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Training week / The countdown is on…

…to the end of cycle #4? 5? of Wendler’s 5/3/1 method. I forget which cycle I’m on. Doesn’t really matter, I guess. The point is, this is the heavy week and when it’s over my body gets to rest for … Continue reading

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Going for bloat

Ok, so a few weeks ago I decided to take a look at my training and make any necessary tweaks and tuning needed to hit a few goals.  I had to avoid my belief system that overanalyzing anything is akin … Continue reading

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Where I’m from

“Where I’m From” I am from the salt water sea. From coconut Coppertone and Coca Cola. I am from the screen door, broken in wind and the oily scented back garage and my grampy’s secret room. I am from the … Continue reading

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Cool words

Check this out.  I like this poem, but I’m not sure why. Twofold I am an enigma. I am passion and peace. I am fury and I am calm. I am both pain and solace facing the same means. Saved … Continue reading

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Blasting off the dust

So it’s been a while, hasn’t it?  I’ve missed you.  But that’s not why we’re here. The last few weeks have been a bit of a haze.  For various reasons — personal and social — my head hasn’t been quite … Continue reading

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Narcissist’s Training log and paying for strangers to touch me.

5/3/1 * 3rd Cycle * Week 2 I’ve been going through an absolute brain fuck the past couple of weeks. Making dumb decisions. Losing it on a class (this never happens), forgetting emails, etc. No real reason. Just running out of … Continue reading

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Holiday lifts

Yesterday I started my 3rd rotation of Jim Wendler’s 531 program for powerlifting. It took me two cycles of experimenting, but I think I have it where it needs to be and any tweaking of numbers and assistance exercises can … Continue reading

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A blog because it was too long to be a status.

Y’know, I think I’m a pretty smart fellow.  Not a genius, perhaps.  Maybe not even a ‘great mind’ or ‘Road Scholar’, but I can hold my own on a variety of topics.  International affairs?  Hey, I got that!  The role … Continue reading

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This is what I mean, the generation machine

Yeah, so that title doesn’t make much sense to most of you. There’s a song by Public Enemy that kind of fits the title, but that’s not what I’m writing about today. Actually, I really don’t know what I’m writing … Continue reading

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For sale by owner

One of my big goals for the Christmas break was to clean and organize our house.  Normally, Jenni and I will do our best to keep things under control; cleaning when we can and doing bigger, more organize-y jobs on … Continue reading

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