When I am the strongest, I will feel the weakest. Yesterday when getting in bed my throat was starting to close up like cold. During the day I had a lot of great lifts in my gym. Another five pounds was added to my barbell and I was able to press it overhead, making itContinue reading “29 January 2026”
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12 December 2025
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”
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”
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