I’ve got some good news and bad news. The good news is my Power Blocks are repaired and I now have a fully functional workout section in my office. It’s a mini-home gym. The bad news is that by canceling my membership to 24 Hour Fitness, I won’t have any new Tales From the Glitter [...]
Well not really. But there was a guy that looked exactly like John Kerry did at the age of about 35. Tall, lanky, dark eyes and a long chin. The sad thing was he struggled to bench 95 pounds. Doesn’t sound like Commander in Chief level strength does it? As much as people dislike President [...]
I try to avoid discussing news stories on this blog, but I can’t keep silent on this story. From Overweight people get less out of exercise, which states that obese develop less strength, muscle in workouts than lean people:
The volunteers did 12 weeks of 45- to 60-minute workouts of their upper arms, working the [...]
After a week in Seattle eating less than healthy food and consuming massive amounts of espresso, I returned to the gym with low expectations. A week ago I confessed that my bench press was less than decent.
To my surprise I bested my previous bench of 215 by 10 pounds. Now I’m up to 225 [...]
According to the article Are You Strong? Find out right now with these strength standards! by Tim Henriques, a decent bench press for a male is 225 or 1.25 times bodyweight.
My average weight is 210 pounds. This means I should be able to bench press 262.5 pounds. Sadly, I can’t bench near that much. Prior [...]
I completely threw out my back today after doing a warm-up set of dead-lifts at the gym. After 3 hours and 3 Vicodin, I still can’t move. This is the worst pain I’ve ever experienced.
No more morning dead-lifts or squats. I promise. I’ve learned my lesson for real this time. When it comes to leg [...]
From 2001 until last year, I had the pleasure of not going to a Glitter Gym. When I was a homeowner I had my own home gym. No mirrors, no TVs, no treadmills and no soccer mom rock (Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews, etc.). My gym had free weights, no air conditioning and had Marilyn Manson [...]
In 2004 I was able to hit the weights 80 times. Not a stellar accomplishment considering the 113 times I did in 2003. As of today, I have now tied my 80 number for 2005. One more workout and I will have exceeded my 2004 number. Considering the health issues I had this year, I’m [...]
