Where is the curved cable bar?  Shane Grantham Fitness Blog

Where is the curved cable bar? Shane Grantham Fitness Blog

I work during prime time at Catalyst Fitness NE during the weeknights.  One of the things I do is straighten the weight rooms and hang up cable attachments on our stands.  Tonight being a Monday we had wall-wall people in the weight rooms.  One of our members was...
Would you like your BP taken?  Shane Grantham fitness blog

Would you like your BP taken? Shane Grantham fitness blog

You may not know but members at my gym have a Blood Pressure monitor available to them.  It’s tucked away in the lowest level of Catalyst Fitness NE near the water fountain.  My previous gym had one which was more difficult to use than this one.  You simply...
I’m switching my workout days.  Thursdays with Fridays

I’m switching my workout days. Thursdays with Fridays

My usual weight days at Catalyst Fitness are Monday- chest, Tuesday- shoulders, Wednesday- back, Thurs- arms and Friday- legs.  Saturday mornings I usually do Group Blast and Zumba Saturday and they are heavy on legs and the lower body. So why do I do legs in the...
Today’s back workout.

Today’s back workout.

Wednesday’s are back days in my strength and conditioning workouts. I try to do a variety of body-weight exercises, dumbbells, barbells and machines.  The first exercise type is rowing like a seated cable row where my hands are pulling perpendicularly to my body...