Crystal McCullough

The Arnold was a blast, but man, it is good to be back in my own bed! Training was hit or miss last week, so glad to have two training days (even if they weren’t the best) under my belt this week. I’m in Week 10 of this extended 14-week training cycle. And, it is […]

Last week was a wash when it came to my training log, so my apologies!! At the end of the previous week, I jacked up my rib and training became a little sluggish Friday and then no training on Saturday. Start of last week (Week 9), I went to the chiro and had my rib

Yesterday morning, when I woke up, I didn’t think I would be doing our gym workout at 5am. As it was, I only had one person at 5am and it was an 800m run every round. We aren’t in a shady part of town, but a woman shouldn’t be running alone down our street that

Hump day training!! Legs were alright yesterday. Some residual soreness from the soft tissue work, but probably much better than they would have been had I not had it done. High Bar Back Squat 1rm w/1 second pause – worked my way to 275#/125k and it felt like I had one more in me. This

Week 8 Day 2. I have definitely learned my lesson!! No more crazy weird extra leg stuff on a Saturday!! My legs were still trashed yesterday!! Probably worse than Monday! Regardless, I still had a good training day and work was done! My featured image says it ALL!! Front Squat 1rm w/7 second pause at

Week 8 begins!! I cannot tell a lie. Legs still felt trashed from Saturday’s post workout conditioning fest. It’s my own fault. I asked for it. LOL. Back home in Fayetteville from a great weekend with the Mash family (and my two favorite boys – Wayne and Morgan, of course 🙂 ) and back to