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”
23 October 2024
I got a workout in today, that technically makes three this week which was my goal and the rest of the could be rest. Tomorrow will definitely be a rest day since I was doing squats this morning. This was the first squat workout I’ve done in a long time, so I might be walkingContinue reading “23 October 2024”
26 June 2024
The grass got mowed and the screw I was concerned about got lost. There’s a cover for the pulleys on each side and each cover has two screws, I even tightened all the screws before starting. In the comments I saw loctite will help, I also thought about getting a nut on the other end.Continue reading “26 June 2024”
20 June 2024
A lot of weeks I notice myself needing to take off on Wednesday, when I’m tired and doing a lot of rest I don’t have much desire or content to write around that time. There was no mowing or yard work this week, mostly all I’ve done is move heavy stuff to my pole barnContinue reading “20 June 2024”
Lose Weight at a Moderate Pace with these not so Simple Tricks
I woke up this morning and got right out of bed, now that leaves me with a little extra time that I’m not used to. I have to kill about 15 minutes because I don’t want to eat my breakfast yet. I’m sure it wouldn’t matter much, but it’s a psychological thing with me atContinue reading “Lose Weight at a Moderate Pace with these not so Simple Tricks”
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