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So 3 years after attaining a 315lbd bench, I have finally hit 405 or 8 45 pound plates and the bar.

( A Train of Thought )

On Friday I got to the gym much later than I wanted, but I had a really good workout. Thanks to both of my biceps tendons healing, I can curl 90 pounds for 10 reps a set. I really want to get back to curling 110. Another pleasant fact is that my arms are within 1/8th" of being exactly the same size. For the longest time, my left arm was a 1/2" ( Read more... )

Friday came and I was not looking forward to working at all. I could not go out that night and I could not attend a picnic I had wanted to attend either ( Read more... )

In an effort to shed even more of this comfortable, but not very aesthetic "winter padding", I have increased my activity level and have started to reign in my nutrition. At one point I was 232 pounds and 19% bodyfat, not the absolute worst shape I have ever been in, but I well exceeded the 15% I was supposed to stay at ( Read more... )

After calling Eclipse Nightclub last night, I found out that the doors opened at 9pm. K also had received an email from the lead singer confirming that it was at nine. Finding this out at 7:30pm was not exactly what I was hoping for, but we both agreed to head up to Jacksonville to see Assemblage 23 and Angel Theory ( Read more... )

The never ending saga of my training continues. Last Friday I hit a PR of 205lbds for a power clean and press. Once I get my form down, I think I could easily get 30-50 pounds more. Right now I can use just my trapezius and shrug the weight hard enough to get under it. A perfect power clean is a mating of explosive strength and dexterity. The ( Read more... )

Today began early for a Saturday, 9am-ish. I awoke bleary eyed and wondering what awful tone was going off on a day I didn't have to work. It was the alarm. Argh ( Read more... )

Today was the first day that I could do full barbell squats again. It was good to find myself back in the squat rack, to feel that cold iron crushing my traps and threatening to collapse my rib cage. I did a few pain free warmups and then 1 set of 10 with 315 to feel things out. Towards the end of the set, I felt a ticklish sensation on my upper ( Read more... )

I threw out my back out somehow and spent most of the weekend hobbling around. Despite this, I went to the roller derby game, and tried a new pan asian sushi buffet. I spent Sunday playing Borderlands ( Read more... )