Life And Times

My life and, uh, times. I'm a Chiropractor by trade, awesome by choice. Tattoos, workouts, healthy stuff.

[therealjonftw]

Lined in this #stephenking #darktower back piece today for @arachnie thanks Chloe!! So stoked to be working on some bigger stuff this year. For bookings and enquires email me, [email protected]

[powerliftingmotivation]

Keep it simple #PowerliftingMotivation #squat #powerlifting

[atkdc]

Love this cartoon. It used to hang in one of the weight rooms at Iowa State when I was there.

[powerliftingmotivation]

So, here we have it. @baconflip deadlifting 250kg / 551 lbs.

🔥🔥🔥 #deadlift #PowerliftingMotivation #amputee #tyngre #gymgrossisten #deadlifttillimdead #youonlyhaveonelegsir #maxstyrka @powerliftingofficial

[atkdc]

Swings, push-ups, repeat, repeat, repeat, repe...

[atkdc]

My nemesis.

[atkdc]

Morning Workouts

I took advantage of the time switch to become a morning workout person.  It was a huge mental shift for me and I struggle a little to get after it in the morning.

The hardest part was I developed a crazy hitch somewhere in my squat.  I couldn’t figure it out, and squats were seeming nearly impossible at any weight over 205. 

Well, this morning I figured it out.  I can’t even explain what I was doing wrong.  I don’t really know.  The fix was to make sure I push my knees out in the hole and push the floor down on the way up.  I didn’t figure it out until my fourth work set this morning.  The fifth set was easier than the first.  Glad I got my head straight again. 

Morning workouts still suck.  But now I’m attacking the suck, instead of embracing it.

The inspiration to switch to morning workouts came from Jocko Willink.  If you don’t know who that is, check out the Tim Ferriss podcast with Jocko from October 2015.  You will enjoy it.

[deadlifts-and-daughters]

Urgh fuck I’ve really let my running slip away from me. I told myself I’d run Saturday and today and guess what? I didn’t. I’ve had a handful of piddly ass dreadmill runs since I was sidelined by a chest cold in September. Well now it’s Nov. 1st and I’ve really screwed myself over. My birthday is on Tuesday, I think I’ll ask my mom to watch my kids in the afternoon so I can go run the cemetery road as my present. Lifting and making gains are my priority this holiday season but I love running too much to let it fall by the wayside. I’ve got to get it together.

[atkdc]

Signing up for a race is what keeps me running. Of course, I haven't done that for a while so I'm not really running.

[atkdc]

SQWATZ

Got my squat back up to 235 after hurting my knee. PUMPED! PR next time.

[sevenswordstattoocompany]

Drawing by apprentice @giannaphillips (at Seven Swords Tattoo)

[atkdc]

Why are my squat warmup sets so much harder than my work sets? It's like my body doesn't care to squat anything under 200 lbs. My knees hurt until then. Weird.

[athenaelectricco]

One shot cover up. #traditional #americanatattoos #dehilltattoo #searchlighttattoo #folkart #underground_tattooers

[atkdc]

Awesome work!

[mademoisellemimieux-deactivated]

Avengers, american traditional tattoos.

[atkdc]

Our treadmill died. Not good since we are heading to winter. My wife scored a treadmill and an elliptical (for her) today. Total cost $200. Both pieces are high end equipment people just wanted to get rid of. Even if they only last through the winter it will be worth it.

[tattoome]

Tony Silva

[atkdc]

Sweet. Shards of Narsil.

[atkdc]

The last few months of lifting. Knee injury/vacation in July, elbow injury from kettlebells in September. Glad to be working back up.

[atkdc]

Back in the game

Pumped to be back to lifting tonight after almost three weeks off. My elbow still isn't 100%, but it is close. Dropped loads by 20%, and got all my reps done. Let's do this.

[stevenwilliamshaw-deactivated20]

Sharing the amazing transformation of @evolve_n2u @evolve_n2u @evolve_n2u

#transformation #bodytransformation #transformationtuesday

[atkdc]

Like a boss!