Chris Beardsley's Garage Gym

I really appreciate your visits to my blog. Please let me know what you think of this post in the comments.This is my last week before I go away on holiday for a week.  We’re going to do half of the Coast-to-Coast, a 192 mile trail that runs across from the West coast of England [...]

It’s still working so I’m still doing it… In fact, my PRs are going up so fast I keep forgetting to update the list at the bottom of this post.  I have never improved this quickly before My short-term specific goals 140kg (310lbs) back squat for 3 reps – currently at c. 126kg (280lbs) and [...]

OK, so this was the first week of a new set of exercises within my current 6-day programme, which I am liking a lot.  Key developments are: Pistol has gone up 5kg Hip thrusts have gone up 10kg Bench is not being pushed because I am working on moving pain-free Dumbbell press has gone up [...]

I’ve done this 6-day split programme for a 4 weeks now and in the last 2 weeks I have made the following significant improvements: Increased 6RM elbow flexor pull ups from 35.0kg to 40.0kg Increased 6RM dip from 40.0kg to 46.25kg Increased DC 20 rep glute bridge from 80kg to 100kg I’m going to make the [...]

I’m maintaining this 6-day split programme for a little while longer (at least two more weeks!) as I seem to be getting a few results.  Amongst other things, I have in the space of two weeks: increased my close grip chin 6RM from 38.75kg to 41.25kg increased my dip 6RM from 35kg to 40kg increased [...]