Suffering the pain of regret
I think I’ve said these words a few hundred times in the past few weeks, and I may have written a variation of them here, but I’m going to say […]
Muscle
I’m an amateur bodybuilder and general gym rat. Here’s where I talk about that stuff.
Metrics and motivation
A friend of mine recently mentioned that she had “broken up with her scale.” When I asked her if this was a good thing, she told me yes, so I […]
The progression of fitness
I have quite a few friends and followers on social media who are in various stages in their fitness journey. What’s really fun to watch is the progression. Stage 1 […]
Curls in the squat rack
…or what I learned from Planet Fitness I was reading an article from some muscle rag yesterday, and it mentioned someone doing shrugs in the power rack. And of course, […]
Pretty boys and hypocrisy
I’ve never had any patience for pretty boys. I was reminded of this the other day when I saw a young man in my gym spend a good 15 minutes […]
The 2nd day of the year
The winter holidays are over. You’ve made it through Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve. Hopefully, your New Year’s Day hangover is also over. If you’re like 45% of Americans, […]
You’re not that important.
I was doing my usual gym thing this morning, but with one essential difference. I had forgotten to charge my wireless headphones, so I didn’t have headphones in my ears. […]
The body image double standard
I work like a dog in the gym (and the kitchen) to maintain some semblance of a decent body. I’ve been told recently I have body image issues, since I […]
The purity test
When I was in college, there was this thing called The Purity Test, supposedly was developed by some students at Harvard. The general idea was to test how many things […]
The progression of progress
This post started as a post about weight training. When I first started lifting weights, I thought that I’d progress on a curve that would be steep in the beginning, […]