Some good words on the pursuit of perfection and excellece

Vince Lombardi once said, "While we may never achieve perfection. The pursuit of perfection will allow us to achieve excellence."

So true, I love it!

Walt Whitman was right

Walt Whitman once said, "If anything in this world is sacred, the human body is sacred."

I believe that he spoke the truth.

Tuesday morning part 4: butterfly kicks

Having fun getting the butterfly kicks back. Finished these off then did some extra lunges, feet elevated push ups, pull ups and back of wrist push ups. Fun practice today.

Tuesday morning part 3: 1-arm cartwheels

Having fun getting back into the tumbling. Here's the final set of 1-arm cartwheels for the day. Feeling pretty good.

Tuesday morning part 2: handstand work

Of course, to finish the super set with the muscle ups, here's the 5th and final set of handstand holds.

Tuesday March 31 morning part 1: Assisted muslce ups

Hit my 5 sets, focusing on a slow and controlled negative, in a super set with my handstands. Here's the final set.

Monday night part 3: Bottom Position Front Squats

I always love bottom position squats. And, because they helped me take my back squat to sets of 5 reps with 500 pounds, I thought I'd see what bottom position front squats would do for my regular front squat. Here's the final set of the night with 315 pounds. Followed this with     volume work for the abs.

Monday night pat 2: 1-arm bent rows

Nailing six sets with 196 pounds. Felt really cool since it was 3 pounds heavier than me, lol. Here's the final set.

Monday March 30th night part 1: Body flies

Started out the evening with body flies on the jungle gym, using a nice pause at both the stretch position and the contraction position. Awesome stuff. Here's the 6th of 6 sets.

Monday morning part 6: German 50 push ups

To go along with the false grip pull ups, here's the final set of German 50 push-ups. Nailed these then moved on to 5 sets of back of wrist push ups, 2 sets of pull ups and 1 set of lunges.

Monday morning part 5: false grip paused pull ups

Finished off with 5 sets of false grip paused pull ups super setted with 5 sets of German 50 pull ups, 1 set of lunges, 5 sets of back of wrist push ups, and 2 sets of pull ups. Here's the final set of the paused pull ups.

Monday morning part 4: tuck planche holds

To go with the rings combo, here's the final set of tuck planche holds on the ground:

Monday morning part 3: Rings Combo, a different view

After the muscle ups and handstands it was time to super set 4 sets of rings combos and 4 sets of tuck planch holds. Having the camera at a different angle helped me see where improvements can be made. Here's the final set:

Monday March 30th morning part 2: Handstad holds

And, to go along with the muscle ups, here's the final set of handstand holds on the parallets. Felt pretty awesome.

Monday March 30th morning part 1: Jumping Muslce Ups

Started off this morning with Muscle ups with a slight jump. Nailed 5 sets in a super set with 5 sets of handstand work on the parallets. Here's the final set:

Saturday part 3: Timed squats

After the dips and pull ups it was time for some timed squats. Hit 1 set of 3 minutes, non-stop reps with 135 lbs. Felt awesome.

Saturday part 2: Weighted Pull ups

After the reverse grip dips it was weighted pull up time. Nailed 6 sets of 5 reps with bodyweight plus 88 pounds. Here's the final set.

Saturday March 28th part 1: Reverse Grip Dips

This morning I nailed my 50 pull ups, crap load of lunges and 300 wide grip push ups. Then it was on to the evening. Started out with 6 sets of 5 for Reverse Grip Weighted Dips. Got these with bodyweight plus 108 pounds. Here's the final set:

Friday March 27th wrap up

Awesome training day today. Hit 300 classic push ups, 50 pull ups and a bunch of lunges this morning. Then hit a nice and strong 4 rounds of this beautiful conditioner. Finished off with some volume work for the midsection. Here's, I think, the 3rd round:

Thursday night part 3: clean grip high pull

After the military presses and snatch pulls it was clean grip high pull time. Here's the 6th and final set with 335 pounds.

Thursday night part 2: Snatch Grip High Pull

After the military presses it was High Pull time. Here's the 6th and final set of snatch pulls with 275 pounds.

Thursday March 26th night part 1: military press

Nailing 6 nice sets of military press with185 pounds. Here's the final set:

Thursday morning part 6: classic push ups

Here's the 5th and final set of push ups to go along with the pull up super set

Thursday morning part 5: False grip speed pull ups with a pause

Hit 5 sets of these bad boys pretty nicely, really working on pulling fast and holding at the top and getting the wrists re-conditioned to the false grip. Did them in a super set with classic push ups. Here's the final set:

Thursday morning part 4: tuck planche holds

And, here's the tuck planche hold to go with the rings combo super set.

Thursday morning part 3: rings combo

Hit 4 sets of   the rings combo in a super set with 4 sets of tuck planche holds on the parallets. Here's the final set:

Thursday morning part 2: Muscle ups

And, to go along with the handstand super set, here's the final set of assisted muscle ups:

Thursday March 26th morning part 1: handstands

Yay! The camera's back.

