January 7, 2016 – “Rest”

Rest is a very loose term for what I’m doing today. During my lunch break I will go for a nice 15-minute light stationary bike ride at the company gym and will then do some accessory and mobility work. A true rest and do nothing day would not benefit me at all,...

January 6, 2016 – Squat day!

Pre-wendler my Back squat was 265 so anything above that is a win.  My PR is 275.  I think I’m still 1 or 2 wendler cycles away from PR-ing though. Front Squat I am hoping for 215 which would be quite lower than my PR of 236.  We’ll see where it goes! WOD...

What do my numbers mean?

At the gym, especially one with free weights, we are often asked “what is your max (Fill in movement)?”.  We are in a culture where the results are all others care about. That mindset is fine when comparing to our peers, but as an individual athlete you...

January 5th, 2016 – Beast Builder V2

Ew…who knew 8 minutes could look so terrible. I hope to go into this workout with 125 as a goal weight.  I think I could do 155 but not unbroken and going lighter will let me focus on getting my feet in the right place and achieve proper depth in the squat....

January 4th, 2016 – Deadlifts and Shoulder Press Test

Strength: Find 1RM shoulder press (military press) Deadlift WOD: 3 Rounds For Time 12 Deadlifts (Body weight) – Today it is 180lbs 21 Box Jumps (30/24) Extra Work: 500m row for time Previous attempts at increasing my shoulder press numbers have failed miserably....

Nutrition Intro – Sheppard Pie Potato

Eating a proper diet is a bigger part of not being “fat” than anything else you do. If you workout 12 hours a week but eat an unbalanced and unhealthy diet you will not see the results you desire. There is a lot of advice out there on what the “right” diet it; you...