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Monday, May 6, 2024 1A. Fat Bar Overhead Press Max 1×225 1B. Band Pull Aparts 10-15 reps 2. Fat Bar Cleans 5x10x115 3A. DB Bench 5x10x60s 3B: BB Row 5x10x95 Wednesday, May 1, 2024 Row 500m 1:44 Dip Support Hold … Continue reading Training Log 2024: WeezStrong
A pair of Fairfield residents competed Saturday in the Natural Athletic Strength Association Illinois Christmas Regional in Flora, putting up two of the highest totals in the powerlifting meet. Luke Ahlfield and Brian Turner, who both train at Ahlfield’s Midgard … Continue reading Midgard Duo Takes Top Honors At Flora Powerlifting Meet
Blurb: Level Up Your Life uses the principles of video games, movies, television, comic books, and pop culture to teach you how to transform your life in extraordinary ways and collect real-world experiences that are just as amazing and fulfilling as the adventures of comic book heroes and video game characters. Learn how to design your own personal Epic Quest of Awesome through advice on health, fitness, travel, and finance. A few years back, Steve Kamb created a website called NerdFitness. Anyone who follows this little personal blog here knows that Nerd and Fitness are basically my two biggest hobbies. So, … Continue reading Book Nook: Level Up Your Life, by Steve Kamb
CrossFit HamCo held their HamCo Heat 2023 competition Saturday in McLeansboro, with Wayne County well represented, including the RX Mens champions, Luke Ahlfield and Andrew Atteberry. For Ahlfield, a three-time CrossFit Regional qualifier, it was a return to the sport … Continue reading HamCo Heat 2023
Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023 Meet Day–Illinois Christmas Regional at The Gym Squat 480-523-556 Bench 286-303 (missed)-303 Deadlift 501-529-556 Total 1,416.5 Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 Squats 5×360, 3×410, 2×455, 2x1x480 Monday, Dec. 11, 2023 Bench 5×215, 3×240, 3×270, 2x1x285 Pullups 4×1 … Continue reading Training Log 2023, Part 2
Well, it did not go exactly as planned, but it went, well, well enough. Back in February, I started training with Luke and Jake Ahlfield. They were training for a strongman competition. It did not take me long to decide … Continue reading Meet Recap: Southern Illinois’ Strongest, 6-17-23
Or something like that. When I started training with Luke Ahlfield, he mentioned wanting to do a garage fitness challenge called Nine Realms…because we are nerds who dost thou hoist. Who doesn’t love a little Norse mythology in their lifting? … Continue reading Nine Realms…of Awesomeness
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 Airdyne 13:00, 3.55 miles, 115 cal SL: Lacrosse Ball Low Back Smash Monday, June 12, 2023 Airdyne 12:00, 3.43 miles, 117 cal DB Bench 20x50s Lying DB Tricep Ext 10x20s DB Supinating Curls 15x20s DB Front … Continue reading Training Log 2023
This week’s episode of Brett Bartholomew’s Things Your Future Self Will Thank You For. It is the thought exercise used often that is simply, what do you believe you can do now that will pay off in the future. It’s something I’ve contemplated, but never actually committed to paper, or, digital paper. 4. Stop being a dick when people disagree with you. It’s okay to have differences. Don’t be a dick when you do. That doesn’t mean avoiding debate. You learn from debate and having differences, but I default to “dick mode” when I do way too often. 5. Actually … Continue reading Dear Future Self
Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022 Rebuilt Push Warmup 3 rounds: 3 Rounds Slight Decline DB Bench w/pause 4x10x35s Slight Decline DB Squeeze Press 30s 12, 12 3 Rounds Single Arm Cable Lateral Raises (Full, Top, Bottom) 2x6x5# each Tuesday, Dec. 13, … Continue reading Kaizen: Training Log 2022
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