This is what we are currently doing at Asgard Athletica. It is set up to be worked into a busy lifestyle, with the goal to be able to complete each workout in an hour. It rotates lifting days with conditioning … Continue reading Asgard Athletica Training Template
There’s a certain type of person you might know. Or maybe you are that person. Always moving. Always producing. Always checking something off the list. From the outside, it looks like you’re thriving. But on the inside, it can feel like you’re barely holding it together. While listening to The Model Health Show podcast today with Dr. Judith Joseph, I was struck by her description of high-functioning depression. It’s not the version you usually picture. It’s not someone who stays in bed all day or can’t go to work. It’s someone who shows up every day and gets things done, … Continue reading When Rest Feels Wrong: The Productivity Trap
A while back, one of my journal suggestions was to design a superhero logo to represent yourself. I wrote about it. Well, I need to amend that post now. See, I have a new one. I have had an idea … Continue reading Asgard Athletica Gets A Logo
This was a Christmas gift from Sarah. A used book store find for her. With a forward from Ben Weider and written by Joe Weider. Published in 1983, it is a picture and word history of the first 18 years of the Mr. Olympia competition. It features some of the history of the formation of the contest. It has some breakdowns of several of the contests, starting with the years of 3-5 competitors a year and through the growth of the event. It has some typical Weider schilling, of course. Joe might be the best salesman the sport has seen … Continue reading Book Nook: Mr. Olympia, by Joe Weider
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025 Pullups 8×1 Treadmill 6.5 mph, .18 miles, 1:44 For time: Run 200m 15-12-9 Squats-Pushups-Ring rows Run 200m 5:43 Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025 Pullups 10×1 T1. Squats 5x2x385, 5×385 T2. FB Bar Bench 3x10x160 T3. Goblet Squats … Continue reading Training Log 2025
I have a few hobbies. Here is a quick recap of some of them. Reading Log: 32 books read 112 Albums Rated Watched a bunch of stuff 201 Comics Read A bunch of time in the gym 2,075 bets made. ROI +7.3 percent. 403.4 Miles in Nike +. This was down significantly. See the below line. Two knee surgeries + vasectomy. 225 Stories written for the Wayne County Press 79,415 Minutes on Spotify 1 Powerlifting meet: 1,350 total. Deadlift PR of 585. 700+ government bids submitted. Weight on 1/1/25: 253.3 pounds. 110 Different Beers Drank Trips: Bloomington, IN golf trip; … Continue reading My 2024 Recap
Music is a thing many of us turn to for certain moments. We have different songs for different moments in life. What is a song that gives you confidence, whatever the situation is? I have one specific one that inspires confidence in myself. Yeah, this is a hype song in general, but it is also MY hype song. And that is because I have one very specific situation in my life when this song is playing. Heavy squats. I would say 90 percent of my 500-plus pound squats have been completed with this song playing in the gym. Squats are … Continue reading What Song Gives You Confidence?
Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024 Rolflex forearms Rolflex calves Glute-med slide with bands Row 1509m, 7:22 Foam roll adductors Jumping Jacks 2×15 Row 1049m, 5:00 Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024 Row 1157m 5:48 Treadmill 1.0 at 2.8, 21:28 Row 1110m 5:03 Straight … 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
