I suffered an embarrassing injury this weekend. On Sunday afternoon I banged my arm on the fridge door, and managed to do so right in a spot that caused a lot of pain and tightness in my forearm. That meant modifying my Monday deadlift session. And the funny part is that I had forced myself to rest all day Sunday so that I would be fresh for the training session ..read more

Daisy has been having a blast at the park, and walked over to her Aunt's for a nice night out on Wednesday. We're about to go to the park for her 1st "workout" of the day. She usually gets three trips to the park, and I get one trip to the gym. Earlier this week I did a bench press session at Bang Fitness, and yesterday it was a great squat session. 1a) Glute Ham Raises 1b ..read more

Daisy reached "peak insanity" on Friday. All she wanted to do was play, and so I was at the park 4 times. That's fun, but it's a bit of a hassle to get her there and back. Fortunately I discovered a stick trick. I just hold a stick in my hand and she follows me everywhere. No more pulling! I also grabbed two killer workouts to head into the weekend. Deadlifts on Friday ..read more

Daisy is tearing up Toronto parks with her doggy friends and having some great workouts. Her poopy issues have been sorted out, and while she still stinks from time to time, she is not making middle-of-the-night messes, thank goodness. That's allowed me to sleep better and get in a few good workout. First, Squat day... 1a) Squat 1b) KB Swing 2a ..read more

The last two days have been off training due to sleepless nights dealing with Daisy and her diarrhea, plus they were scheduled off-days and a big workshop day here in Toronto. The good news is that Daisy seems to be back on track and also that today was deadlifting day. Hooray! 1a) Hang Clean 1b) Mobility 2a) Deadlift - decent! 2b) Prisoner Squat Jump ..read more

It's funny. Precious old Daisy is covered in blood, grass stains, and mud from playing so hard (just a little blood from another pups mouth). She's hardcore. Sprints and jumps, wrestles and tumbles. Tongue out. Teeth bared. Good pup. This week has been good for training. Monday: 1a) 1-Leg DB RDL 1b) Mobility 2a) Safety Bar Squat ..read more

The weekend was amazing. My sister got married, Daisy and i found a new park, and I've had some great workouts. Here are three workouts I've done... Bench 1a) Bench 1b) Pullups 2a) KB Overhead Press 2b) TRX Row And the next day... Deadlift 1a) Hang Clean 1b) Mobility 2a) Glute Ham Raise 2b) Mobility 3 ..read more

Daisy has been crushing it as a dog, she's batting 1.000 at doing dog things daily. Today she got her stitches out and she's back to "normal" and has been playing at the park and loving it. I'm grateful the dog bite she got 2 weeks ago was minor damage. Since last update I drove back to Toronto and crushed a great deadlift workout at Bang Fitness. 1a) Glute Ham Raise 1b ..read more

On Sunday I read a great book, You Can't Hurt Me, by David Goggins. He's the Navy SEAL featured in Jesse Itzler's, Living with a SEAL. And Goggins will make you re-examine your life, your commitment, and your tolerance for pain. For better or worse. Sunday's workout was fun: 1a) Pushups 1b) Mobility 2a) 1-Arm KB Overhead Press ..read more

It was a great trip to California, but I'm very happy to be home. Friday morning I took the early flight back to Toronto, landed, grabbed a green smoothie, and then picked up Daisy the Dog at my sisters. We took a big walk, had a bigger steak dinner, and then had an even bigger drive home to the farm. After a short sleep I got back up this morning to write some newsletters. I was ..read more