pete27’s BodyBlog

After taking a planned two weeks (that turned into 3 weeks) off from my  training following a track meet I ran in I am pleasantly surprised to see that my strength has gotten better. Now my Trainer brain tells my that makes sense because your body needs time to rest and rebuild/recover, but I am still always excited to pick up without having to drop off too much in weight, or intensity in my sprints.

I have a new running schedule that will start soon, and in addition to my lifting I am hoping for a good indoor season ( 2 meets LOL, long season!) Anyway I feel good about my plan, and I like to tell people that I am in training to keep me motivated,  so when they ask me about I can tell them its going good, and not " oh, I haven’t started yet " So wish me luck, and ask my how its going, so I don’t turn my rest into 4 weeks or longer! -Pete

As in the past I am reverting back to doing more lifts with my legs because I am better with them than my upper body. Don’t get me wrong I like having powerful, strong legs, but I can’t stay focused on the upper body. I have some strategies lined up, and I do like my upperbody routines, I just find it interesting that i keep gravitating to the lifts i am better at knowing full well that I need more work in my weaker areas. LOL, I am seein progress all over, so its not all bad.  Back to the Gym….

Although I am not sore, my legs are gone-zero energy- after my deadlift workout.  I did some sub-max testing which was a little easier than I planned, so that was good, but then I thought well I will just do more! so I tried a combo from Chip conrad , a trainer that I follow that he call "Dan John".

Hang clean a heavy weight, then push press it up- the front squat for 30 reps. Even if you have to go in singles at the end, just complete 30 reps. With the right weight this is brutal. For me the right weight was 100 lbs. I tried to do 3 sets of 10, and it got me!.

anyway a great leg day! I am getting stronger, my max is higher than expected, so i am ready to challenge the upper body tomorrow!

I have always been a skinny guy. I have also heard every joke that goes with being skinny, most of all that I am weak. Well that used to bug the you know what out of me. I was a sprinter and jumper, and could run and jump faster and longer (jump) than most if not all kids in my school , so i knew i had some abilities, but i was not a weight lifter. My bench wasn’t great, but i could squat over 320 ( I weighed 150), yet I still felt like i was weak because "strength"  was measured by your bench at my school.

As I have gotten older I have realized that for me strength is not how much i can bench, but how hard can I push myself to lift something heavy, something that scares me to look at.  I may only bench  160 ish but i will use everything I have to get under that bar and throw it at the ceiling.  To me "strength" is a very objective word. I don’t dwell on those feelings and jokes as I did as a kid, I now use my knowledge as a trainer to empower my clients to dig deep and pull out that inner desire and resolve to do their best. That is strength to me. What do you guys think?

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