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Training Update: Two Goals That Usually Don’t Play Nice

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Two goals that usually don’t play nice: get stronger and get leaner. I’m doing both anyway, and here’s why. If you’ve been watching what we’ve been doing at Asgard Athletica lately, it probably looks like a mash-up of powerlifting prep, spreadsheets, and the occasional “why is this man voluntarily doing cardio” moment. So here’s the plan, in chronological order, because it all ties together. May 16: The Meet Is The Point Just before the start of the new year, I picked my next powerlifting meet. I didn’t compete in 2025 due to scheduling conflicts with the two meets I typically … Continue reading Training Update: Two Goals That Usually Don’t Play Nice

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Book Nook: Level Up Your Life, by Steve Kamb

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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

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So, I Finally Returned To Powerlifting…It Went Well

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I have not done a competitive powerlift competition since the summer of 2016. In between then and now, I got in the worst shape of my life. So, I went into 2020 with the intention of getting back into lifting heavy, while also taking some weight off. It is hard to serve those two masters at the same time, unless you were as detrained as I was. 13 months ago, I tested my maxes. While weighing 267 pounds, I squatted 320, benched 215 and deadlifted 320 pounds. So, a total of 855. I’ve had meets in the past where that … Continue reading So, I Finally Returned To Powerlifting…It Went Well

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Training Log: Kaizen, July 6-12, 2020

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Running through my first Ditillo routine this week. I had to admit, this week was a butt kicker. That was a sharp uptick in both volume and intensity from the “building habits” phase I was in. Hammies were tight after Monday, and I’m playing with rack pin heights on the half squats and rack pulls. Still, it is fun to be pushing myself a little again. It’s good for my mental health to lift heavier. I am planning on repeating this training week, going for more reps on the max sets in week 2. This one is more legs and … Continue reading Training Log: Kaizen, July 6-12, 2020