In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about things that deserve more attention throughout the month of October. This week, Scott discusses strengthening your forearms. There are two basic ways to strengthen the muscles in your forearms and wrists. You can directly work those muscles with…
In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about things that deserve more attention throughout the month of October. This week, Scott has provided a nice introduction to kettlebells. Photo by jaboobieWhat is a kettlebell (or kettleball, as they are also known)? A kettlebell is “a cannonball…
In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about training and travel throughout the month of September. Scott finishes up this month by asking, “Does bodyweight training carry over to free-weight work?” Scott has at times done a lot of traveling, and rather than cart around heavy…
This week last year was a busy one, with various news related posts and race results. The Back Cove 5k Race Series finished up, with Mike Caiazzo and Lindsey Davis taking the series honors. I won the last race, and placed 3rd overall. This year, I bettered my average time by about a half of…
In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about training and travel throughout the month of September. This week, Scott discusses traveling with bands. What is a band? Although there are several types of bands, here I’m referring to the heavier variety that can be used with…
This week last year touched on a whole range of subjects, from weight lifting to drugs to accidental cheaters and how purposefully bonk during a workout. I shared my experience of lifting weights after breaking my ring finger. It had had a week to heal, and while there were no rings that were going to…
For home gym enthusiasts, a power rack is a handy machine to purhase (or build) when you are ready to get past the bench and dumbbells phase. It is a compact box that allows you safely perform a plethora of exercises that would normally require a lot of floor space if you were to purchase…
This week last year was a taper week leading up to my Spring Marathon. The biggest news this week last year, though, had to be Braxton Bilbrey‘s swim to shore from Alcatraz. I fully expect that we will be hearing his name quite a bit in a decade or so when he starts getting up…
This week last year was dominated by the news, without as many tips, suggestions and strategies as last week. The animated series continued with how to do assisted pushups. Brendan Fitzgerald shared a story about the Penn Relays, and then randomly won a copy of Coast to Coast. It was the first book that I…
This week last year was very focused on a limited number of topics. The weekend series about the New Rules of Lifting continued, but everything else dealt with the Coast to Coast relay and the new book that had just been published, or with weight lifting and swiss balls. I continued my animated workout series…