I spent last week in St. Augustine, Florida away from the gym, away from my calendar, away from any alarms on my phone, and away from the barbell. I got out of my comfort zone in new ways, including going…
Category: Ramblings
Spinal
The weather here has not been great. It has been so cold and icy that I have not been willing to venture out to walk like I normally do. I am still moving around, so I am not worried about…
USPL Coaching Cert
This was an opportunity that came about through our gym and I did not want to pass it up. It is extremely rare for a cert to come to our gym like this. Being in our backyard, no travel, home…
5K Goals
Lately, I have been bringing some extra layers with me to the gym so that once I am finished lifting, I can get a mile or two in walking. I never really have a distance, pace, or time goal. I…
On to the lever
This new belt arrived and I was able to test it out today for the first time. I had some great exchanges with Pioneer about the sizing. Since I have lost so much weight, I was down to the final…
51lbs
On December 20, I got up and went for a walk. I have been using a weight vest for 99% of all of my walking and this was no different. If I have the time, I like to walk at…
601
This popped up as a Facebook memory last week. I had been seeing some great progress with the deadlift, pushing my squat back to 500, as well as slowly inching the bench press up toward my goal. The week before…
Still Lifting
I am still lifting. I guess. I was flipping through my old training journal and trying to find the exact point where I switched from weightlifting over to powerlifting. I am guessing it was around two years ago, give or…
47 and Getting Younger
The new watch has the ability to track data that I have previously not been able to see. Over the past 2 years, I used the watch to just track basic activities and steps. I did not venture out much…
Goodbye, Schiek. You were awesome.
This morning I finally had to bid my favorite lifting belt goodbye. I have been in this position before. I remember many years ago, before our gym moved to the new location, I had once lost enough weight to need…