A Review and Thoughts Mark Brown April 14, 2022 This isn’t my typical type of blog entry but I thought enough time has elapsed since I bought the equipment for the garage. One of the specialty bars I bought earliest was the Safety Squat Yoke Bar by EliteFTS. I had heard what people said and …
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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 …
Fall 2021 Program Wrap Up
Mark Brown December 7, 2021 This fall’s lifting program was fascinating. I started out working kind in the way that I finished the summer program and ended very differently. The 12 weeks played out in 3 distinct stages: deload, rebuild then the peak. The longer I got into the program, the more I eliminated most …
My How The Garage Has Changed!
The above picture was taken almost a full year and half ago. It a few months after I started lifting in the garage. The squat rack barely a couple weeks old at that point. The bottom picture is a garage running out of space but full of the good stuff. Just thought these two pictures …
Bench Press and Chest Development, Part 2
Mark Brown November 16, 2021 Putting bench press back into the program in summer of 2020 made me recognize some instincts and forced me re-think my process. My hand placement on the bar was quite narrow. I gripped the bar a full thumbs length from the inner bare steel part of the bar. I realized …
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Lift Choices
Mark Brown September 26, 2021 Making decisions about what exercises will be included in a lifting program is an essential part of the process of strength training. Those choices get harder to make when goals become more defined and time becomes limited. Learning what exercises are best for a particular lifter can be achieved by …
Public Gym Training vs. Home Gym Training
Mark Brown September 13, 2021 Home gyms have always been popular for people who like to train but don’t like the atmosphere of public gym, be it a private gym or a commercial gym. Prior to 2020, I didn’t have access to a private home gym but I soon learned that there quite a bit …
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