Another leg day, another personal best recorded. As I touched on in a previous post, incorporating more consistent functional training is continuing to pay dividends for my leg strength. This morning, I hit 172.5kg for a one rep max on the seventh set out of my standard ten.

I’ve mentioned in prior posts the integration of more functional exercises into my training over the past eighteen months or so, however it’s really in the last six months that I’m starting to see the payoff. I’m lifting and sustaining heavier loads, more volume, and longer sessions in the gym.

Wednesday Morning, 5:45am, Amsterdam.

A city I’ve come to know well over the past year through work, lies dark and almost dormant.

I get myself up, splash water on my face, throw on my shorts, top and jumper and lace up my trainers. It’s time to go to war again. Here we are again my friend, I’ve missed you.

On a recent episode of Talking Billions, Bogumil interviewed Richard Oldfield, who referenced his book Simple But Not Easy a couple of times during the conversation. I enjoyed the episode and, by association, tend to hold Bogumil’s guests in reasonably high regard

Generally, if I come across a book highlighted on the Richer, Wiser, Happier podcast, I can be reasonably confident I’m going to enjoy it. That was certainly the case when I picked up Brad Stulberg’s latest book after hearing him on RWH.

I read The Nvidia Way last year and for a while now, The Thinking Machine by Stephen Witt has been sitting in my Audible recommendations. After a couple of recent below par book selections, I decided to give this one a go.