A Thousand Hammers

Ok everyone, it’s time for our first challenge period, which I’m calling Sprint 00! (more…)

Hey everyone! I’ve been absent for a while, and I’ll have a couple of posts out shortly to about what I’ve been up to. However, I wanted to get ahead of that and mention one of the things I’ve been up to. When the transformation challenge I was a part of ended and the next one was announced, a bunch of the participants decided they wanted something else. We didn’t like the structure of the next…

Because who doesn’t want to fill out another bracket? Join the first annual A Thousand Hammers Bracket Challenge. No prizes this year because, to be honest, this idea just occurred to me and I haven’t thought it through. So, sign up, fill out the bracket, and earn some bragging rights! Entries lock at tip-off, so hurry! ENTER HERE

I’ve somehow gone all this time without hearing about David Goggins, but since he was on the Joe Rogan podcast recently, he seems to be all in hearing about. (more…)

Since I recently began a new program that all but insures impressive gains in strength, especially in the early weeks and months, I figured it was a good idea catalog my Starting Strength…. starting.. strengths. (more…)

In my last post, I detailed how I have changed my training program to Mark Rippetoe’s Starting Strength. (more…)

I've switched programs and begun Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe. @Bodybuildingcom #250kchallenge @SS_strength #startingstrength

“This is because we are training for strength, to increase the force we produce in a big, general movement pattern; we are not training a ‘favorite muscle.’ We are not concerned with our favorite muscles. We do not have favorite muscles.” ~ Mark Rippetoe, Starting Strength Time to change it up! If you caught my previous post, you’ll know that I finally admitted Jim Wendler’s 5/3/1 program isn’t…

I had been sticking with intermittent fasting, until this past week. The morning after squats, I was starving (which has been unusual for be before lunch). So I figured if I was going to eat breakfast, I was going to do it big.

Every day since Wednesday I’ve had this bowl of oats, whey, peanut butter, honey and cinnamon, along with a shake of whole milk and more whey.

It has been a quick and easy head start, a good way to make it less difficult for me to get enough calories and protein throughout the day, something I can struggle with when the day pressured, stresses and schedule of the day gets on top of me.

Breakdown: 900 calories, 30% carbs, 30% fat, 40% protein