Darrin

If you’ve been following the past few posts, you’ll know I’m in the middle of traveling and I’m taking more of a “blog” approach by posting more about me and my experience of eating and exercising on the road.  Before I talk about Day 3, I have two requests:

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I know, I know.  You’re sick of getting emails from me.  But I promise this is worth it.

I haven’t edited this yet, but it’s just some basic ideas of how you can do a  lower body strength workout in your hotel room.

When you are pressed for time, and (more…)

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Darrin

Yesterday I talked about my travel day, in terms of eating and exercising.  Now that I’m here for my first full day, how did I do?

Let’s start with the training, which was a fiasco.  My diet fared better but I’ll talk about that second.

Day 2 Exercise

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Darrin

Long time readers of WorldFitnessNetwork.com know that I don’t really run this site like a “blog” – the layout looks like a blog, but I focus mostly on sharing articles.

In contrast, “blogs” are more traditionally about the person writing.

Well, regardless of the definition, I’m going to try (more…)

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Darrin

Earlier this year I was really focused on gaining strength.  I set specific goals around 3 particular lifts and set a deadline. To accomplish them, I had to adjust my training plan and mental rehearsal framework.  I had to read about elite deadlifters.  I had to watch videos of heavy (more…)

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Should I workout if I'm still sore?
Should I workout if I’m still sore?

This is a constant debate.  Should you still lift if you are sore from your previous workout?

I’ve tried to find some science behind an answer, and one thing might surprise you:

Soreness is not directly related to recovery. It is an indicator, (more…)

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Darrin

After last week’s post on lunges, I was inspired to put together a short list of the most popular variations on the squat.  But I’d like your help.  Sure, I could scour the web for all kinds of weird variations but I want to know which ones YOU do.  (more…)

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