Application Accepted for 1,000,000 lb. World Record

Application Accepted for 1,000,000 lb. World Record

The Green Light Last week my application for a world record attempt was accepted by a certification organization.  As such, certain guidelines must be met to ensure the validity of the record such as an observer of the amount of weight during each lift, an official timing the entire process, and defined start and end times. I am also using this opportunity to raise money […]

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350,000 lb Leg Workout – Million Pound Workout vs. German Volume Training

350,000 lb Leg Workout – Million Pound Workout vs. German Volume Training

When attempting to lift one million pounds in one workout volume is king.  Therefore, which muscle group has the greatest capacity to lift the most volume of the body’s major muscle groups of chest, back, shoulders and legs?  Answer: legs.   Since they have the  largest muscles then that would be the muscle group that is used as the foundation of, and the main contributor to, […]

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215,000 lb Back Workout – Rows Without the Ship

215,000 lb Back Workout – Rows Without the Ship

Row to Success Anyone who trains back is familiar with the basic ROW exercise.  This motion increases the thickness of the back by developing all the individual muscles of the back such as the Rhomboid major and minor, Infraspinatus, Teres major and minor, Trapezius, etc.  This is accomplished by the pulling motion, as opposed to the pushing motion such as the bench press, which develops […]

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130,000 lb Chest Workout – Thunderstruck

130,000 lb Chest Workout – Thunderstruck

Re-evaluation After reaching 85,000 pounds and suffering through the recovery, it was time to once again evaluate the training triad regarding the volume of training poundages: I.) Can they be raised – is it realistically possible; II.) How can they be raised – increased pounds per rep, increased amount of reps, or a combination of both; and III.) The amount they can be raised – […]

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170,000 lb Back Workout – Going Up!

170,000 lb Back Workout – Going Up!

After crossing the 100K lb barrier a few weeks ago I decided to get on back elevator and push the up button.  The next floors I stopped at were 115K, 130K, and then 170K which translates to a 70% increase in about 5 weeks.  I increased volume across all exercises. Also, I made a decision to find a new gym since my current one, although […]

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250,000 lb Leg Workout – No Mercy

250,000 lb Leg Workout – No Mercy

After reaching 200,000 lbs, a new personal record, it was time to re-asses and ask the inevitable question.  What gains are possible and how quickly – without incurring injury?  Understanding appropriate training methodologies and their relationship to injury avoidance is important.  As many bodybuilders, power-lifters and other athletes know when the body is subjected to a stress, such as a continuous workout at a level […]

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85,000 lb Chest Workout

85,000 lb Chest Workout

An event horizon is a boundary, a type of perimeter that, when crossed, no return is possible.  After the results of this workout were logged the numbers were encouraging.  With my volumes increasing for both back and legs I felt it was time to zero in on my chest.  As a smaller muscle group the poundages were lower, however they need to be a larger […]

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200,000 lb Leg Workout

200,000 lb Leg Workout

After increasing my back volume by 25% to 100K lbs it was time to review my leg workout. Previous one session pounds reached 160k including quads, thigh biceps, and calfs, essentially the entire lower muscle complex.  The challenge here was that gym time was increasing along with increased volumes.  Accordingly, legs would have to have their own separate workout now if I didn’t want to […]

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Tough Mudder: Its muddy but is it tough?

Tough Mudder: Its muddy but is it tough?

Just for fun I participated in the Central Florida Tough Mudder in Nov 2016.  I used to run every day, participate in 5K and 10K races and train with a club organized by a former Olympic trials qualifier in New England, but that was right after high school.  He had his own running shoe store where we would meet and when we all set out […]

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100,000 lb Back Workout

100,000 lb Back Workout

After looking at my training log I decided to push my previous 75k lb personal best to over 100k for my back workout.  This amount of weight is equivalent to my entire full body workout only a couple of months ago.  Of course, it consumed almost my entire workout session just for that, but I did manage to also include some chest and biceps exercises […]

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