Early Friday afternoon I walked through the door at Anytime Fitness of Gilbertsville and it was business as usual. Just like any other Friday when I walk into the gym long before most people are finished their work day, the place was nearly empty. After getting changed, I hopped onto one of the elliptical machines and set it for a thirty minute cardio session. A funny thing happened while my eyes were shifting from the TV screen to the parking …
Tag: Strength
A couple of days ago I was skimming through my news feed on My Fitness Pal when a status update caught my eye. It was from a new friend that has a focus on strength training. The update contained a link to a site called Symmetric Strength. Based on the status update, I gathered that the website analyzes your lift numbers and generates a score. I thought it seemed interesting so I clicked through to check it out for myself. …
Can you remember what it was like on the last day of high school? I don’t mean graduation, I mean the actual classroom time? If it was anything like my last day, it was very laid back. The teachers didn’t do any teaching and most of the kids found ways to have a little fun and enjoy themselves. Yesterday was the last day of my cutting routine in the gym and in a lot of ways it was just like …
Yesterday I mentioned in a blog post that I purchased the book Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe. I’ve been reading that book a little at a time and have to say I’m really enjoying it. The author takes a very scientific approach to exercise and outlines the best way to perform a given movement. Not only is the movement outlined but it goes even further as we learn why a particular way of doing the work is optimal. That isn’t …
When I was a kid, I was a big Hulk Hogan fan. One Christmas I received a Hulk Hogan Hulkamania Workout Set and I was so excited. In that workout set was a hand gripper and I would click that thing closed constantly. When I think of grippers, for hand strength, I can’t help but think of that old workout set. It made it difficult to take the Captains of Crush Grippers seriously, despite a variety of gun bloggers speaking …
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