Part 2: Strategies at the Gym Mark Brown March 24, 2022 Last time I wrote about three things powerlifting has taught me over the last year to help me become more efficient at the gym. This entry will be about strategies that can be used at the gym or in a private facility to help …
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2022 Week 11 Training Log
March 14, 2022 – March 20, 2022 Mark Brown March 20, 2022 MondayBench Press – 135 x 6, 225 x 6, 245 x 6, 265 x 6, 275 x 6, 285 x 2Narrow Grip Bench Press – 185 x 6, 205 x 6, x 6; 225 x 3, x 3; 235 x 2Log Press – …
Deadlifts: Part 3
Hitching Madness Mark Brown March 16, 2022 I have written about deadlifts a few times over the time my blog has been around. The last time I wrote about my confusion at the lack of actually performing the last half of the lift I have seen in the gym since I started lifting at Genesis …
2022 Workload Audit
Mark Brown March 13, 2022 2022 Low Bar Squat Deadlift Flat Dumbbell Press Narrow Grip Incline Press Overhead Dumbbell Press Floor Press High Bar Squat Sumo Deadlift Leg Press Incline Dumbbell Press Bench Press Standing Overhead Press Week 1 8,475 5,810 3,675 2,785 2,200 2,370 8,560 3,225 29,436 5,085 3,835 2,010 Week 2 8,445 5,975 …
Realizations of Success
Mark Brown March 9, 2022 March 8, 2022 I went to the movie theater after work. That day was a Tuesday. Tuesday after work is normally when I do isolation based lifts that include curls, pushdowns and pulldowns on biceps, triceps and lats, respectively. I was at the movie theater because my middle and lower …
2022 Week 9 Training Log
February 28, 2022 – March 6, 2022 Mark Brown March 6, 2022 MondayLow Bar Straight Bar Squats – 135 x 8; 225 x 6; 315 x 3, x 3, x 3, x 3; 345 x 3, x 3, x 3, x 3; 365 x 3, x 3, x 3, x 3; 385 x 2, x …
Progress Photos 3/4/22
Mark Brown March 5, 2022 I took some photos in the bathroom mirror as an update after I came home from the gym. Please try to leave aside the stupid look on my face as I tried to not look at the phone as I took them.
Deadlift: Part 2
Chapter 2: Lifting Through the Eccentric Phase Mark Brown March 2, 2022 Deadlifts are done as part of game time and practice time for lifters. What that means is that there is different ways to approach training deadlifts. When done in competitions or to practice for competitions, usually only the concentric part of the lift …
2022 Week 8 Training Log
February 21, 2022 – February 27, 2022 Mark Brown February, 27, 2022 MondayLow Bar Straight Bar Squats – 135 x 8; 225 x 8; 315 x 6, x 6; 345 x 3, x 3, x 3, x 3; 365 x 3, x 3, x 3, x 3Deadlift, Power Bar – 315 x 3, x 3 …
My Current Plan
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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