Spud’s Vault

The Godfather of All Wall Collapses April 28th Reverse hypers 4×20 GHR sit ups 6×8 Yoke singles working up a pad each set for 18 reps, then added a plate and went down a pad for 18 reps. Sled drag two laps   April 29th Two full laps sled drag with new sled dragging strap. […]

Eat For your Thyroid Part 2: Yummy Foods You Can Eat

Eat For your Thyroid Part 2: Yummy Foods You Can Eat I was talking with a friend of mine last night who had read the last article on PUFA’s. She was trying to wrap her brain around what she could eat and was getting a bit sad every time I said no to something that […]

Fascial Dissection Part 1: A Week of Once You Cut it Off You Can’t Put it Back

Fascial Dissection Part 1: A Week of Once You Cut it Off You Can’t Put it Back The gym move consumed so much time and effort both mentally and physically. The move also was supposed to be done way before our week-long dissection course hosted by Tom Myers (Anatomy Trains) and Todd Garcia (Master Dissector […]

How To Eat for Your Thyroid Part 1: PUFA’s

How To Eat for Your Thyroid Part 1: PUFA’s My last few articles have been all about the symptoms of low thyroid, estrogen dominance and low progesterone.  Hopefully, you are now on the road to figuring out if you are dealing with any of these issues.  It can seem depressing at first and a little […]

Westside vs the World and some training

Westside vs the World and some training Thanks to the generosity of Michael Fahey and the Hoff, we were privileged to be able to have a pre-screening at our gym this past Saturday of Westside vs the World.  Having competed during the absolute height of gear lifting and learning from these guys and going on […]

Progesterone Is Where It’s At

Progesterone Is the Key I can honestly say before I started listening to Ray Peat interviews and working with Andrew Murray of Western Botanical Medicine I never one time gave progesterone a thought.  I couldn’t have told you anything about it except maybe that it was one of the 3 sex hormones.  I had no […]

Estrogen is a Bitch

Estrogen is a BITCH! Really it is.  We have been fed a line of crap from the pharmaceutical industry for many years about how wonderful estrogen is.  Many women believe that estrogen is the key to their femininity and that we lose estrogen as we age and therefore become less of a woman.  This is […]

The Battle of Ever Move is Completed or How to Move a Gym if You Dare.

The Battle of Ever Move is Completed or How to Move a Gym if You Dare. Luckily with my absence the kind folks at EliteFts didn’t turn off my log and kick me to the curb.  Dave is very familiar with my insanity fueled psychosis when I am all in. So, thanks for not cutting […]

Are you Hypothyroid?  Here is how you can check.

Are you Hypothyroid? Here is how you can check. Let’s get started with this question:   What are the symptoms of Hypothroidism? To so many of you these symptoms will be very familiar: Fatigue, Increased sensitivity to cold, Constipation, Dry skin, Weight gain, Puffy face, Hoarseness, Muscle weakness, Elevated blood cholesterol level, Muscle aches, tenderness and […]

The Beginning of a Long Journey to Thyroid Health

The Beginning of a Long Journey to Thyroid Health The last time I was able to lose weight with a normal amount of diet and exercise was in 2009 prior to our wedding.  I weighed around 175 lbs. when Marc proposed in August and by November of that year I was a svelte 145 lbs.  […]

My Thoughts After a Week of Human Dissection

My Thoughts After a Week of Human Dissection **Disclaimer – these are my thoughts and may not be 100% accurate.  I have gone behind myself to research things to make sure I remembered them correctly but I still can claim that I got everything right. You are welcome to point out my mistakes.   I […]