Updating my Winter Plan Mark Brown February 25, 2022 Since the second week of the new year, I have been working on a program of my own design in the gym. I wrote about my winter plan around the the turn of the year and I have followed what I said I was going to …
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The Weight Loss Conundrum
Confidence is the Key Mark Brown February 22, 2022 I weighed myself on my scale at home Monday morning on February 21 after I showered and dried off. It said 282.2 pounds. This isn’t anything new. I have been hovering around this weight for almost 2 years now. Weight loss isn’t something I have not …
2022 Week 7 Training Log
February 14, 2022 – February 20, 2022 Mark Brown February 20, 2022 MondayLow Bar Straight Bar Squats – 135 x 8; 225 x 6; 315 x 6, x 6; 345 x 6, x 3, x 3; 365 x 3, x 3; 385 x 2, x 2Deadlift, Power Bar – 315 x 3, x 3 x …
Picture time!
Picture taken before my lifting session earlier today really started to get going. Muscular development hasn’t been the main goal but I have felt a significant amount of it in my upper back, right where I have needed it for the 3 main lifts. I know a black t-shirt shirt, even as perfectly fitting and …
Going Over Every Damned Hill
Stop picking and choosing which ones to die on Mark Brown February 16, 2022 Selecting a metaphor for figuring out what specific things hold more importance than others is far from a hard task. The media scene in 2022 is full of opinion pieces called “takes” in which a media member renders their verdict on …
2022 Week 6 Training Log
February 7, 2022 – February 13, 2022 Mark Brown February 13, 2002 MondayLow Bar Straight Bar Squats – 135 x 8; 225 x 6; 315 x 3, x 3, x 6; 345 x 6; 365 x 3, x 3; 385 x 3, x 2Snatch Grip Deadlift, Power Bar – 315 x 3, x 3 x …
The Bar’s Personality
Mark Brown February 9, 2022 When I go to the gym or the garage to lift for the day I get locked in mentally and ready to go well before I get there. There’s no real warming up period before I get into my ideal mental state once I arrive. It’s there or it isn’t. …
2022 Week 5 Training Log
January 31, 2022 – February 6, 2022 Mark Brown February 6, 2022 MondayLow Bar Straight Bar Squats – 135 x 8, 225 x 8; 315 x 3, x 3, x 3, x 3; 345 x 3, x 3, x 3, x 3Snatch Grip Deadlift, Power Bar – 225 x 6, 275 x 6, 315 x …
Cues and Hints Part 2
Finding the Starting Line Mark Brown February 2, 2022 Cues in the gym aren’t just meant to alert a lifter to straining in the muscle or when to end a set. They also tell the lifter when to start the lifting and/straining process. I gave one of them as an example in the introduction of …
2022 Week 4 Training Log
January 24, 2022 – January 30, 2022 Mark Brown January 30, 2022 MondayLow Bar Straight Bar Squats – 135 x 8, 225 x 8; 315 x 3, x 3; 345 x 3, x 3; 365 x 3, x 3, 385 x 2, x 2Deadlift, Power Bar – 315 x 6, 345 x 6, 365 x …
Life Through Lifting 