November 2008 Entries
A couple of weeks ago I could only bench 240. I finally got myself up to 300lbs. I was able to wobble 320 this morning…but am happy to pump out 300 for now. To achieve this progress so quickly I followed an article that I read in Muscle & Fitness (referenced in this link…but not covered online) called Pectoral College (in the November issue). This article has you rest the bar and weight on the safeties of a squat rack or smith machine in the down position of the bench press movement. Rather than starting your movement at the...
Everyone in my situation (being fat) will eventually have that breaking point in their life. It always comes down to whether or not they do something about it or do they plunge into depression and get worse. I have never been a person to see the glass as anything but half full. What was my breaking point you ask? Well, it was several things really. Of course there was one that really got to me. Since I got married the first time, had my first kid, then slowly moved towards the idea that I would be getting out of...
My name is Andrew Siemer. As soon as I got out of high school I went straight into the Military and quickly found myself living the life of an Army Ranger. For the four years that I was in the Army I was in the best shape of my life. We ran 3 to 5 miles every day (and sometimes more). Not every day but often enough to mention, we would road march for 3 to 30 miles with full gear. The remainder of the days activities were generally physical as well. We had an unlimited food supply...