Monthly Archives: November 2008

MaxStr. I, Day D, Workout 1 Over the years, it’s been necessary to substitute exercises I get from books and websites with those I can actually do with what’s available in the gym. I looked around the net for something … Continue reading →

MaxStr. I, Day C, Workout 1 Spent an inordinate amount of time working on my Front squats since I was going back and forth between what I was reading in Starting Strength and what I was seeing in the mirror. … Continue reading →

MaxStr. I, Day B, Workout 1 It’s been over a half a year since I had any exercises that involved dumbbells, and it’ll take me at least one more day to get used to them again (especially with this new … Continue reading →

MaxStr. I, Day A, Workout 1 Gonna have to throw out all my Box squat numbers since the exercise–as described in the book anyway–specifically calls for sitting down on the box, pausing at the bottom of each rep before explosively … Continue reading →

Maximum Strength: Pretesting Last Friday I did this workout (nicknamed "Packing Day" in the book) though I wasn’t sure it should’ve counted since I didn’t really work out and just got my 1RMs. Today, however, I changed my mind after … Continue reading →

Did a round of 30DWW in my workout after work (I wanted to check out what the crowd was like), and I got really exhausted halfway through. I forgot how taxing Split squat jumps and Mountain climbers were on my … Continue reading →

SLA, Day C, Workout 10 Guess this week wasn’t quite the deload week I had in mind, and so I’ll be taking it easy next week. Exercise A B C D E Squats (low bar) 294/5 314/5 339/5 364/5 384/3 … Continue reading →

SLA, Day B, Workout 10 Yesterday I went to the gym with my copy of Maximum Strength in hand to try out some of the new exercises (like Barbell floor presses and Natural glute-ham raises) and revisit some of the … Continue reading →

SLA, Day A, Workout 10 Yeah, I know I’m supposed to be deloading this week, but I just needed to see how I’d fare compared to before I deloaded a month ago. Going back to 5×5 wasn’t easy. Exercise A … Continue reading →

SLA, Day C, Workout 9 Two days ago I said, "Wouldn’t have liked having a crappy performance this last week of SLA." Well, dang it. I just gone and jinxed myself. Exercise A B C Squats (low bar) 324/3 364/3 … Continue reading →