It’s time for me to get back to basics and that means back to Starting Strength. Yesterday was week one, day one back on things, and I definitely felt it.
But the question is, just why did I go back to something I’d progressed beyond?
Continue reading “Starting Strength Part Deux: Back To Basics”
Something that’s happened to me, and I’ve noticed it in some others, is that while engaged in weight training, weight loss seems to slow to a trickle. This is upsetting for many, and for good reason. If your goal is to lose weight, do you really want to lift and slow your progress?
Of course you should, despite the slowed progress. Here’s why.
I’ve been talking a bit about kettlebells lately. Before that, it was barbells and dumbbells.
However, I’ve never laid out the primary reason you should pick any exercise modality out there. After all, there are plenty. They range from an afternoon walk before you cook supper to Crossfit. There is an insane number of choices.
Yet, with all the discussion about why you should do this or that, we all–myself included–tend to forget the primary reason you should pick any method, modality, or outlet.
Today, I’m going to remind you.
Continue reading “The Number One Reason You Should Pick Any Excercise Modality”I haven’t talked much about training lately and for good reason. The reason is my training has been almost non-existent, and it’s time to talk a little bit about just why that is.
Continue reading “Stuck In A Rut”If Utopia is a perfect society, then Gymtopia is the perfect gym. What’s yours?
Utopia is supposed to be the perfect place, a land of absolute bliss where everything is absolutely perfect.
Of course, one person’s Utopia is another person’s dystopia.
As I sit and write this, I’ve just gotten back from a session in the commercial gym, and there were some things there that I truly liked. Things I’d missed by training at home.
It’s enough to make me embark on a bit of an intellectual journey to describe my perfect gym, my gymtopia, if you will.
Continue reading “Gymtopia: What The Perfect Training Environment Looks Like”It’s never a good thing when you start hurting halfway through your workout. Especially when we’re not talking about that burning sensation as your muscles push with as much force as they can muster. No, I’m talking about actual pain.
Now, let me back up a bit and explain what was going on. Continue reading “No Excuses”
Do you ever have that moment where something that kicked your butt the last time you encountered it gets shattered all to hell and back the next time you run into it?
Well, that happened to me earlier today, and it’s awesome.
Let me back up a bit. A little over a month ago, I hit a deadlift attempt for five reps but could only do four. I just didn’t have a fifth rep in me. I know, I tried.
It was right before I what Starting Strength calls a reset. Basically, you take some weight off the bar and work back up. In theory, this will let you shatter through the previous wall. It makes sense, at least for a novice lifter.
I hit the deadlift wall, then an overhead press wall, so it was time for a reset.
Today, I had to attempt the same weight I failed on a month ago. Guess what?
I kicked it in the balls. Continue reading “Breakthroughs”
I love training outside. You get a little fresh air, some Vitamin D, and you’re doing something most people never really bother with when it comes to weight training.
Further, if weight training alone builds mental toughness, training in the heat and cold has got to build it even better, right?
The thing is, it also introduces challenges that have to be accounted for or else you could find it causing you serious problems. Continue reading “The Challenges Of Training Outside”
