“Partying, horsing around, someone out there at the same time is working hard, someone is getting smarter, someone is winning.”- Arnold Schwarzenegger. Recently, I went to the gym after a long day of work to burn some calories and some stress before going to a barbecue. I ran into an old “party friend” there who […]
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If you were a kid in the 90’s, you know that the coolest martial arts action star in the whole world was Jean Claude Van Damme. The “Muscles from Brussels” had the coolest spinning jump kick ever seen on the big screen. He had a cool accent, cool hair, and he always got the girl […]
Well, it is now July 30th which means that Arnold Schwarzenegger is turning 68. We here at Get Strong Run Long want to wish Arnold Schwarzenegger a very happy birthday! Arnold Schwarzenegger, as you all know, is a bodybuilding legend (7x Mr. Olympia), movie star (king of 80’s action), politician (former Governor of California), and […]
I recently took some time off from the gym (a little too much time). This week I made my triumphant return to the weight room. Since it’s been a while, I knew that I could expect two things: 1. That I wasn’t going to be as strong as I used to be 2. I was […]
I’m seeing more and more women in the weight room and that is fantastic! This is for those women who are still on the fence about lifting heavy weights. I was so scared for a long time to lift heavy weights. I thought it was for men. I wanted to be thin not bulky or […]
So you’re trying to get bigger muscles and achieve aesthetics? Do you feel like you constantly work out, hitting the iron consistently, only to feel like you’re not seeing results? Do you ever feel like you’re not even coming close to reaping the benefits from all your hard work? Welcome to the fitness world, ladies and […]
I got up at 4am Saturday morning so that I could get ready and make the drive over to Glen Helen Raceway for this year’s SoCal Tough Mudder. This was my 3rd time competing in Tough Mudder, and my first time ever at this race course. My wife and I headed over to the event […]
A friend of mine sends me a picture of the weight bench almost every morning telling me how much he was able to bench press that day. This friend is regularly setting PR’s (personal records). This motivates to me to get up and go to the gym. I haven’t been consistent with my weightlifting routine […]
(Updated 2/9/2015) Back in 2011, I signed up for my first Tough Mudder, which is a 12+ mile obstacle course race. This race was held on a ski slope in Big Bear, California. We had assembled a team of 7 people, including my brothers, and some of their friends. I was training really hard for […]
I rode my bike to work today for the first time. I thought you said this biking stuff was easy! My quads were burning the whole time, probably because they were still sore from the split squats I did earlier in the week. The first two thirds of the way were pretty hard but once […]
Well, here we are at the end of another year and at the start of a brand new year. A new year full of opportunities to learn, grow, and improve. This is the time of year when most people are setting up New Year’s resolutions for themselves. Many will fail. The reason why we fail […]
This is it, the race I’ve been waiting to sign up for. In my first post I mentioned how I have crewed my brothers the last three years and how watching them finish the race this past October inspired me to start training for the race as well. Well, here I am now, about two months later […]
Tuesday morning, 6 am. While most people were still nestled snug in their warm beds (where I wanted to be) I was at the track training for my upcoming races. Drought-stricken California was expecting a big storm but the weather site said that it wasn’t expected to reach here until 8am. I figured that […]
Time to really step up the training. Monday- Weights- HIIT- 5 circuits of Squat-n-Press, 2min Cardio, Bent-over Rows, Bench Press, 3min Cardio, Repeat. At a different time of day I will go for a 4 mile run. Tuesday- Tough Mudder training- 5 circuits of a ton of different exercises designed to kick your butt. You […]
4 weeks until the weight loss competition at work ends. 19 weeks until Tough Mudder. This week, aside from 2 good running days I didn’t do much else. I didn’t even lift any weights. So training was not that good this week. At least I maintained my diet. I took my measurements today. I weighed […]
View from the top of the Hearbreak Ridge. Went for a morning jog today at a place we (my brothers and I) like to call Heartbreak ridge. Heartbreak ridge is a 2.5 mile loop which has you climbing up for the first mile and then gradually declines on the back end before flattening out […]
I started week 2 of my strength training program. I lift weights 3 days a week, (usually Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday) with the same workout on Tuesday & Saturday, and a different one on Thursday. The program is five sets (2 warmup sets, 3 working sets) of each exercise, going heavy and staying within the […]
That’s me a few years ago finishing an 12 mile adventure race through rivers, mud, hill, mountains, and a bunch of obstacles. It’s been a long time since I’ve done any real running and it wasn’t until a couple months ago that I got into lifting again. For the most part, I’ve just been surfing…channel […]
This year I got into WWE again. I hadn’t watched since the days of the Rock N Sock Connection. I had never gone to a live event so I bought tickets to Monday Night Raw and decided that in order to get the full experience I would need to get caught up on the storylines […]