Straight to the Bar

All Things Strength

HELPING YOU GET STRONGER SINCE 2004

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Whilst flicking through my notes from previous workouts I realised that my hamstrings have been getting a pretty easy ride lately. After a bit of searching I found a curl bar that I acquired sometime last year (but never really used), which proved small enough to...

Pulled

A bit of a shortened workout today. After spending most of the day getting used to the cool weather here (it’s been hovering just below zero for most of the day), I jumped into a few sets of rack pulls without much of a warmup. Midway through the work sets I got...

A Long Three Months

When first planning to do a few things to the house our estimate was around 3 months to get everything sorted, sit back and relax. This still seems about right; the only frustration is that the garage will most likely have to wait until near the end of the list...

Back to it (Almost)

The past few days have been hectic to say the least. After what feels like weeks without lifting, today I forced myself to set aside some time for a short workout. A few rack pulls (hopefully the accessory work will squeeze in later this evening). With the weights...

Return of the Zercher Dead

It’s been a while since I’ve done these. If you’ve never had the pleasure, it’s just a deadlift with the bar held the same way as Zercher squats. The hard part is getting down low enough to start – even with the bar starting at the lowest...