Unfortunately lost this log. It was okay, this was a post-birthday celebration workout so I was a little hung over and not quite as productive in the gym as I’d have liked to be. Didn’t get a good burn at all. For the record though, a workout did happen on this day for chest. Pretty […]

Well today was back day again, and something I learned today had a pretty big impact on my workout. I saw this video on Jonnie Candito’s training channel CanditoTrainingHQ. Bicep tears are a common deadlift problem but not often spoken about. I notice when I do deadlifts I do feel periodic twangs up and down […]

Went ahead and uploaded a little video with thoughts on my first deload cycle, hopefully to give anyone probing the internet for information about the benefits of taking time out of a workout plan to try one. A short perspective from someone still new to the game.

Today was a short day, had some errands to fix up at home and go out of work late. On top of that, had a pretty low energy and took a nap after work which ate up more time. After the 21.45 mile run on Monday, I wanted to get some heavy leg lifting in […]

Okay well today was arm day and I needed to have a good workout because it was also my birthday, and what better way to celebrate the ripe old age of 34 than to get a glory swole bicep/tricep pump. I’m going to keep this log short because the workout was simple, but it was […]

Well, ran 21.45 miles today (canceled leg day to accomodate for the long run), although I admit after mile 15 I stopped maintaining a running pace and it turned into a series of walks with intermittent hobbled jogging. The total trip took 4 hours and 45 minutes, I started in Frick Park and ran down […]

Just laying down the law about chest day, the final day of my deload cycle. So far my deload accomplished a lot. It helped me recover my body, speaking a couple days after it’s over now I feel real good, capable of carrying through to my vacation. Plus it taught me a lot about form, […]

Okay today is back day, and I’m continuing my deload cycle so lower weights. This was a very fun and effective exercise day today, and despite the lower weights I still felt every exercise really engaged me the right way. I could probably even work out at these levels and still get good gains, honestly. […]

Okay today was dev day, and I’m continuing to practice my deload cycle by lowering weights across the board. It was a big day as I wanted to focus on squat development, lats and traps from the previous week’s workout. First, squat development… Back Squat (high bar): 5 sets of 5 reps @ 145lbs. Slow […]

To continue my deload cycle, I did arm day. Arm day was pretty fun all said and I got a great pump, despite the lower loads. I focused a little more on biceps this time, as last time I did triceps more. Remember if you read this that I don’t log my warm up sets, […]