Started out the day with 5 sets of assisted muscle ups in a super set with 5 sets of handstand holds on the parallets. Here's the final set of handstands.

Wednesday March 26th wrap up

Easy day today. Basically hit 300 wide grip push ups, 50 pull ups and a bunch of lunges. Nice and relaxing day :)

Tuesday March 24th wrap up

Morning:

Hit 5 sets of assisted muscle ups on the rings in a super set with 5 sets of handstand holds on the floor. Then moved into 2 sets of 1-arm cartwheels to each side and 2 sets of butterfly kicks to each side. Finished with 50 pull ups, 300 feet elevated push ups and a bunch of lunges on each leg. Awesome morning.


Evening:

Hit 4 rounds of the following with no rest in between movements and minimal rest in between rounds: 10 tiger squats, 20 1-leg burpees, 30 1-leg hip thrust/leg curls, 20 split lunges and 30 seconds of wall drive sprints. Finished off with some fun mid-section work.

Monday night wrap up

For this evenings training Melissa and I started out with a super set of body flies on the Jungle Gym (with a 1 count pause in the stretch position and a 10 count pause in the contracted position on each rep) for 6 sets alternated with 1-arm bent rows for 6 sets on each arm (Personal recorded by using 186 pounds for each set). Then finished off with 6 sets of bottom position front squats and some midsection work. Awesome training night!

Monday March 23rd morning part 1: Wrap up

No camera at the moment so I'll just wrap up the morning: Hit 5 sets of assisted muscle ups super setted with 5 sets of handstand work on the parallets. Moved on to 4 sets of the rings combo super setted with 4 sets of tuck planche work on the parallets. Then hit 5 sets of false grip paused pull ups super setted with 5 sets of the German 50. Added on some back of the wrist push ups, parallel grip pull ups and lunges for fun. Awesome stuff.

Thursday night part 3: Clean grip high pulls

Finished off the night with 6 sets of clean grip high pulls from the hang. Nailed it with 335 pounds. Here's the final set:

Thursday March 19th night part 2: Snatch grip high pull

After the BTN presses it was high pull time. Hit 6 sets of 3 for Snatch grip high pulls from the hang with 275. Here's the final set.

Thursday March 19th evening part 1: BTN strict presses

Having a great time nailing 6 sets of behind the neck strict presses with 165. Here's the final set:

Thursday morning part 6: False Grip Paused Explosive Pull ups

Whoooo, what a long name for an exercise: False Grip Explosive Paused Push Ups (pausing for a count of three at the top). Here's my final set.

Thursday morning part 5: German 50 push ups

Finished off this morning with 5 sets of German 50s and 5 sets of false grip explosive pull ups with a pause at the top on the rings. Here's the final set of German 50's.

Thursday morning part 4: Tuck planche on the parallets

To go along with the 4 rounds of my rings combo, here's the 4th set of tuck planches on the parallets.

Thursday morning part 3: Rings Combo for reps

Moved on to a super set of my rings combo (doing it twice per round) and tuck planche holds on the parallets. Here's the final round of the combo.

Thursday morning -part 2: handstands on the parallets

And, to go along with the muscle ups, here's the final set of handstands on the parallets

Thursday March 19th morning part 1: Assisted Muscle ups

Started out with 5 sets of assisted muscle ups in a super set with handstands on the parallets. Felt awesome, used less assistance today. Here's the final set.

Tuesday March 17th evening: Awesome Conditioning

For this evening's training I went back to one of my favorite conditioning routines. Hit 4-6 rounds of the following with no rest between movements:  10 Tiger Squats (5 per leg), 20 1-leg Burpees (10 per leg), 30 1-leg hip thrust/ leg curls (15 per leg), 20 Split Lunges (10 per leg) and 30 seconds of wall drive sprints. Awesome stuff. Here's my 3rd round.

Tuesday Morning part 4: Butterfly kicks and push-ups

Finished off this morning's practice with a few sets of Wushu style butterfly kicks (which I hadn't practiced since last August, so they're not too pretty right now) and 5 sets of Feet-elevated push ups. Here's the final set of butterfly kicks.

Tuesday morning part 3: 1-arm cartwheels

Getting back into the tumbling world by practicing my 1-arm cartwheels. Here's the final set.

Tuyesday morning part 2: handstands

Along with the 5 sets of muscle ups, nailed 5 sets of handstands on the floor. Here's the final set

Tuesday March 17th morning part 1: assisted muslce ups

Started out this morning on the rings with assisted muscle ups and on the floor with handstands. Here's the 5th and final set of the MU's.

Monday night part 3: Bottom Position squats

Hit 5 sets really well, then bombed out on the 6th set with 355 pounds. Oh well, I'll get 'em next time.

Monday night part 2: 1-arm bent rows

After the dips I hit 6 sets of 6 reps for 1-arm bent rows with 176 pounds (held two 88 pound k-bells). This final set is a little ugly, but still strong and awesome.

Monday March 16th Evening part 1: Weighted Dips

Hit 6 sets of 5 for weighed dips tonight with bodyweight plus 141 pounds. Upping the reps was awesome, though this final set isn't as pretty as it could be, lol.

