2022 Week 51 Training Log

December 19 – 25, 2022 Mark Brown December 26, 2022 MondayScheduled Rest Day – Recovery TuesdayFree Squat, Straight Bar Low Bar – 135 x 6, 225 x 6, 315 x 3, x 3; 345 x 3, x 3; 365 x 3, x 3; 385 x 2, x 2Calf Raises, Single Leg R then L – …

2022 Year in Review

Part 1: General Overview Mark Brown December 25, 2022 This year has been a period of progress in my strength training. It also saw multiple shifts in my thought process towards lifting and everything that goes into it. Certain areas and lifts saw more improvement than others did. I will detail them in subsequent entries. …

Turning Into The Machine

The Process is in Command Mark Brown November 30, 2022 I have changed a bit in personality over the last 12 weeks. It is in large part due to circumstances at work. When I think about it a little harder, I can see that it’s not a sudden change but a slight shift. This change …

2022 Week 47 Training Log

November 21 – November 27, 2022 Mark Brown November 28, 2022 MondayScheduled Rest Day – Recovery TuesdayUnscheduled Rest Day – Illness WednesdayUnscheduled Rest Day – Illness ThursdayScheduled Rest Day – Holiday, Illness FridayScheduled Rest Day – Extended Recovery SaturdayScheduled Rest Day – Extended Recovery SundayChest Press, American Cambered Bar Inside Grip – 138 x 6, …

Daily Training Note November 15, 2022

Mark Brown November 15, 2022 Tonight’s squat and deadlift lifting session was both long and hard. It took almost 3 hours to get done because of the rest breaks during the squat. I hit a heaviest set, 3 of them to be exact, of 425 pounds for 2 reps. I worked up to that through …