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"injury"
A poor excuse for a shoulder injury has kept me out of the gym for five days now (or possibly months, I'm losing track of time here). Running does very little to ease that horrible sloughing feeling. Two more days and I'm diving back in. Here's fucking hoping this nonsense is cleared up by then. -
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new semester, new goals. I'm thinking through a switch over to a functional fitness routine. There seems to be a lot of data, and I've all but settled on a new routine ... 'cept I don't feel like doing it.
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so bread and butter is over
spent the last few weeks doing subtle variations on basic routines that have had alot of immediate satisfaction and shown some plateau busting in terms of strength gain, but it's been limited. Experimental sets are always a bit dodgy considering the adjustment period (I HATE being setback for any reason. Always a tough pill to swallow) and the fact ( Read more... ) -
worth mentioning
In the context of health care reform debate, the following passage pretty much sums up why I think the Republican party, led by the neo-conservatives, left real conservatives behind ( Read more... ) -
coming off of a dull week
and going right into a super ambitious weekend. Friday I squeezed 2 hours of workout into 1 hour 15 minutes by lowering the weight slightly and keeping the rest period between 30 seconds to 1 minute ( Read more... ) -
fuck it
It appears that I'll not have a good opportunity (good = the ability to, at a minimum, not make a bad situation worse), so I'll vent some of the poison here. thanks LJ ( Read more... ) -
gym journal comment
So Saturday's workout was about 95% brand new to me. Lots of reverse grip work and some forearm exercises (not new, just rarely used) = lots of soreness in oddly specific areas ( Read more... ) -
if the goal was to increase soreness and fatigue
then mission f**king accomplished. I whined earlier that I was maybe not hitting the routines hard enough, as evidenced by a lack of muscle soreness/fatigue in the days following said routines (which, when present, are generally indicative of a job well done ( Read more... ) -
gym journal nonsense
I will have to figure out how to add 3-4 sessions of (Vinyasa?) yoga to a 5-6 day training split ( Read more... ) -
birthday goal
met: 20% stronger. new birthday goal: to be able to complete a 100s routine without turning it into 2 fifties.
Also, I need new reading material - preferably non-fiction - any advice?