Nothing but the treadmill

Normally I am not a fan of the treadmill, but due to the stair climber being taken and wanting to add variety, I decided to give it a go.  Warm up: Treadmill: 10 minutes, no incline, slow speed Workout: Treadmill: 20 minutes total. I did interval training, 3 minutes running speed at 5.5, no inclineContinue reading “Nothing but the treadmill”

Gassed out on deadlifts

Warm up: EZ bar goodmorning: 4 x 25, 20 lbs Hip abduction: 4 x 25, 50 lbs Resistance band clamshell: 4 x 25 each leg, red band Workout: Conventional deadlift: 3 x 1 (85%) 260 lbs Conventional deadlift: 3 x 1 (90%) 275 lbs Barbell back squat: 3 x 2 (85%) 190 lbs Barbell backContinue reading “Gassed out on deadlifts”

Bench is my weakness

Warm up: resistance band pull apart: 4 x 25, green DB triceps kickback: 4 x 25, 10 lbs Lat pulldown: 4 x 25, 40 lbs Workout: Barbell bench press: 3 x 3, 105 lb (85%) Barbell bench press: 3 x 2, 110 lbs (90% Barbell push press: 3 x 5, 80 lbs Superset: DB oneContinue reading “Bench is my weakness”

Macro’s from Yesterday .. Day Two

Yesterday (well Monday) we had a labor day meal — that was brought to us by our job. I work third shift so it technically was on Tuesday when we ate. I made some bad decisions & could properly measure out the servings, and so without accurate count of macros, I decided to not postContinue reading “Macro’s from Yesterday .. Day Two”

PR’s are cool, but..

Personal records are cool and all, but don’t allow them to define your worth. Of course, for professional athletes in weightlifting & powerlifting, we use those PR’s to determine where we are at within our goals and wanting to increase weights, but sometimes we need to take a step back and re-evaluate the situation andContinue reading “PR’s are cool, but..”