Tag: Weight-Training
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Day 23: Cold Water Therapy
I didn’t take a hot shower last night – I was tired anyway. I still slept pretty good. I did get out of bed at 545 this morning – which is an improvement over recent weeks. I got out of bed and hydrated, then went in and took my shower without hardly a second thought.…
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Day 20: Cold Water Therapy
I made it to the gym today. I got squats and bench in, then the deadlift platform was in use – so I tried doing some asymmetric loading. I took a 40lb dumbbell in each hand then stuck one arm straight up and let the other one hang. I then walked back and forth across…
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Day 17: Cold Water Therapy
I’ve been feeling persistently cold after my showers the last few days – probably because I need to actually eat something earlier to give my body some fuel to warm back up. But then again, the cold water exposure is supposed to spur brown fat conversion. I’ll go in for a body scan next week…
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Day 8: Embracing Warriorship
I got the core stuff done yesterday (again, this is the next day), which is always nice. Thinking about how much difficulty I’ve been having with getting through things – I’m thinking I’ve been relying too much on willpower and I’ve generally got so much crap going on anyway that I don’t have much left.…
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Day 1: Embracing Warriorship
I got up and got my son ready to go to the babysitter and then I headed for the gym and got a full weight session in. Squats 135×5 205×5 240×5 240×5 240×5 Bench 135×5 185×5 210×5 210×5 210×5 Deadlift 135×5 225×5 285×5 Making sure I get a full 2 min between sets helps massively.…
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Embracing Warriorship – Reboot
I’ve been debating on what to do differently this time around and I had a couple of epiphanies while I was at it. I’ve got access to a dojo that’s unused first thing in the morning, so I’m going to start going in and training for an hour on days when I’m not doing weights.…
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Day 7: Embracing Warriorship
I didn’t get much on my list done yesterday, but I did make it to the gym: Squats 135×5 185×5 235×5 235×5 235×5 Press 95×5 110×5 120×5 120×5 120×5 Deadlift 135×5 225×5 280×5 I held myself to resting for a full 2+ minutes between sets. Seems to have helped. I had to wake up early…
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Day 5: Embracing Warriorship
Wow, this 30 days is proving to be a lot harder ramp up than I thought. But I’m still doing what I can – while still being a good father, husband, and employee. These practices are meant to improve my life overall not take it over. I did get most of my list done yesterday,…