Bench Press Edition Mark Brown May 12, 2022 Every decision in the gym needs to fulfill some specific purpose. Most of those decisions will involve sets or reps of some lift. The reason why is because the body has a limit to the energy it can put towards a lifting session. Don’t go hard enough …
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The Road to Discipline, Chapter 4
Attacking Tomorrow Today Mark Brown May 10, 2022 Progress is the result of consistency. I shared in chapter 2 what happened when I lost 4-5 weeks of gym time to Covid-19 related public area shutdowns. Consistency is best evidence of someone’s discipline. It shows their commitment to both the goal and the process. This commitment …
2022 Week 18 Training Log
May 2 – May, 2022 Mark Brown May 8, 2022 MondayScheduled Day Off – Recovery TuesdayBench Press, Cambered Bar – 175 x 6, 225 x 3, x 3, x 3, x 3; 245 x 3, x 3, x 3, x 3: 255 x 3, x 3Cambered Bar Hold – 225 x 1:30 x 4Narrow Grip …
Anatomy of an Excuse
Mark Brown May 6, 2022 Any reason used to deflect any level of culpability for something that happened or didn’t happen is an excuse, regardless of its legitimacy. People love explanations for why things happen. It’s a big part of why I ended up with a BA in History with a minor in Rhetoric from …
The Road to Discipline, Chapter 3
Mark Brown May 3,2022 Once one has found the inner drive and kinetic energy to keep it going, they will find themselves getting quite a bit of traction on their goals. This is often referred to as momentum. The feeling of seeing a lot of positive results in a succession feels good and is a …
2022 Week 17 Training Log
April 25 – May 1, 2022 Mark Brown May 1, 2022 MondayScheduled Day Off – Recovery TuesdayBench Press, Cambered Bar – 175 x 6, 225 x 3, x 3, x 3, x 3; 245 x 3, x 3, x 3, x 3; 255 x 3, x 3Cambered Bar Holds, Full Extension – 225 x 1:30 …
The Garage
Mark Brown April 28, 2022 Just a short video tour of the garage gym I lift in.
The Road To Discipline, Chapter 2
Order and Chaos Mark Brown April 26, 2022 The two concepts of order and chaos are often juxtaposed against each other the way a protagonist and antagonist are in a story. I do find the the sentiment that there is only order and chaos without anything in between to be relatively true. However, I don’t …
2022 Week 16 Training Log
April 18 – April 24, 2022 Mark Brown April 24, 2022 MondayChain Press – 135 x 6, 225 x 3, x 3; 225 w/ chain x 3, x 3, x 3; 245 w/ chain x 3, x 3, x 3; 255 w/ chain x 2, x 2; 265 x 1Pin Press – 225 x 6, …
The Road to Discipline
Mark Brown April 19, 2022 Discipline is one of the hardest things to actually achieve because the world around us designed to distract us from the very thing that we are after. When it comes to strength training, discipline has a few different ways of manifesting itself: Physically, emotionally and intellectually. All three of ways …
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