As any father will tell you, especially those with young children, time is a precious commodity. Two months ago my wife gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. With a two month old and a six year old, I found myself in a position that demanded I get creative with my time spent in the gym. Throughout the summer, while my older daughter was on summer break and my wife was on maternity leave, I was able to hit the …
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Two weeks ago I came to the conclusion that it was about time I got back into the gym. After a few months off, and some weight gain during my wife’s pregnancy, I wanted a routine that was familiar and had worked for me in the past. Ultimately I took the Starting Strength program, Wendler 5/3/1, and the routine that I had done with a trainer at my gym, and sort of blended them all together. The idea was to …
The Barbell Back Squat is an exercise I learned to love while doing Mark Rippetoe’s Starting Strength Program. I’ve never been particularly good at the squat, my best weight being something like 240 pounds for 5 reps, but it has been my favorite of the major compound lifts. When my delicate routine got turned on its head, several months back, my diet and exercise regimen crumbled. When I came back to the gym last week my form and strength were …
Have you ever looked over a workout, whether it was something posted online or at your gym, and thought to yourself that looks a little too easy, I may need to modify it to get a good workout in? That was me just a few days ago. I was in my local Anytime Fitness and noticed that a simple three exercise workout routine was posted on the chalk board in one of the exercise rooms. The routine included 10 Reps …
Anytime Fitness of Gilbertsville is a great facility. The club is clean, affordable, and as the name implies, offers members anytime access. As a way of keeping cost down, the gym is only staffed during normal business hours. In order to gain access to the gym, all you need to do is place a small key-fob near a proximity sensor next to the door. You hear a little beep and the door unlocks. My biggest fear with Anytime Fitness was …
Being an 80’s kid, I remember well what life was like before the internet. Simple things like getting a post-card or letter in the mail was exciting. These days my mailbox seems to be a healthy blend of bills and junk mail. The luster is mostly gone but on the rare occasion, when a letter or card shows up, the magic returns and correspondence seems fun again. With the internet as big as it is, our mailboxes have been mostly …
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