Cave Strong-Black & Blue Friday (TOD) #616

general warmup (15 minutes) barbarian knee walkups x 15 reps battering rams x 15/15 reps clock pushups x once around the clock dumbbell push press x 10/10 reps specific warmup (5 minutes) stone carry & log lift set up and light practice strength (4 rounds) one round=stone carry x 100 feet + log overhead liftContinue reading “Cave Strong-Black & Blue Friday (TOD) #616”

HOW TO DO A GOOD WARM UP

It’s been said, “If you don’t have time to warm up, you don’t have time to train.” I agree because I have personally seen and felt what can happen  if you don’t warm up or don’t warm up enough. Looking back at the tendon injuries I had in the past, I will always stree theContinue reading “HOW TO DO A GOOD WARM UP”

Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #571

general warm up (15 minutes) weight plate orbits x 15/15 reps clock push ups x once around the clock Grinder Kord recline rows x 15 reps specific warm up (5 minutes) barbell rows/DB curls set up and light practice strength (4 rounds) one round = barbell rows x 8 reps + double dumbbell curls xContinue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #571”

Aging gratefully

I have written two posts in the past about aging ruthlessly, and the main point with them was to be better in the second half of your life than you were in the first. Stay healthy stay strong refuse to be marginalized by a culture that does not respect age I still believe in thoseContinue reading “Aging gratefully”

Exercise regularly, eat clean, get plenty of sleep and ___________________

Fill in the blanks– live a long and meaningful life die anyway Cynics, skeptics, and negative people like to dwell on answer 2. They love to tell people that all their efforts to be healthy  and their self-discipline are pointless wastes of time. The stories still circle around and around about the person who “theyContinue reading “Exercise regularly, eat clean, get plenty of sleep and ___________________”

How the culture tries to profit from “aging” you early

One thing I hate is someone trying to make me think, act, and live how they think I should at a certain age. They first try to get to you when you turn 50 and they send you an invitation to join a very large “geezer’s” organization (it starts with the letter “A”). Forget it!Continue reading “How the culture tries to profit from “aging” you early”