The Last 3 Lessons! Mark Brown February 1, 2023 Lesson 7: Beware Secondary Markets! Buying from primary sellers is the only way to get exactly what you want in somewhat the timetable you want it. This one can be a hard pill to swallow because we always think there’s a better deal out there than …
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2023 Week 4 Training Log
January 23 – 29, 2023 Mark Brown January 30, 2023 MondayScheduled rest day – recovery TuesdayFree squat, straight bar – 135 x 6, 225 x 6, 315 x 3, x 3; 345 x 3, x 3; 365 x 3, x 3; 385 x 3, x 2Straight leg deadlifts, from floor – 275 x 3, x …
Building a Better Home Gym, Part 3
Even MORE Lessons! Mark Brown January 25, 2022 Lesson 5: Specialty bars are luxuries. The ultimate gym accessories are specialty bars. Yes, lat pulldown machines, t-bar rows and landmines are all very useful accessories but they don’t compare much to bars in the grand scheme of things. I use those 3 specific examples because they …
2023 Week 3 Training Log
January 16 – 22 Mark Brown January 23, 2023 MondayScheduled rest day – recovery TuesdayFree squat, straight bar – 135 x 6, 225 x 6, 315 x 3, x 3, x 3, x 3; 345 x 3, x 3, x 3, x 3Leg press, outside low position – 388 x 15, 478 x 15, 568 …
Building a Better Home Gym, Part 2
More Lessons Experienced Over the Last 2 Years Mark Brown January 19, 2023 Lesson 3: Take inventory of the resources that can be thrown at the project before buying anything. The word budget tends to call money to the mind, but it applies to everything that can be called a limited resource. It will determine …
2023 Week 2 Training Log
January 9 – 15, 2023 Mark Brown January 16, 2023 MondayScheduled rest day – Recovery TuesdayFree squat, straight bar – 135 x 6, 225 x 6, 315 x 3, x 3; 345 x 3, x 3; 365 x 3, x 3; 385 x 3, x 3; 405 x 2Straight leg deadlift, from floor pronated grip …
Building a Better Home Gym
Lessons Experienced Over The Past 2 Years Mark Brown January 12, 2023 I started lifting in high school for baseball in my senior year of high school then stopped for reasons that I there is no real explanation for. When I started doing it again in 2013, I worked out through a commercial gym chain …
2023 Week 1 Training Log
January 2 – 8, 2023 Mark Brown January 9, 2023 MondayScheduled Rest Day – Keeping on schedule TuesdayFree Squat, Straight Bar – 135 x 6, 225 x 6. 315 x 3, x 3; 345 x 3, x 3; 345 x 3, x 3; 365 x 3, x 3; 385 x 3, x 3Stiff Leg Deadlift …
2022 Week 52 Training Log
December 26, 2022 – January 1, 2023 Mark Brown January 2, 2022 MondayScheduled Day Off – Getting Back on Schedule TuesdayFree Box Squat, Cambered Bar – 175 x 6, 265 x 6, 355 x 3, x 3, x 3; 375 x 3, x 3; 395 x 3, x 3Good Mornings, Cambered Bar – 265 x …
2022 Year In Review Part 4
Bench Press Development Mark Brown December 29, 2022 Squat might be the lift that improved the most in 2022, but bench press is the one that got the most stable in terms of raw, repeatable strength. I thought going into this year that getting to 315 pounds with the lifting structure I finished 2021 with …
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