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Not overtraining per se since as noted above, I tend to think of overtraining as a systemic thing. Overdoing it, maybe...I would be more concerned about balancing chest work with upper back work to...

Some things to consider are:

How accurate is your HR monitor. Does your breathing indicate that you are working as hard as the HR monitor indicates? How long does it take for your HR to recover...

FWIW, when I use to do research, I had to dissolve a lot of peptides. Then purer they were, the easier they were to mix (only needed to pipette up and down a few times). With more impurities,...

For better or worse, you have to expect people who post at a site called "bodybuilding.com" to take their lifting quite seriously. I mean, you go to a site called "ILoveMadMen.com", those people...

Yep, she's a beast!



Yeah, not an appealing sounding lift plus if they want to be accurate with naming the lift after the body part it can damage, it should be Elbow Killers. Tried to...

I use to love upright rows but I can't recall the guy's name....he wrote the 7 Minute Rotator Cuff Solution book and he called upright rows guaranteed cuff killers. Even with that, I rolled the dice...

On 5/22, this was what you did:



Doesn't look like a dropoff at all. Although you should have been able to hit 75 lbs for a couple...I think with a better warm up, you would have. I always...

Friday, 5/25/12

Well today I picked up some weights and I put them back down. A few times. I am going on a hiatus from this journal although most likely I'm not coming back. Thanks to...

FYI for those interested and has never seen it, the Ferrigno documentary "Stand Tall" (almost like a Pumping Iron sequel chronicling the 1994 Master's O.....yes I know there was a real sequel for PI...

10 rounds with no rest? You're a CrossFitter alright (and I mean that with the utmost respect)

Honestly, I don't think I have the guts try CrossFits....while I don't mind looking foolish in front...

It's not so much they work different muscles rather they stress it a but differently.

Front squats is a bit more quad dominant, it forces you to keep an upright torso or else you'll lose the bar....

Wednesday, 5/23/12

Had a Clif Bar an hour before I hit the gym, thing is loaded with sugar but I seemed a bit more energetic than usual. Personally, I think that what you eat a day or more...

Yep, agree that they are a tough combo. One thing I use to do for an efficiency of effort deal was to do a rather higher angle incline press to sort of get a hybrid. Many say that with more than a...

Thanks for all the info....researching a bit more, Iyengar may be the best choice for me if flexibility is my goal. Although I have no way of filtering out good vs bad sources because of how...

This is definitely more of a bodybuilder's mentality of making the lift as hard as you can and working the muscle through a deeper ROM than a powerlifter's mentality of trying to make a lift as easy...

Actually didn't even think about it at the time but no problems. I think having a real narrow foot stance is favorable for me. I did have some heel raising at 185 though.

Well I had a lot of...

Monday, 5/21/12

Weight x sets x reps

Olympic high bar squat (HTC, feet close together, upright torso)

95 x 2 x 5
135 x 2 x 5
155 x 2 x 5
175 x 1 x 3

I chuckled at this for a couple of reasons (cat owner myself). One, the mental image of your cat just going with the flow of the crowd and leaving the house with them. Second, what was she doing...

Looks like your strength is back, I looked back at some of your recent workouts and the military press, the hardest one you did today, is comparable to what you've done. I've been lifting for...

Thanks, its not too bad, more like a proceed with caution type of thing




Usually with that weight, no but I think there's a lot more pressure on the back the lower you go.