Middle Aged Muscles

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  • I’m Back

    I’ve been poor about posting lately. Actually…. that’s a bit of an understatement. I went MIA for quite some time. Sorry about that but I have good news, I’m back and am going to start making regular posts again outlining my training. In the meantime I’ve made some changes to my training and I’m going…

  • Check In

    Its been just over a month since I last posted and when I did, it was about changing to a different type of program vs what I normally ran. Currently I have 4 sessions left in this program (should be the 4 hardest) and the reason you haven’t heard much???? Its been rather uneventful… With…

  • Changing Programs for Short Periods: Why and How

    I mentioned in a previous post that when coming back from vacation I was temporarily moving from my conjugate style of training into something completely different. This is not a permanent change and is only scheduled for 6 weeks. While it seems odd to do, I have my reasons and I’m going to walk you…

  • Quick Update

    Happy Monday to all! Just wanted to put up a quick check in post as I haven’t been active the past couple of weeks. You’ll see more posts coming this week, but very plainly I wasn’t posting the last couple of weeks because I turned 40 and I went on vacation. Just that plain and…

  • Frequency vs Intensity vs Volume

    Go online and start looking at different programs, you’ll notice some have you benching 2x a week, some once, some 4 times, others may have you squatting 2, deadlifting 1 etc… Things would be easier if there was some sort of written rule that just said “squatting twice a week is best” but it doesn’t…

  • Killer Birthday Workout for my 40th!!!

    I’ve always thought the idea of doing a special “birthday workout” yearly is a bit of a meme, but every year there I am thinking “I need to figure out what to do for my birthday”… This year was no different, and to top it off I’m turning 40 which is a milestone and even…

  • “Extra Workouts”: Who, What, When and Why

    “Extra Workouts”: Who, What, When and Why

    Ok, there really isn’t a who involved in this, I guess the who is you the reader, but the other “W’s” are relevant to this discussion and are frequently asked questions on the topic so they will be the focus of today’s post. What is an “Extra” workout? An extra workout is any workout at…

  • What do you do if something isn’t working?

    My last post revolved around a small mistake I made in my programming and what I was doing to fix it. To refresh, I did very little low bar squatting and that which I did, was almost exclusively to a box. When I went to test my low bar squat without a box it didn’t…

  • Admitting Your Mistakes: Where I was screwing up my low bar squat

    When I started this blog I promised myself I was going to write about the good and the bad. The internet is filled with people that are willing to rush and out talk about it every time they have a good day or break a PR, there are very few people who are completely transparent…

  • Changing Weeks / Blocks: How and Why I Use Them

    In past post I’ve outlined the framework for how I write my programs and how I work out. My version of the conjugate method works for me and would likely work for a lot of you (there is no perfect program that works for everyone) but I don’t run it every single week of the…