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New MRI – Results Pending

I feel like I’m 80 years old along my entire spine every night and it wakes me up most times, so I decided enough’s enough and got proactive about it.  I had a choice of scheduling an appointment with my … Continue reading

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The Scoop On My Back

I think its safe to say deadlifting is OUT for the foreseeable future.  Since that day I’ve been struggling 24/7 w/ some hard dull pain going right up and down my spine.  Nothing damaged, but it must’ve aggravated my spinal … Continue reading

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Thoughts On What I’m Doing Following Knee Surgery

I wanted to do this for a while now.  Most forums are pretty black and white basically posting a cookie cutter routine up in the stickies with minimal explanations.  I’m all about the explanations (the many shades of gray) because … Continue reading

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Control Relating To Progression

I’m still building myself back up after all the surgeries and time away from training.  Hasn’t been easy, but I’m remaining patient and slowly plugging away.  One exercise I started back on was the incline press.  After aggregating my pec … Continue reading

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Preachin’ to the Choir…but worth it..

There are few people that I turn to for advice. I have to respect someone and know that they know what they are talking about and have applied it. For many years my go to guy was Wesley. I always … Continue reading

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Knee Surgery

Knee surgery went extremely well on Tuesday.  They were able to remove the torn meniscus.  The cyst ended up popping during the procedure so they had no choice but to shave and polish off my knee joint spic-n-span.  I have … Continue reading

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Today’s Upper

1a) Bench Press – Worked up to 290 x 3, 315 x 3 1b) Lean Away Neutral Pull-ups – BW x 5 x 10, 2 x 8, +45 x 2 x 5 (top sets) 2) Bench Press (60 sec timed … Continue reading

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Installed New Anti-Spam

Finally free of deleting dozens of spam bot postings, I hope!  I’m committed to leaving comments open to all members without the hassle of signing in and I’m sticking to it this time around.  I’m working with a graphic designer … Continue reading

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Catching Up..

Had my pre-op appointment for my knee yesterday and I’ve got a list of stuff to do next week. Surgery on the 16th. I decided to focus more of my lower days on the bike/stair climber for now since I’m … Continue reading

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Supplements

I must say, I’m noticing a BIG difference using a few new supplements to hit the market at Truenutrition.  Almost a week now I’ve been taking in the following: Agmatine Sulphate Powder Creatine Gluconate Powder CarnoSyn Powder Everything twice per … Continue reading

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