Analysis Paralysis
“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.” ~ Abraham Maslow
Hammer On Challenge: Sprint 00
Ok everyone, it’s time for our first challenge period, which I’m calling Sprint 00! Advertisements
The Hammer On Challenge
Hey everyone! I’ve been absent for a while, and I’ll have a couple of posts out shortly to about what I’ve been up to. However, I wanted to get ahead of that and mention one of the things I’ve been up to. When the transformation challenge I was a part of ended and the next…
ATH Bracket Challenge!
Because who doesn’t want to fill out another bracket? Join the first annual A Thousand Hammers Bracket Challenge. No prizes this year because, to be honest, this idea just occurred to me and I haven’t thought it through. So, sign up, fill out the bracket, and earn some bragging rights! Entries lock at tip-off, so…
David Goggins Inspires
I’ve somehow gone all this time without hearing about David Goggins, but since he was on the Joe Rogan podcast recently, he seems to be all I’m hearing about.
Starting Strength: Program Baseline
Since I recently began a new program that all but insures impressive gains in strength, especially in the early weeks and months, I figured it was a good idea catalog my Starting Strength…. starting.. strengths.
Now Reading: Starting Strength
In my last post, I detailed how I have changed my training program to Mark Rippetoe’s Starting Strength.
Changing the Program
“This is because we are training for strength, to increase the force we produce in a big, general movement pattern; we are not training a ‘favorite muscle.’ We are not concerned with our favorite muscles. We do not have favorite muscles.” ~ Mark Rippetoe, Starting Strength Time to change it up!
Benched: A Follow Up
Time to reassess what I thought I knew about training.
Now Reading: Crushing It!
In this lively, practical, and inspiring book, Gary dissects every current major social media platform so that anyone, from a plumber to a professional ice skater, will know exactly how to amplify his or her personal brand on each.
Benched
So, I’ve had my first real Boring But Big squat, overhead press, and deadlift workouts, and all went relatively according to plan. Tonight was installment #4, bench press.
