Kicking Some Left Behind: The Preterist Podcast

As a disclaimer, this post is unrelated to powerlifting, the theme of this blog. If theology is not your cup of tea, then by all means, move on, there's nothing to see here. Otherwise, read on...

Those who have known me for a while know that one of my passions is theology, particularly in the area of eschatology, the study of the "end times." Besides posting at my general theology and apologetics blog, Theopologetics, I am also an author at my friend Dee Dee Warren's The Preterist Blog, where orthodox Christians unite in opposition to the heresy that is hyperpreterism, and where preterists refute the dispensational, premillennial futurist view that is all the craze in the modern American Church.

Dee Dee also hosts The Preterist Podcast, which I highly recommend if you want to study what the Bible really has to say about the "end times." Start from the beginning, and I think you'll find at the very least that what dispensationalism is not the only legitimate, sensible interpretation of Scripture. Hopefully you'll be persuaded that preterism is the best understanding thereof.

Anyway, I'm posting this because I was honored to hear my name on the latest episode of The Preterist Podcast, the most recent in a series in which she exposes the poor writing skills, imagination and theology exhibited in Left Behind by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. Warren is a crazed Apple fanatic, and much to her shock and amazement, I prefer the Zune to the iPod. As such, in introducing me to her audience as the latest author at her blog, she couldn't help decry my poor taste in music devices. Nevertheless, I'm honored she thinks I have my "eschatological ducks in a row." Thanks, Dee!

Day Two, Week One: Heavy Bench Press

In the few weeks of training I have left before my competition, my trainer wants me to begin to get the feel of pausing with the bar on my chest. When I compete, I can't press until I'm signalled by the judge. So with these bench presses I'm pausing for a full second ("one-thousand-and-one") with some of the bar's weight resting on my chest before pressing.

Heavy Bench Day
Exercise	5/5 2010	Week Two	Week Three	Week Four
Bench	135x8
	185x6
	225x3
	235x3
	245x3
	255x3
	265x3
	275x3
	285x3
	295x3
	305x3
	315x2
Medium Grip Incline Press	180x12
	195x10
	195x8
Shoulder Press Machine	50x12*
	65x12*
	80x12*
Triceps Pressdown	90x12 (P)
	100x8 (P)
	100x7 (P)

* Weight is per arm
(P) Machines at the PRO Club

Day One of New Workout: Squat Day

The morning following Wednesday's deadlifts last week I completed the rest of that workout, but lost the paper on which I'd recorded my numbers. As such, I have nothing to report. My trainer then had me take a few days break from lifting to recuperate. We met yesterday to go over the first day of my new workout: squats.

Squat Day
Exercise	5/4 2010	Week Two	Week Three	Week Four
Squat	135x6
	225x5
	275x4
	315x3
	350x3
	385x3
	415x3
Floor Cleans	135x10
	145x10
	150x10
Good-mornings	185x10
	205x10
	225x10
Dumbbell Lunge	30x10
	30x10
	30x10