150lbs. 2) 3 reps @ 150lbs. 3) 2 reps @ 160lbs. […]

I’m counting today as the end of this training cycle, aside from bouldering and the failed Rachel Carson hike, I also helped a friend move all weekend so I’m counting all three of those things as an informal “dev day”. So all I need to do is this workout to finish up. It went well […]

Flunked out of the Rachel Carson Challenge this year, had poor choice in footwear (used an old pair of boots I never used for hiking before due to concerns with mud and traction and their worn out soles were like hiking on sandpaper) and my feet were bloody and spent by the second checkpoint, after […]

Today I had no real workout, just hit the indoor rock climbing gym for two hours and did my best to challenge myself. Felt real good afterwards, like I got a good workout in. Didn’t have all the energy in the world to hit it, just a lot going on lately.

Speeding up my logs at this point so expect this to be a little shorter. Bench Press & Deadlift Day, on my final workout cycle. Decline Bench Press: Used 175lbs as my estimated max, felt it was a little low after assessing it. Only serious issue was liftoff, pressing the bar was fine. Feel like […]

So begins the 6th and final cycle of my 6 week/cycle program. I’m really enjoying the progress of the program so far and feel like I’m making steady gains. The structure of the program is fun, and I love that as I go I get to tweak and make it better. One chronic issue of […]

I had a nice 3 mile hike after a long weekend of work, didn’t have time for anything else and being a Sunday, the gyms weren’t open. Still though, was a good time and enjoyed myself. Just logging for the sake of it.

Dev Day record for the end of cycle 5. Wanted an arm and shoulder focus. First, bicep work… Concentration Curls (No-Momentum): 3 sets of 8 reps @ 35lbs. Spider Curls (No-Momentum): Not a very good place to do this on the gym’s preacher curl station due to the way it’s designed, but got away with […]

This morning had a 5K Run on the River. My goal was to run this 5K at close to or better than my old 5K PR of 23:58. I had however not done enough training much of my cardio fell off after the half marathon. I was expecting to perform poorly, but managed to finish […]