September 2009 Entries

I dare you to deadlift 415lbs!

Ok ok, this is not exactly how the phone call went.  I had a friend call me the other day needing help to fix his wireless router.  But prior to that conversation he had to blurt out “oh by the way I can deadlift 415lbs!” and then he and his wife giggled to one another in the back ground.  (:P)  To me that is a nah nee nah nee boo boo if ever I heard one.  So I figured I would try a 415lb deadlift today.  While I am sure that my deadlift didn’t go as smoothly or...

No monkey bars in the house!

Ok – I must admit that I have a very patient and understanding wife.  I finally got my first no with regards to my pursuit of a scary body!  I currently have my home gym in what would probably be the living room or family room (depending on how you like to arrange your furniture).  I have a huge smith machine, three different types of benches: flat bench (with sucky incline/decline and leg extension/leg curl at the end of it), good incline decline bench with adjustable seat angle, and a sit up bench, a roman chair for doing extensions, a...