I had to make this drawing to explain my new pull up technique. Now, I’ll try to add words to the explanation. Most people think of a pull up as the body hanging loosely from the hands. People should bare in mind muscles only pull and most are only connected at two places, so theyContinue reading “19 February 2026”
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4 February 2026
War wages on, not an actually war just the fight for daily survival. There’s been a lot of snot in this house with all the cold and it’s raining today, so I expect more cold temperatures. Right now I’m working to keep the family ship sailing. Every morning I start at my healthiest and deteriorateContinue reading “4 February 2026”
3 February 2026
My queen has been sick, the whole house has dealt with some sickness and I’ve heard people all over struggling to get over this one. I postulate that a cold, like flu, is a human’s natural reaction to a cold temperature. We had a day swing down 50 degrees in one day last week, that’sContinue reading “3 February 2026”
29 January 2026
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”
27 January 2026
We braved the ice storm. Our location was safe from any damage and we’re only suffering freezing temperatures. Yesterday, daycare was cancelled due to the expected cold weather. In typical real life fashion, the kids are back today and the temperatures are actually colder. It was was good for us to be sheltering in placeContinue reading “27 January 2026”
23 January 2025
Since I’m no longer a farmer I got a bucket full of rice to continue strengthening my hand. Lately I felt that my hands were hurting because grabbing barbells is a small grip for me. One product I got was a large rubber grip to put on the barbell. My thinking is the rice bucketContinue reading “23 January 2025”
16 January 2026
My exercise has been going well. The main focus is still push ups, trying to raise my comfort zone, so I can speak while pushing. My claim is I’m still the strongest I’ve ever been, mostly because I weigh more than ever before. The other reason is doing clean and jerk with more weight thanContinue reading “16 January 2026”
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”
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”
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