John Petrizzo
Starting Strength Coach

Friday 8/12/22 SB sqt. bar/12 75/5 95/5 120/5 5 5 Iron Mind Little Horn hold for time 50lb as long as possible left and right. Down to 200...

Nice work.

Tuesday 8/9/22 Belt Sqt. 90/8 125/6 180/6 6 6 Thursday 8/11/22 One arm DB press 15/8 25/12 BP bar/12 95/5 5 5 Low cable 85/20

The extra day rest and the beer probably gave you a "boost".

Good to see that you have been having some progress with you medical issues.But reading all this stuff makes me realize how much I hate doctor...

Nice work, how are you dealing with the heat. I've at least been able to work up a good sweat the last few " exercise" days. My grandson came over...

Monday 8/8/22 CG BP bar/8 95/5 5 5 Seated Low cable Row 65/12 12 12 Farmers Walk 67each hand 1 trip 50ft.

Friday 8/5/22 Trap Bar DL 135/5 155/5 185/5 205/5 5 5 Zottman curl 15/8 17½/12 amrap.

We'd. 8/3/22 Nautilus chest press 50/8 67½/5 5 8 Nautilus pulldown 50/8 67½/8 8 12 Did these as a super set.

Workouts are going great 👍

8/1/22 Safety Bar Sqt. Bar/8 95/5 120/ 5 5 5 Bench Press, bar/8 95/5 5 5 Not much, but weight down to 202. All I ate before working out was ½...

I guess thumbs up means your doing hammer curls. Good you found a way to get some work in without pain.

Friday 7/29/22 Trap bar DL 135/5 155/5 185/5 205/5 5 5 BB press bar/8 55/5 67½/5 5 5 DB hammer curl 25/ 8 6 5 I'm trying to cut some weight to...

That's looks like a great workout before a good weekend rest

Nice idea with the holds. John Woods does something similar in one of his programs called "bone strength" training. As far as pain from work, I'm a...

Sunday 7/24/22 Safety Bar Sqt. Bar/5 5 75/5 95/5 115/5 5 5 One arm DB press 15/8 25/8 8 8 l+r Zottman curl 15⅝/25

It sure was hot today,sent you something on Instsgram. As far as losing strength I sure know how tuff it is to look back at lifts from the past and...

Nice work,it sure seems hot all over, but that's summer.

That's plenty

That sure seems like any early hour to lift, but I'm sure it's cooler. When I worked we would start at 4am in during heat waves like this. But...

Glad to see that your training is going well. As for shoulders, luckily at this time I'm pretty much pain free. I can't bench or press much and can...

Nice work Fred.

Wed. 7/20/22 Nautilus Chest press 45/8; 65/5 5 5 Nautilus pulldown 45/8/ 65/8 8 8 done as a superset Luckily my machine is outside my garage...

Monday 7/18/22 Trap bar DL 135/5 155/5 185/5 205/5 5 5 BB press bar/8 55/5 65/5 5 5 Zottman curls 15/25

Yes.Mr. B, supposed to be hotter this week. Had my grandson and godson workout today. I just loaded. My grandson is going to a contest next...

Helping our kids is a great reason to keep training.

I know this site is all about the lift numbers, but at my age I'm happy to maintain and keep my BP in check.

Friday 7/15/22 Camber bar sqt. 85/5 105/5 115/5 125/5 135/5 One arm DB press 15/8 20/ 8 8 8 22½/5