Well, it’s been over a month since I’ve posted, but with good reason. I just finished up finals for my last full semester of graduate school and I’m two summer classes away from having my Master’s degree. In celebration of being 99 percent done, I made my way to Ohio with one of my buddies …
I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news. The good news is I won the 181-pound weight class in the open division last Saturday. The bad news is that’s the only good news. This meet was many things: humbling, frustrating and eye-opening to name a few. What it most certainly was NOT was a …
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Long time, no blog. I’ve been away from the keyboard for awhile and spending more time reading, lifting and learning. Sounds pretty good, right? My life for the past few weeks has been consumed by work, midterms and training for the 2013 APF New York State Spring Iron Frenzy. It will be my fourth powerlifting …
There’s something really relaxing to me about being at the baseball field. A few years removed from my playing days, I can finally sit and watch a game without the anxiety/butterflies I got as a player. One of my favorite things to do is watch the different players and analyze the ways their bodies move …
Some of you may recall that when I’m not lifting or training people, I’m a sports information assistant at a Division II university on Long Island. It’s kind of a hobby of mine (and by hobby I mean how I pay for grad school). Sports info definitely has its perks, namely getting to travel to …
Last Friday, a group of friends and I piled in the car and drove nearly 600 miles due West to Columbus, Ohio, for the 25th annual Arnold Sports Festival. Founded by none other than Arnold Schwarzenegger, the event is the world’s biggest fitness expo and is the site of one of the world’s biggest bodybuilding competitions, …
The past week of lifting was extremely challenging for me, both physically and mentally. For the first time since November, I trained above 90 percent of my all-time best 1-rep maxes. And I pretty much fell flat on my face. I laid out a minimum amount of volume I needed to accumulate with such (relatively) …
My strength is steadily returning as my shoulder improves and my weight slowly climbs. I’ve got just over eight training weeks left til the APF Spring Iron Frenzy and I like the way things are going. I’ve hit some good indicator sets on squat and bench. I’m feeling surprisingly awesome considering I’m doing my own programming, …
The day I discovered the Prowler was the day I was born anew – a born-again fitness disciple, if you will. It completely changed the way I thought about “cardio” and got me in the best shape of my life really quickly. I guess you could call it – dare I say – a godsend. …
It’s been way too long since I posted a training log update. Actually, I haven’t said a word about my training since my last powerlifting meet way back in November. But there’s a reason for that. After setting a handful of PRs at the meet, I started using a purchased program so I didn’t want …
