So since it’s now less than two months before I head back to classes, I thought I’d do a quick checkup on how I’m progressing toward my summer weightlifting goals. So in my first post this summer, I decided I wanted to achieve the following: Get my bodyweight up to 175 (I’ve...

So after the toughest semester academically I’ve ever had in my life, I am once again ready to seriously devote myself to getting stronger and bigger. What Happened Last Semester I had a tough, time-consuming academic courseload and spent upwards of 10-15 hours a week working in a lab. As a result,...

I’m getting much stronger and hitting new personal bests, thanks to my new Rippetoe-powered workout. I’ve probably been doing some form of weightlifting for about 6 years now, and in all of that time I’ve never thought to seriously sit down and read some quality weightlifting literature,...

After a long hiatus, I’m back to blogging about my workouts. I see my last post was dated around mid-May, which would place it around the beginning of summer. I’m not going to sugarcoat things at all and say I even came close to the goals I set for myself over the summer. Over the summer,...

Alright, so the date for my goal has come and passed. How did I do? “Be able to parallel squat 275 for 15 repetitions” - Not even close. I was banking on my squat progress being much faster than it actually was. I can bang out 240 pounds for 8 or 9 repetitions nowadays, which I still consider...