Okay, enough already. My right hip is still bugging me. It's not a sharp pain or a throbbing sensation; I don't have tingling down my leg which would indicate disc and nerve issues. However, when I...

I was surprised when I noticed that I hadn't entered anything for over a week. The fact is, though, it's been fairly routine stuff. Mostly light to moderate work in the gym and several throwing...

Well, there's lifting shape and there's throwing shape. I have work to do on the latter. A lot of work.

Last Thursday, anticipating a Friday throw session with my son, I took a spontaneous rest...

Monday, Tuesday, and last night were light days out of an abundance of caution. My left shoulder is slightly strained and I want it well before I do anything heavy. And on Monday morning, as I was...

Friday afternoon Gman and I had a good hammer session. There's a ways to go before all the kinks are smoothed out but my starting distances for practice throws are significantly longer that past...

I love squat day; it seems to put things back in the right place in mind and body.

A rack opened almost immediately and I warmed up with the bar and many reps with 135. A set of 5 with 185,...

Monday and Tuesday were light days to recover from the weekend lifting, although on Monday I went a little nuts on hammer curls. Sets of 5 with 35dbs, many many sets; I just kept doing them.

Last...

Nice to be back in the gym. Even nicer that we are back on daylight savings because throwing after work is now possible. With all the rain, including this past weekend, throwing time has been very...

Okay, I'm back. Did you miss me?

For the past couple of weeks I've been deloading with light sessions or complete rest. After the Queen I was feeling worn out and found my numbers/reps decreasing...

Monday and Tuesday turned out to be light days; Monday was planned but Tuesday I found that I was simply tired. On both days a variety of different movements to get the entire body some good easy...

Okay, recapping - Wednesday off; Thursday light work including some warm up squats with 135 to confirm that squats were good to go for real.

Friday, Squat day. 2 sets of 5 with 185, 2x5 with 225,...

Back in the gym yesterday evening.

Warmed up with med ball twists and shoulder mobility. Then bench press continuing the 5x5 approach to building the foundation. Got the kinks out with a few sets...

Note to self: Relying on muscle memory is the option of last resort; memory, muscle or otherwise, is a fickle mistress.

The Queen was fun. The Queen featured a beautiful day. The Queen had a great...

I hit the gym this evening for the last lifting before the Queen, basically an upper body tune up. Med ball twists and med ball shoulder mobility work.

Started with a couple rounds of db raises -...

An light session yesterday to get the blood flowing. Tested the groin with many reps of squats with 135; no problems and it's good to go for this weekend. Fast incline, db seated press, hammer...

Friday was shot clock fun but Saturday was the first throwing day at Shaffer Park since Alan and I were out several weeks ago. Despite the recent dry weather the field is still a soggy muddy mess. I...

Rack pulls are very good. When my focus on squat tapers I'm sure I'll return to them as well.

Okay, this week has been strange for a lot of reasons but most specifically because I tweaked a muscle...

A nice, though short, session last night. Upper body: shoulder mobility, bench 5x5 with 135, pec deck four sets of ten, and med ball twists, foam rolling. Done.

I really frustrated with bench so...

Real life, huh? Friday was shot clocking, Saturday and Sunday was family stuff, and the end result was no training time. I'm looking at as a mini-deload. Today back in the gym for a week of lifting....

Thanks, it felt good. Long time comin'.

Wednesday was a upper body session. Db overhead, 3-way shoulder raises, med ball mobility, seated bench row, and some other stuff I can't recall now. It was a good easy day.

Yesterday was squat...

Very pressed for time yesterday so it was fast and compact.

Shoulder complex - front, lateral, and bent over reverse - four sets of 10 with dbs.

Pec deck - three sets of 10

Shoulder...

Off shot clocking yesterday. Today was squat day. Rested and ready.

Elliptical and abs to warm up, then I snagged a rack. 135 as many as needed to feel okay; 205x5, 245x5, 275x3, 295x3. I came in...

Thursday was back day and due to lack of sleep the night before I was just trying to get enough done to make it a positive session instead of a waste of time.

Started on elliptical and probably...

Well, so much for speed work. The gym was packed with New Year's People, most of whom will be gone by March. But today it was crowded and I was lucky to snag my favorite flat bench. Before going to...