How times have changed

Since my last post on July 21st, I cannot even begin to tell you how much my training has changed. After having a way too busy first half of the summer and struggling to make gains, Adam T Glass of Grip N Rip fame opened a gym 7 miles from my house on August 1st. The gym is appropriately named The Movement Minneapolis http://www.movementminneapolis.com/

Having ATG at your disposal results in phenomenal changes to your lifts and physique. In one month's time, my deadlift increased from 365 with a belt to 405 sans a belt! And the beauty of it all the next day I really wasn't that sore, and had no low back pain at all. How did I do this? By working in a variety of movements that tested well for me. The gym movement protocol says that all movements that test well are corrective exercise. Believe me, everyone needs some correction. Especially you desk jockeys stuck in your cube farm all day shortening your spine and tightening your hip flexors.

After the initial Gym Movement workshop I had to write up what I needed to do to reach my goals. Among the list of items included more bodyweight movements, including the animal frolics, bands, chains, sledgehammers et al. Lifting at a home gym is great, but you need more space to really do the things I needed. In short, I needed to work my parasympathetic system more - in other words my light duty and novel work. Not just lifting heavy in a single plane of motion.

I encourage anyone to stop down at the gym and check it out. You will see the results of the people that work out there - and that my friends is the only thing you are looking for...RESULTS.