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Entries from March 31st, 2010

Don’t let them get your goat! Strength or endurance?

March 31st, 2010 Comments Off

I am by nature fairly reserved so I don’t usually rant and rave about things that I don’t like.  Sometimes, though, I need to let off a bit of steam.  I’ve only done it once before on the blog, when I got exercised about Tim Henriques having a go at pistols.  The post was a great opportunity because Tim later very [...]

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What I’m (not) eating: take #2

March 30th, 2010 2 Comments

As some of you will know, I have just finished a winter weight gaining cycle, where I gained 20lbs.  I set myself the goal of reaching 180lbs bodyweight and once I got there I dropped down to a maintenance diet.  To put on muscle, I ate a high calorie diet and even supplemented with a monster [...]

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I have been a guinea pig!

March 29th, 2010 1 Comment

Unwittingly, I have been the subject of a secret experiment.  In other words, I have been a guinea pig. Photo by Photon_de (Creative Commons) What on earth are you talking about? Well, I don’t know if you remember, but a little while ago I posted about some of the strange and wonderful meals that I have [...]

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Workouts for 27 March to 2 April

March 26th, 2010 Comments Off

OK, so week two after my holiday. My new goals Before I went on holiday, I achieved my goals of 100kg (220lbs) bench press (I got a double) and a 187.5kg (415lbs) deadlift.  I am postponing my double-bodyweight pull up goal until I lose some of this weight!  I was a bit of an idiot [...]

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Don’t miss these great links!

March 25th, 2010 2 Comments

And it’s Thursday again!  Another great set of links for you to enjoy. However, if you’d like to read a proper training article today as well, please check out Training at Home or in your Garage, which is a guest post I wrote for A1Supplements.  And don’t forget to take the poll if you think it’s [...]

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