Monday Morning part 4: Tuck planche holds on the parallets

Did these in a super set with my rings combination. Here's the 5th set:

Monday Morning part 3: Rings Combination

Hadn't hit the rings combination since August. Here's my first run through. Not to shabby at all.

Modnay morning part 2: Handstands on the parallets

Hadn't worked seriously on the parallets since August. Here's my first handstand back. Felt pretty good. Did 5 sets of 3 handstands in a super set with my assisted muscle ups. I'll be back to all my parallet work soon.

Monday March 16th morning part 1: Assisted Muscle Ups

It's getting beautiful outside so it's time to bring back the acrobatics. Here's my 5th of 5 sets of assisted muscle ups on the rings. Haven't worked seriously on rings work since October, feels good to be back, even the false grip feels good.

Fridat March 13th, wrap up

Once again hitting my joint mobility and flexibility drills in the morning, than nailing some Eishacen's Yoga in the evening. Feeling awesome and hungry to get back to strong work.

Thursday March 12th wrap up

Hey hey everyone, feeling awesome today. Aside from my daily joint mobility/ flexibility drills, Melissa and I had an awesome session of Eischen's Yoga. Feeling great and getting really hungry to getting back to slinging around heavy shit.

Wednesday March 11th wrap up

Day number three of the "healing and recovery week." Actually took the day off from basically everything. Had two nice walks, but relaxed for the rest.

Tuesday March 10th wrap up

Still working the "healing and recovery week." Hit 5 sets of classic push ups and then Melissa and I nailed some nice Eischen's Yoga. Overall a fun day, feeling great :)

Monday March 9th wrap up

With Melissa having an unfortunate accident while power cleaning and me dropping the bar on my neck while working the BTN Push press last week, we decided we were feeling a little beat up. So this week is all about healing and recovery. Along with my normal mobility and stretching drills I worked 4 sets of feet elevated push ups and 1 set of German 50's. Then at night, Melissa and I worked some Eishcen's Yoga. A great day.

And, of course, had some fun playing on the rings:

 

Nothing feels like

There's an old weight loss saying that goes something like this, "nothing tastes as good as being skinny feels." I think that's wrong, so I'm going to amend it and say, "nothing feels as awesome as being strong, fit and healthy."

 

Thursday March 5th: Weighted dips and power cleans

Started out the day with neck work, handstand and planche practice and hand extension work, then moved on to the evening training. Hit 6 sets of 3 for Reverse Grip Weighted Dips. Then moved onto Power Cleans from the hang. Melissa had an accident on set 3 so we decided to stop for the night. She's alright, which is good. Here's the final set of dips.

Mass building going well

A little blurry, but not bad:

A little clearer:

One of my favorite morning warm ups

Love this one to warm up with in the morning. Aim for 4-6 sets of 5 or so reps.

My Thursday morning neck work

I get a ton of questions on my neck work routine, here's Thursday morning's: I aim for 4-5 sets of 12 in each direction.

Wednesday part 3: read delt raises

Finished off the night with 3 sets of 20 for rear delt raises. Here's the final set.

Wednesday part 2: extensions "21's"

And the second part of the super set, the overhead extension "21's"

Wednesday March 4th part 1: Cruls "21's"

Hit some super sets of curl 21's and overhead extension 21's. Here's the final set of the curls.

Tuesday March 3rd: Cool Conditioning

After hitting a good DT chest workout and a bunch of push ups it was conditioning time. Love this one. Without stopping hit 2 cast wall walks, 7 handstand push ups, 2 cast wall walks, 7 pseudo planche push ups, 2 cast wall walks, 7 dips and 7 pull ups. Repeat for 4-6 rounds. Here's my final round of the night.

Monday part 3: Dynamic Tension squats

With my hip injury acting up I decided to hit my 6 sets of squats as strict dynamic tension squats. Felt good. Not as good as squatting, but a nice change of pace. Here's the wrap up:

Monday part 2: 1-arm bent row

After the 6 sets of BTN presses it was 1-arm row time. Hit 5 sets of 6 and a final set of 8 reps with 158 pounds (a 70 and an 88 pound K-bell). Here's the final set.

Monday March 2nd part 1: BTN Strict Press

Started off the day with neck work, handstand and planche work, then moved onto the evening training. Nailed 4 of the5 first sets of BTN strict presses, got mad for missing one of them and nailed the 6th set really hard. Here's the final set.

The world always looks awesome when you're upside down

Saturday part 3: Jump Squats?

Going into my second set of jump squats Melissa heard a pop come from my leg and I hit the ground in pain. Hip, knee and hamstring all felt like hell. Needless to say, I was done for the night.

Saturday part 2: Weighted pull ups

Nailed 6 strong sets of weighted pull ups with bodyweight plus 70 pounds. Here's the final set.

Saturday Feb. 28th part 1: Push Press

Decided to work on the standard push press. Hit a nice 6 sets with 235 pounds. Here's the final set.