February 2012
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Training Log: Squat
Shoulder stretch, roller, leg stretch with band Warm up sets Working sets: 320 x 5 365 x 3 405 x 1 Assistance work: Deadlift (BBB [50% of working 1RM]) 255 x 10 x 5 Hanging leg raises (bent knees, need to work on these): BW x 10 x 5 Roller Went ok today, but squats felt heavier than they should have. Not exactly sure why, but am heading into a deload next, which will be good....
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Training Log: Bench Press
Shoulder stretch, roller Warm up sets Working sets: 180 x 5 205 x 3 230 x 1 Assistance work: Push Press (BBB [50% of working 1RM]): 115 x 10 x 5 Barbell Row (BBB [50’ish% of working 1RM]): 115 x 10 x 5 Tricep Pushdown (using EFS Pro mini band doubled over top of rack): Band x 10 x 3 Curls: 35 x 10 x 3 Roller Wanted to get in multiple reps at 230 since it went up so...
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"1UP Mushroom" Mushroom Burger!
via instructables.com very cool
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Training Log: Deadlifts
Shoulder stretch, roller, leg stretch with bands Warm up sets Working sets: 360 x 5 405 x 3 455 x 1 Assistance work: Squat (BBB [50% of working 1RM]): 225 x 10 x 5 Ab crunch (ball): BW x 10 x 5 Roller Great session this evening. 455 went up easily, which I was happy about. Posted via email from Training log | Comment »
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......things got pretty weird after that
via thoughtballoonhelium.blogspot.com
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Beautiful Bookstore (via The Design Ark)
via the-design-ark.com simply amazing
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Training Log: Push Press
Shoulder stretch, roller Warm up sets Working sets: 160 x 5 180 x 3 200 x 1 Assistance work: Bench Press (BBB [50% of working 1RM]): 125 x 10 x 5 Pull ups (used wide underhand grip): BW x 10 x 5 Tricep pushdown (using EFS Pro mini band doubled over the rack): Band x 10 x 3 Roller Great training tonight, looking forward to deadlifts. Posted via email from Training...
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How a Regularly Scheduled Phone Call and a Little...
via lifehacker.com Great idea. We’re constantly looking for ways to cut down bills.
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How to Roll Your Own Awesome Drag-and-Drop File...
via lifehacker.com Not sure I have a use for this, but it is definitely interesting. I’m quite a big Dropbox fan (referral link here: http://db.tt/hfiJvaL ) — but if you prefer to ‘roll your own’ - this is a great write up.
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Training Log: Squat
Shoulder stretch, roller, leg stretch with bands Warm up sets Working sets: 300 x 3 340 x 3 385 x 3 Assistance work: Deadlift (BBB [50% of working 1RM]) 255 x 10 x 5 Hanging leg raises (bent knees, need to work on these): BW x 10 x 5 Roller That’s it for my 3’s week, on to my 5/3/1 week. Posted via email from Training log | Comment »
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Training Log: Bench Press
Shoulder stretch, roller Warm up sets Working sets: 170 x 3 195 x 3 220 x 3 Assistance work: Push Press (BBB [50% of working 1RM]): 115 x 10 x 5 Barbell Row (BBB [50’ish% of working 1RM]): 115 x 10 x 5 Tricep Pushdown (using EFS Pro mini band doubled over top of rack): Band x 10 x 3 Curls: 35 x 10 x 3 Roller Good training session this evening, time to eat. ...
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A Cathedral Made from Light (via The Design Ark)
via the-design-ark.com amazing
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Lift More Than You Can
Next time I need a t-shirt, this one is on top of the list. available at IronMind
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Water Sculptures in Slow Motion
Water Sculpture from Shinichi Maruyama on Vimeo. (via The Everyday Minimalist) “Beauty in the impermanent.” Wonderful.
Construct-Your-Own Star Wars AT-AT Cable Organizer...
via laughingsquid.com Yes please!!! I think we need one of these for our newly remodeled office at home.
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Tetris: Construction Since 1985
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Which wolf will you feed today?
One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two “wolves” inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope,...
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Life simplified
via nonsensesociety.com “Awful Drawings” – Hilarious Art by Matthieu Barrère | The Nonsense Society ================================== Some great drawings here!
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Training Log: Deadlifts
Shoulder stretch, roller, leg stretch with bands Warm up sets Working sets: 335 x 3 380 x 3 430 x 3 Assistance work: Squat (BBB [50% of working 1RM]): 225 x 10 x 5 Ab crunch (ball): BW x 10 x 5 Roller Yes, 5 sets of 10 reps was brutal. And a heck of a lot of fun to see myself push through. Posted via email from Training log | Comment »
ouch... (animated gif)
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Venkman Stantz Spengler | Paranormal Studies
via shirtoid.com If only I didn’t already have too many t-shirts….
