In the continuing saga of trying to overhead press my 140 pound grappling dummy, I was able to get it over my head, but not lock out my arms. That’s ok, I’m still figuring out hand placement and weight distribution. The danger happens after the weight has reached it’s peak height, I’ve got no gripContinue reading “12 December 2025”
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11 December 2025
The big news today is I was able to overhead press 155 pounds. Yesterday, I was talking about increasing the weight on my straight barbell to 155, mostly to look nice and even. A 45 pound plate then a 2.5 pound plate looks a little silly. The fear for me was if I could doContinue reading “11 December 2025”
10 December 2025
Does time even exist between Thanksgiving and Christmas? This will probably be the last week I write of the year and it seems like nothing is going on. I’m going to talk about my gym as I recently increased my weights. In the gym there is a straight barbell that stays on the squat rackContinue reading “10 December 2025”
23 July 2025
This morning I exercised, doing stationary bike and lifting weight. My weight collection finally has everything I need, there’s always room for improvement. A second set of 45 lbs plates would cover the heaviest weight I’ll ever use and my heavy bags still need hanging. My main fitness goal is losing weight, but thanks toContinue reading “23 July 2025”
5 August 2024
Lately my princess has had a word explosion, almost everything that comes out of my mouth she’s able to repeat, or at least attempt to. Recently we’ve been putting effort into reading with her more and I’m glad we are since I need to say more words. She’ll catch up to my abilities quickly andContinue reading “5 August 2024”
18 July 2024
The queen had ordered a car shaped pool float for our princess and yesterday I inflated it, she is obsessed with it. The float has been very helpful in keeping her entertained in one spot, she’ll sit in it pretending to drive and do whatever else she needs to. The princess was eating in theContinue reading “18 July 2024”
15 July 2024
We live in an old house, from a history of the county the original build was in the early 1800’s. We’ve had a couple people say the house is haunted, I’ve said if it is the ghosts like us. From the first days in our old house I felt like that place was cursed andContinue reading “15 July 2024”
28 May 2024
As the immortal Jadakiss said, “It’s gonna be a real hot Summer.” It’s before noon and I was doing some light yardwork, maybe cut 10 branches with the loopers, when I came inside my clothes were soaked in sweat from head to toe. We’re not even into June yet. Since infantry training in Fort BenningContinue reading “28 May 2024”
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