“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.” ― Albert Einstein I often apply this concept to myself, checking my own perceived understanding of something I think I've grasped. Today, I seek to demonstrate how well I understand the quest that Homo Sapiens have pursued since time began: to …
PNP Progress Update
I started Izzy's PNP Program June 3rd, and as is my nature, I've thought about changing it up a few times--mostly just so I'm not doing all 3 lifts the same training session--but have ultimately left it alone and haven't missed a session. I am genuinely surprised that what is occurring is exactly what Izzy …
Back to Basics
It feels good to strip away all of the biased notions inherited from the various personalities I've attempted to learn from over the years since my entry into the world of barbell strength training, and reboot from the ground up. I'm training specifically for a sport it's true, but I've gone to square one and …
UL 83
I have devised a resistance training program designed to improve health, strength, muscle size, connective tissue health and encourage skeletal integrity and stability. I provide it for free to all my faithful readers. While the name may seem like something you see stamped on a generic pharmaceutical, it perfectly represents the basic ideology behind the …
Winding Up
I'm starting to feel the recovery that just a few days ago, I thought would evade me. I took some extra days completely off, I am still in the deload phase I discussed recently, but I can tell both by my subjective assessments of my body's aches and pains, and my desire to lift starting …
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