“You just need to move more.” I have heard this countless times. I have heard I needed more volume. Less volume. Eat more. Eat less. The trouble for me with these recommendations, while all mean well, none come with any…
Category: Ramblings
Broken Jerks
Jerks lately have been off. I have always felt confident at hitting 90%+ pretty much on any good day. Even on bad days, 80%+ was just a “gimme”. Lately, however, that has not been the case. My left arm always…
Worlds
Recently I saw the qualifying totals posted for World’s. This came as a complete shock to me. From what I read online, the number of entries in recent masters only weightlifting competitions has increased. And not just by a small…
Nutrition & Progress
I have been weighing in every week and also started to take measurements every 2 weeks to check progress. Progress Weight: -2.5lb Chest: +1.25″ Arms: -0.25″ Waist: -0.50″ Legs: +0.25″ I was really, really excited about the drop in the…
Nutrition update
I have done a somewhat halfway decent job at tracking macros these days. I will do great until dinner and then hit this mental wall where tracking macros becomes this horribly mundane and tedious task that I refuse to do. …
A full week off
What does a week off feel like? It was a mixed reaction for me. On one hand, not having to wake up at 3:45a to go workout was easily the best thing about taking time off. I got to sleep…
So what’s next?
After wrapping up this last training cycle, it is painfully obvious that I need a break. I took a look back and realized it has been over a year since I have had some true time off from lifting. From…
Last Night at OC
In April of 2017, I started to shadow one of the lifting coaches at the gym. I drove over to our second location in Oldham County on Thursday nights. My only goal was to learn more as a coach to…
HOB
The girls and I went to House of Boom yesterday. I discovered a couple of things: My knees and legs don’t feel so swift after jumping a lot Getting out of the foam pit sucks I don’t want to know…
A week of goofing off
I followed my same training schedule this past week with the exception of Sunday, which I used as a rest day. Having time off from following a specific training plan was good for me but also rather challenging. When you…