Gym and Training Update

Training has been going great since Missy and I got the gym up and running. We put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into it but now we finally have a place to call our own that we can be proud of. The Deadlifter’s Fortress is hardly state of the art or cutting edge. It can probably only comfortably handle about 10-15 trainees at a time and lacks almost all of the bells and whistles that big chain gyms have. We make up for those short comings by maintaining an absolutely hardcore atmosphere of extreme powerlifting, bodybuilding, and strongman training.

We did not start out to build a gym to make money or to attract a lot of people. In fact our goals were quite the opposite of that. Whereas Missy might be a bit of a social butterfly I am quite shy around people I don’t know and quite frankly strongly dislike most people. Some would call that a defect of my personality but I feel it is one of my greatest strengths. I would be happy and content if only ever Missy and I train at our gym, I would rather that than have anyone who is not 100% committed to being the best they can be.

The name of the gym itself embodies this as it derives from both Missy and I. She used to use the username Fortress on web forums and such and I would use Deadlifter or Deadlifter14. We brainstormed a few different name ideas but at the end of the day we came back to the Deadlifter’s Fortress. Just as Superman had his Fortress of Solitude I have my Deadlifter’s Fortress and so does she.

Last night we did Max Effort Squat and Deadlift training. We worked up again to a 5 rep max and both Missy and I broke our previous records from the previous week. We followed that up with 2 sets of 5 reps of heavy squats to a high box and then 2 sets of 8 reps of Romanian Deadlifters. We then called it a day. I was beat up from work and those good mornings took a lot out of me. We went really heavy on all the lifts and they took a toll. We were going to do some lat work but decided to save that for today which would normally be an off day.

I have lost more weight, as of last week I have lost 30 pounds. Really cut back my calories this week and it is taking a toll but I feel really good, just not strong. I am breaking personal records still but getting really fatigued during training. Yesterday I trained around 5:30 PM and had not eaten anything since 11 am. While it was tough I managed to break my previous record by 45 pounds on a 5 rep max on good morning. It was rough but I made it.

Been having some computer problems so I haven’t been able to update the blog like I like but I will throw some more stuff up today.