Mark Brown January 28, 2022 This month has seen me change my training to high set, low rep range lifting structure that is more seen in powerlifting than bodybuilding. I started that the second week of January and have noticed a few different ways that has effected my training. To familiarize those who don’t follow …
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Hints and Cues
Finding the Stop Sign Mark Brown January 25, 2022 Stop signs exist to make us pay attention to the road we are driving on so bad things don’t happen at intersections. A lifting session isn’t that different from the act of driving a car through an intersection. Physical and mental cues are constantly being sent …
2022 Week 3 Training Log
January 17, 2022 – January 23, 2022 Mark Brown January 23, 2022 MondayLow Bar Straight Bar Squats – 135 x 8, 225 x 6; 315 x 3, x 3; 335 x 3, x 3; 365 x 3, x 3, 385 x 3, x 3Deadlift, Power Bar – 315 x 3, x 3; 365 x 2, …
You Don’t Have To Love Your Job
Renting Space in Another’s Dream is Okay Mark Brown January 19, 2022 I have thought many times over the last 5-10 years about ambitions, dreams, employment and realities. The first 2 are important to give the inertia any good push has and the last 2 give direction to them. What I have found in answering …
2022 Week 2
January 10, 2022 – January 16, 2022 Mark Brown January 16, 2022 MondayLow Bar Straight Bar Squats – 135 x 8, 225 x 6, 275 x 6, 315 x 6, 345 x 4, 365 x 3Deadlift, Power Bar – 315 x 5, 345 x 4, 365 x 4, 385 x 3, 405 x 1Calf Raises …
Conditioning and Cardio: Part 2
Mark Brown January 15, 2022 Now that I have laid out what conditioning and cardio are and aren’t, it’s time to talk about getting them into a lifting program. A lot of how these two are attacked will depend on what the other 22-23 hours of the day look like for someone. If one has …
Conditioning and Cardio
Mark Brown January 12, 2022 Conditioning and cardio are two things no human can really avoid doing. They are both important for athletes of all ages and skill level as well as for humans just surviving. They must be accounted for whatever training anyone decides to do long term. The biggest questions to me are …
2022 Week 1
January 3, 2022 – January 9, 2022 January 9, 2022 MondayLow Bar Straight Squat – 135 x 8, 225 x 6, 275 x 6, 315 x 5, 345 x 5, 365 x 3Deadlift, from Floor – 275 x 5, 315 x 5, 345 x 4, 365 x 3, 385 x 1Calf Raises – 100 kg …
Winter Plan 2022
Mark Brown January 5, 2022 Well, snow has fallen here in Iowa and the temperature is starting to stay in the 20s or lower most of the day so that means a shift in my training is coming pretty fast. First week of January last year is about when I started full time going to …
New Years Week Training Log
December 27, 2021 – January 2, 2022 Mark Brown January 2, 2022 MondayGood Mornings – 65 x 8, 115 x 7, 135 x 6, 155 x 6, 175 x 6Box Squat, to Parallel – 175 x 8, 245 x 6, 275 x 5, 295 x 5, 315 x 5, 335 x 3, 355 x 1Assisted …
Life Through Lifting 