DAY 1 E1:30×4 – 1 1/4 close grip bench x8 E1:30 x4 – Biangular lat pulldowns x8 Supinated bent over row: 4×8 Tricep press down (V handle) 4×10 E0:45 – Hanging knee raises 4×15 DAY 2 E3:00 Box Squat…
Nutrition Progression
Last week I purchased an annual subscription to Lose It! premium. I have historically used My Fitness Pal to track macros but Lose It was suggested to me as a better alternative. Whenever I have tracked what I was eating,…
FBB Pump 40 – Week 5
Looking back on this week, it was one of the best in recent memory. I completed all four programmed workouts as well as an extra day on Saturday. All of this was married up with nutritional changes I have implemented.…
The real battle
Three weeks into the new training program and I feel volumes better about the exercise that I am doing. I still want to get back into a running routine on non-lifting days but unsure of how my left knee will…
FBB Pump 40 – Week 4
Day 1 E:90 x8 Pause wide grip bench x8 Bent over BB row x10 E:75 x9 Narrow grip push-up x10 40m double KB front rack carry DB curl x8 Lying neck flexion 3×12 I couldn’t wake up this morning. Lately,…
FBB Pump 40 – Week 3
Week three and I feel like I am starting to get settled into this program, especially when it comes to modifying the workout. I was still hella sore and surprised at what increasing the intensity for just 45 minutes can…
FBB Pump 40 – Week 2
Going into this week, it was painfully obvious I would need to modify and scale down some of the workouts if I intended to use my body normally. I also thought about creating my own version of 75 Hard, but…
FBB Pump 40 – Week 1
I started following the Functional Bodybuilding Pump 40 program this week. This program was created by a former Games athlete and just due to that I was apprehensive about a program that might be too similar to CrossFit. However, I…
Moving Onward, Slowly
After week five of my running program, the pain in my left knee got to the point where I had to stop running entirely. It was impacting movement outside of running. It turns out that blowing out a knee isn’t…
TOAB HM Week 5
The past week of training has felt both like a success and a failure. Listening to my body is something I am still learning, even after all of these years. The pain in my left knee got to a point…