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. …
Tag Archives: Strength Training
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 …
January Training Observations
Mark Brown January 28, 2022 This month has seen me change my training to high set, low rep range lifting structure that is more seen in powerlifting than bodybuilding. I started that the second week of January and have noticed a few different ways that has effected my training. To familiarize those who don’t follow …
Hints and Cues
Finding the Stop Sign Mark Brown January 25, 2022 Stop signs exist to make us pay attention to the road we are driving on so bad things don’t happen at intersections. A lifting session isn’t that different from the act of driving a car through an intersection. Physical and mental cues are constantly being sent …
2022 Week 3 Training Log
January 17, 2022 – January 23, 2022 Mark Brown January 23, 2022 MondayLow Bar Straight Bar Squats – 135 x 8, 225 x 6; 315 x 3, x 3; 335 x 3, x 3; 365 x 3, x 3, 385 x 3, x 3Deadlift, Power Bar – 315 x 3, x 3; 365 x 2, …
2022 Week 2
January 10, 2022 – January 16, 2022 Mark Brown January 16, 2022 MondayLow Bar Straight Bar Squats – 135 x 8, 225 x 6, 275 x 6, 315 x 6, 345 x 4, 365 x 3Deadlift, Power Bar – 315 x 5, 345 x 4, 365 x 4, 385 x 3, 405 x 1Calf Raises …
Conditioning and Cardio: Part 2
Mark Brown January 15, 2022 Now that I have laid out what conditioning and cardio are and aren’t, it’s time to talk about getting them into a lifting program. A lot of how these two are attacked will depend on what the other 22-23 hours of the day look like for someone. If one has …
Conditioning and Cardio
Mark Brown January 12, 2022 Conditioning and cardio are two things no human can really avoid doing. They are both important for athletes of all ages and skill level as well as for humans just surviving. They must be accounted for whatever training anyone decides to do long term. The biggest questions to me are …
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