Building strength is of course the theme of this journal.  This journal is really meant to be a place for building strength in all areas of our life.  More and better is what we’re always looking for.  We are always looking to progression to get better.  The opposite direction may hold promise as well, sometimes the right answer is to regress.

I am coming off surgery and a long injury layoff.  I am looking forward to working out hard again and regaining lost strength.  At this moment though I am very weak.  I am weak to the point of not being able for the first time since I was a child being able to do simple things like a pushup.  This is the hand that life dealt me.  I had to do simpler forms of pushups to get a workout in.  I had to use an exercise regression.  I did standing pushups against a rail where I only had to lean over a little bit.  I was sore the next day.  Regression was progression in this case, soon I look to be doing cool stuff again. 

Acknowledging that I had to take a step back and use a regression took swallowing ego.  I am “Nehemiah the Mighty Lifter” pushups are easy to do for me, except you know when they aren’t.  Accepting cold hard truth is a step in moving forward, a step I am trying to get better at.  Doing these super easy standing pushups, well that is the truth for me right now.

Every week I spend a lot of time reading and looking for new ways to get stronger, healthier and more awesome.  Here are some of the best things I have found this week.

Strength and Conditioning

Apparently you can Zercher your triceps extensions and they look pretty cool http://www.brandonsmitley.com/thirst-gym-terre-haute-zercher-tricep-extension/

An exercise for hip and ankle mobility that requires zero equipment https://ericasuter.com/technique-tuesday-floor-get-up/

2 hours of overview on the conjugate methodology of training, this stuff is really good for anyone wanting to push their strength https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgUb8ZHGkJk&t=1077s