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Having ditched Programming to Win's Powerlifting specific program, I've chosen to follow in the footsteps of Dr. Eric Helms as he is well educated, articulate, evidence-based, and a drug free competitive bodybuilder and powerlifter. He is my height and while a young whippersnapper, closest to the goals I hope to achieve. Note: I will never, …
I'm going to like this video blogging.
I had been considering doing more video blogging because sometimes, in my car, I get bored. Part of the reason for having a blog is for a thing to do when boredom strikes. However, the video files created by the smart little phone in my hand are massive. Just a few minutes of video becomes …
While I have gotten a little antsy lately and have considered altering my training out of sheer desire for something new, the fact remains that I continue to improve. Yesterday was one of the two weekly big training sessions, and to say I wasn't in the mood would be an understatement. At around noon, I …
I did not go to church today. I will not watch the Super Bowl today. Hell, I didn't even know it was today until someone told me. Am I even American?
During Charleston's Snowmaggedon, I ventured the frozen wasteland between my apartment and the small fitness center in my apartment building to do some General Physical Preparedness training, aka back, bi and abs. Earbuds in place with the volume at eardrum damaging levels, I proceeded to do a mixture of lat pulldowns, cable rows, and rear …
When I reset my top lifts by 20% exiting the first round of Programming to Win, I was a bit concerned by how light the weight was. The number of sets increased in round two, and due to the lighter loads, so did the reps. I was essentially doing sets of 6 reps on all …
People are over fat because their energy intake is too high. Significant efforts are being made in research, medicine, and counseling to battle the epidemic that obesity has become, but for the large majority of people, they're just eating too much energy. I'm sure there are some folks who have some kind of metabolic illness …
As a lifelong bilingual, I think in two different languages. It's hard to explain, but if I'm speaking Spanish, I don't think in English and translate in my mind; I somehow just think in Spanish. It's like my brain has two sections for language and I can just use one or the other. The same …
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