(Chat Transcript – Week 1 Continued) Me:So I didn’t make it to Day 3, and the first night in the hotel was unproductive. This is now night two in the hotel. I’m thinking tomorrow night I’ll go to my gym, then again the next night because we should be back in regular order by then.…

(Chat Transcript – Week 1) Me:Ok back to basics. I am a forty-six year old man in better shape than everyone I know but personal experience is not data. I would like to train to join the 1000 lbs club. I have a powerlifter friend I am asking to train me but you have been…

Another day another parking lot. Things don’t often go according to plan. Or they always do, just not necessarily our plans. The goal today was to do a structured workout: My lifts since the holidays have been much more “see where the night takes me” rather than the plan I used to follow. The goal…

Hello there. No workout from the Seven Day Stretch yesterday. When setting goals it’s important to set guardrails for yourself not shackles. My body was complaining after two workouts in a row even though they were light workouts, so that combined with a swath of new developments with What Comes Next meant I didn’t skip…

At least I got the door open There’s a kind of post workout tired where you aren’t necessarily sore so much as completely out of juice and need to sit and reflect for a while. Since I’m there I figured why not recap what just happened. My mind is racing full of things that are…

It occurs to me that in addition to workout tracking I should talk about my own pantry. I’m hesitant to do so because there’s a difference between dietary habits I recommend and dietary habits I keep for myself: The first thing I would say to anyone is that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to wellness.…