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Paper Punk, Paper-Based System for Building Toys &...
via laughingsquid.com Laughing Squid just linked to this and I had to share. I remember finding PDFs of ‘toys’ like this a few years ago. We would print them out, color them, fold and build them (usually while messing around at the office). Looks like someone took that to the next level.
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Training Log: Push Press
Shoulder stretch, roller Warm up sets Working sets: 150 x 3 170 x 3 190 x 3 Assistance work: Bench Press (BBB [50% of working 1RM]) 125 x 10 x 5 Pull ups: BW x 10 x 5 Tricep pushdown (using an EFS Pro Mini Band doubled over the top of the rack) Band x 10 x 3 Roller Wendler wrote a new article about The “Boring But Big” 3-Month Challenge over at T-Nation and...
January 2012
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Star Wars Sugar Cookies & Royal Icing Recipe. May...
via 1finecookie.com nice
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I see you shaved......
Cracked me up this morning.
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An Automatic Diet Planner @SwoleMe (via Swiss...
via swiss-miss.com This is an interesting site for creating meal plans. Gotta love the name too: “swole me” - great stuff.
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Toronto News: Toronto teens send Lego man on a...
via thestar.com Fantastic. The little man and I need to work towards this.
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Training Log: Squat
Shoulder stretch, roller, leg stretch with bands Warm up sets Working sets: 280 x 5 320 x 5 365 x 9 Assistance work: Squat (BBB): 245 x 10 x 3 Roller Almost had 10 on that last working set, 9 isn’t too bad though. End of my 5’s week & I felt it went ok. On to my 3’s Posted via email from Training log | Comment »
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Training Log: Bench Press / Barbell Row
Shoulder stretch, roller Warm up sets (Bench Press) Working sets: 160 x 5 180 x 5 205 x 10 Warm up sets (Barbell row) Working sets: 180 x 5 205 x 5 230 x 8 Roller No assistance lifts today, but it felt good to hit 10 reps on that. We hung the punching bag for Dawn and she started hitting that today. It was great, she worked the bag and I showed Ian how to hold the bag. We...
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The WTF Stamp: Just what I need (via The Everyday...
via everydayminimalist.com yep. Think I could use one of these sometime.
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Training Log: Deadlifts
Shoulder stretch, roller, leg stretch with bands Warm up sets Working sets: 310 x 5 360 x 5 405 x 8 Assistance work: Deadlifts (BBB): 245 x 10 x 3 Ab crunch (ball): BW x 12 x 3 Roller Not a bad session. Posted via email from Training log | Comment »
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Training Log: Push Press
Shoulder stretch, roller Warm up sets Working sets: 140 x 5 160 x 5 180 x 6 Assistance work: Push Press (BBB): 135 x 10 x 4 Roller Lifts went ok, but it just felt great to be back out there. Think I’m going to go with a Big But Boring (BBB) plan for a cycle. Posted via email from Training log | Comment »
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Imperial Walker
via flickr.com When I’m old and need a walker, this will be the one I use.
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ixxi (via swissmiss)
via swiss-miss.com Oh heck yes. We just moved a couple rooms around at home to make the office/library a larger room, and we have a huge wall just begging for some Pac-Man ghosts like this.
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How to De-SPAM Your Life
via lifehacker.com great collection from Lifehacker. Been working on simplifying in 2012 and this fits right in.
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Clean Automatically Organizes Your Desktop Icons...
via lifehacker.com Just installed this one - free and exactly what I needed.
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Anonymous downs government, music industry sites...
via rt.com Wild.
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Pop culture posters to start baby off right (via...
via holykaw.alltop.com nice
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Training Log: Squat
Shoulder stretch, roller, leg stretch with bands Warm up / Deload sets Assistance work: Squat: 255 x 5 x 3 Roller Figured I’d just keep my assistance BBB squat at the 60% number and do a few extra sets. This is the end of my warm-up/deload that I wanted to get through after a month off. I’m still a bit congested, but will be heading into my 5’s week next. Looking...
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Training Log: Bench Press / Barbell Row
Shoulder stretch, roller Warm up / deload sets: Bench Press Warm up / deload sets: Barbell Row Assistance work: Bench Press: 155 x 8 x 3 1 Arm Kettlebell Row: 35 x 15 x 3 Roller Still working through light weights to wake the body up, but feeling great to be back out there. Also, Ian came out to the garage while I was out there and decided he wanted to deadlift the bar. We set...
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David Bowie being normal, 1966-2004 | Retronaut
via retronaut.co Great collection of pics.
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Dismantling the Space Shuttle Program - Alan...
via theatlantic.com Great photo collection. Still sad to see it go.
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The King Center Imaging Project (via swissmiss)
via swiss-miss.com
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Clean My Desktop Sorts Files Into Content Specific...
via lifehacker.com This looks really useful. I have a bad habit of dragging things to the desktop (and then forgetting about them).
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Ekso Bionics to Begin Shipping Exoskeletons for...
via core77.com Fantastic„, and only the beginning.