Today was a nice kayaking trip down the Youghigheny river, probably about 7 miles of kayaking or about 2 1/2 hours on the river. No other workout today but that was a very sufficient one.

Deadlift & Front Squat day is back again, for a new workout cycle. Cycle 4 is speed work, which I really feel is fun. Starting to feel better too. Deadlifts: 4 sets of 1 normal rep @ 260lbs + 3 speed reps @ 230lbs. Drop set of speed pulls continued until pulling speed levels out […]

Alright, developmental day. Feeling a wee little bit better from the lengthy stint of being ill, so wanted to end this cycle with some good upper body work. Biceps, traps and posterior delts were on my exercise hit list. Concentration Curls: 4 sets of 6 reps ea. @ 40lbs. Forced negatives where needed, I still […]

Front Squat & Bench Press day, cycle 3 hypertrophy plus. Keeping the logs short because I’m catching up on some backlogged posts. Believe it or not, still feeling sick. I think it’s like a week’s worth of logs and I’ve just been horribly sick. Feeling more capable of normal workouts though by this point. Front […]

The worst of being sick was still going on, but after a couple days off I felt good enough to get back to the gym. It was still cycle 3, hypertrophy plus, and Bench Press & Deadlift Day. Decline Bench Press: 8 sets of 5 reps @ 135lbs, form focused. Pause Deadlifts: Same weight levels […]

Okay I was feeling completely miserable from being sick so I skipped out of the regular workout routine entirely just to exercise at home. It was fun, a unique diversion from the day to day grind, and let me feel like I was letting the body really rest up. 50 reps chin-ups sets of 3-5 […]

Deadlift and Front Squat day, but I was still feeling sick so the workout was shorter than I’d prefer. Start of cycle 3, hypertrophy plus, where I do a little bit more than I did last week. Deadlifts: Set 1) 11 reps @ 195lbs. Set 2) 9 reps @ 230lbs. Set 3) 9 reps @ […]

Catching up on old logs again so this one is for the record books more than anything. Today was Dev Day, cycle 2 and I was pretty sick on this workout. In fact being sick caused me to have nearly an extra 4-5 days of off days from working out so records will be sparse. […]

Okay, it’s been a while since I typed up a meaningful workout log most of them are backlogged these days a week and a half and I’m rushing through logging them. I do keep them on the website, deep in here, but don’t syndicate them to the front page or Facebook or anything as to […]

Flat Dumbbell Chest Press: 6 sets of 13 reps @ 40lbs. This was a lot better than the 60lb pair I tried to do last week. Deadlift: 1) 12 reps @ 195lbs. 2) 10 reps @ 230lbs. 3) 8 reps @ 245lbs. 4) 3 reps @ 260lbs. Compared the accessory weight levels and reps to […]