Training Log: Squat

March 16, 2012 | Comment

Shoulder stretch, roller, leg stretch with band

Warm up sets

Working sets:

305 x 3

345 x 3

390 x 3

 

Assistance work:

Deadlifts BBB (60% of working 1RM):

295 x 10 x 5

Hanging leg raise:

BW x 10 x 5

 

Roller

 

Had to loosen the weight belt 1 notch, guess the BBB lifting & amount of food is definitely changing my size. ha! (was expected)

Everything felt great this evening. Concentrated on my form during both squats & deads; even if you feel your form is good, it can always help to review and make sure. I noticed an improvement to my squats as I paid heavy attention to form.

Grow Green Onions in your kitchen

March 15, 2012 | 4 comments

A while back I was reading random blogs across the net and happened to land on an interesting article over at Urban Organic Gardner. ‘Growing Green Onions From Green Onions in Your Kitchen‘

Essentially you ‘re-grow’ green onions after each use. I remembered as a kid, growing the roots on a potato in a cup of water  so I figured why not give this a try.

My wife and I used our green onions, then gave it a shot; sure enough, it worked:

I know it won’t last too many more times, but we’re now on the 3rd grow for this particular set of onions, and they still taste good.

Give it a try!

Have you tried something similar? We’d like to hear about it in the comments.

Training Log: Bench Press

March 13, 2012 | Comment

Shoulder stretch, roller

Warm up sets

Working sets:

175 x 3

200 x 3

225 x 3

 

Assistance work:

Push Press BBB (60% working 1RM):

130 x 10 x 5

Barbell Row:

130 x 10 x 5

 

Roller

 

Fairly boring training tonight. The little man was outside playing Hot Wheels while I trained, which was cool. Looking forward to practice with his team tomorrow, then squat training in the next couple days.

Training Log: Deadlifts

March 10, 2012 | Comment

Shoulder stretch, roller, leg stretch with bands

Warm up sets

Working sets:

340 x 3

390 x 3

440 x 3

 

Assistance work:

Squats BBB (60% of working 1RM):

260 x 10 x 5

Ab crunch (ball):

BW x 10 x 5

 

Roller

 

Fun session today, 440 went up easy, even though the last rep got out in front of me a little. Great day outside; now we’re off to a soccer game with the little man’s team!

 

Training Log: Push Press

March 8, 2012 | Comment

Shoulder stretch, roller

Warm up sets

Working sets:

155 x 3

175 x 3

195 x 5

 

Assistance work:

Bench Press (BBB 60% of working 1RM):

150 x 10 x 5

Pull-ups

BW x 10 x 5

Barbell curls:

85 x 10 x 3

Tricep pushdowns (using band doubled over top of rack):

Band x 10 x 3

 

Everything felt good tonight aside from my elbows being completely fired up at the end. No idea, they feel fine now.