Straight to the Bar

All Things Strength

HELPING YOU GET STRONGER SINCE 2004

The Home Gym 2007

It’s been a couple of years since I took a good look at my home gym. I use it all the time, of course; but I don’t often stop to think of the things that should be in there. As a starting point, here’s a look at the current setup. Power rack, bar and...

And it’s only Tuesday

This week’s shaping up to be a busy one. With yesterday’s workout unfortunately being sacrificed to the God of Time, today’s was back to full-force benching. The combination of a cold day and waking with a stiff neck prompted a longer-than-usual...

Ouch!

After having a rather heated argument with a good friend (who also happens to be my flatmate) on Saturday, we’ve been avoiding each other ever since. With this situation firmly in mind it was off to the garage for an early morning workout. Before starting, I...

High Rep Squatting

Having only recently decided to restrict my squatting to doubles and triples, I was somewhat dubious about returning to higher reps. The warmup sets alone (with just the bar) were tiring enough; in fact, simply standing there with the bar on the shoulders for any...