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Archive for June, 2009
Squats? We Don’t Need No Stinkin Squats!
Posted: June 25, 2009 in My Fitness JournalTags: dead lifts, goals, mistakes, motivation, training
This week the gym has seen little of me so far. Work, or should I say hard labor has been my workout. I was building a roof over a deck this week. There was a lot of heavy lifting. Lots of lunges, squats and deadlifting. Now I know what they mean by functional training. My [...]
I finally have a date when my Gold’s membership will expire. I have been talking to a friend about what I should do. Her answer is to build a home gym. For the cost of a years membership I could equip my personal gym with lots of great equipment.
Friday At Last!
Posted: June 19, 2009 in My Fitness JournalTags: accountability, bulgarian split squats, dead lifts, goals, mistakes, new rules for lifting, training
I just finished my Friday workout. Lots of dead lifts and those dreaded Bulgarian Split Squats. In the second phase of the “New Rules For Lifting” Fat Loss program there are the chin-ups. I have always had trouble doing this exercise. I could only manage a few reps without twisting and contorting my body. But [...]
I got a rude wake up at Golds gym this morning. I was told that my payment did not go through on my credit card because my card expired. Actually my old card was replaced with a new one (same number) but I guess Golds finance likes to screw you what ever way they can. [...]
The last couple of weeks my lower back has been sore. So sore that I was not bending over without increasing the pain. Then on Friday the pain was gone! That was a happy day but that night I got up and and my right hip was in pain. What is going on with my [...]
