Home workout, and a hike after! Rear delts – curl bar rows, rear flys (1-handed), door face pulls – curl bar rear delt rows – xxxx sets 8 @ 65lbs – 1 armed rear dumb. flys – xxx sets 8 @ 30lbs – door face pulls – xxx sets 12 reps – 1 armed dumbbell […]

Two rest days (had some stuff going on) plus a cardio only day left me well rested but anxious to get back to the grindstone and finish up this workout cycle. It definitely paid off in an awesome workout! Front Squat: Set a new PR today just on a whim! Not only was it good […]

For Bench Press & Deadlift day, I am feeling a ton better from the day previous workout. In fact I’d wager to say my deadlifting was 10% better. Some days are just crappy days for lifting. Decline Bench Press: Being I spent so much of this training period doing declines, I decided heavy day would […]

Deadlift & Front Squat day, cycle 6. Today I had an awful energy level, was dehydrated and in general felt like crap. Excuses aside, my deadlifting was poor enough that I’m only increasing my training max 5lbs. Deadlift: Set 1) 5 reps @ 260lbs. Set 2) 3 reps @ 275lbs. Set 3) 2 reps @ […]

I’m counting today as the end of this training cycle, aside from bouldering and the failed Rachel Carson hike, I also helped a friend move all weekend so I’m counting all three of those things as an informal “dev day”. So all I need to do is this workout to finish up. It went well […]

Speeding up my logs at this point so expect this to be a little shorter. Bench Press & Deadlift Day, on my final workout cycle. Decline Bench Press: Used 175lbs as my estimated max, felt it was a little low after assessing it. Only serious issue was liftoff, pressing the bar was fine. Feel like […]

So begins the 6th and final cycle of my 6 week/cycle program. I’m really enjoying the progress of the program so far and feel like I’m making steady gains. The structure of the program is fun, and I love that as I go I get to tweak and make it better. One chronic issue of […]