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Hey, if you're reading this you probably should start a fitness journey or you're already on one. Experiential Gains is built on applied experience.

Training that adapts. Nutrition that makes sense. Discipline that compounds.

02/19/2026

Oooof . . Today I wanna talk about the importance of unilateral training. Thats a big, weird, word right? If you've never heard of it, like I was, you could be missing half your training potential. In fitness, it refers to working one side of a two part system. For example one bicep at a time instead of both or pressing with one side of your body for focused chest work forcing your other half to compensate for the weight or single leg emphasis while training glutes, hamstrings, quads, or calves. Well today I realized I have a massive week spot. I've been aware of it for some time yet had failed to realize just how bad it has gotten.

Today I went into the gym eager for a leg session. Started out with leg press gradually adding weight to do a dynamic warm up. Felt good, warmed up, so I moved onto a lift that I had done *last week* because I saw the challenge in it and I find when its difficult, that's probably what my body needs most. Not certain of the exact name but basically a single leg Romanian dead lift. Holding a dumbbell I would hip hinge keeping the leg im training mostly straight with a slight bend in the knee and allowing the other leg to rise as a counter balance. I'm not moving weight. Im focused on control, balance, steadiness, and engaging my week hamstrings and glutes. Last week it felt great! I had a difficult time remaining balanced on one foot for all the reps but in the days following I noticed a return in stability that I had missed.

When I tried the same exercise today with 30% less weight to emphasize control and balance, my right leg lit up! There's a tenderness deep inside running along my quad sweep making that lift today just about unbearable. Talk about being humbled, thanks gym. There is a lot to learn from this. My body NEEDS unilateral training especially on my lower body to repair this massive week spot and it doesn't matter where you start from or are returning from. The point is the comeback. Get in there, do your best, learn from mistakes, adapt, evolve. I love you guys 💪

02/18/2026

It has been a LONG time. This insta is overdue for a new post, new content, new something, how about new me. I've been working on a lot of things, some for a long time, others are new to the fold but just as worthy a pursuit. Some of the things I've been working on and making progress with over the years are internal, the gains in mentality, character, perspective, are hard to measure. You can't see them but they are there. Consistent effort you sometimes get lost in occasionally surfaces with noticeable results leaving you in shock of how far you've actually come. To some you look stagnant. To others you've fallen. Only you can know the distance you've covered. Only you can know the cost of what you have earned in life. It really doesn't matter how many times you've stumbled or fallen. How many times you've had to adjust or recalculate. As long as you get back up, adapt, evolve where necessary, you are not beaten. You are not done. As many people close to me know there are two thing I will love for my whole life, cars and fitness. I've had some great opportunities to help people along their fitness journeys and in turn many have helped me. I'm going to build another YouTube channel surrounding fitness as a resource for anyone that needs it. If you are new to taking care of your health it will be perfect for you. If you are not a new comer but not yet where you want to be, perhaps I can share with you some new tricks. I have 55 video ideas currently for a year of weekly posting. I hope to see you there and together we'll make Experiential Gains a community for like minded people to share, learn, and grow together!
https://youtube.com/?si=pqvi5ySth2dfZJ_1

03/21/2024

This is a link to my Baker Rebuilds YouTube channel! Just got monetized, It's a lot of how to videos for your DIY guy!!

04/07/2023

Update: I've been doing cardio via row machine about twice a week. I've maintained a target heart rate of 120 - 130 bpm, generally 30 mins per session intended for fatloss and cardiovascular improvement. Occasionally I throw in a 500 meter row for time or a 2000 meter HIIT session to build my VO2 max.

I do weight training 4 days a week currently and I've lost 8 lbs. Some people would be crushed by those results however I want the weight to stay off so losing it slowly is perfectly fine with me. I know I've rejuvenated/gained some small amount of muscle because at first the row machine was making me incredibly sore. It took almost a dozen sessions before I could do it and feel fine like I use to after my treadmill sessions. (Long ago)

I apologize this is becoming somewhat of a book but I let too long go by without updating and i wish to share all the info in case it helps someone else.

The device you see in the pictures is a blood tester for ketones. I picked it up because after watching Chris Hemsworth in his short TV series limitless where he pushes not only his body but his mind in 6 challenging tasks I'm motivated to do a 4 day fast. As they did in the show I'll be testing for ketones mostly to just have data on myself. Today is day one. My control read .3 ketones. I'll update after the fast with where it gets to.

I highly recommend the show! It was a good watch and clearly a bit motivating. Make sure you do your own due diligence in being safe before doing things on the more extreme side of health and fitness.

Anywho if you read all this I guess we're best friends now and I appreciate you! Have a good weekend and Crush your goals whatever they may be!
#2023

01/03/2023

Time to set new highs for myself in the fitness world!

I've trained off and on for the last 16 years. I gained the majority of my muscle mass by 23 but I've never obtained a truly lean physique. My pattern is weight gain until about 255, realize I've messed up, get dedicated again bringing my weight down to 230, unfortunately become comfortable and complacent then repeat the process. Well I'm sick of that so I've decided to obtain the look I've always wanted and I will be posting here regularly documenting the journey. I'm not sure how long it'll take me or where my weight will be when I feel I've achieved my ideal look but I need to do this.

Some of my coaching highlights are helping two friends lose over 50lbs, helping a friend triple his max lifts while staying the same bodyweight and my own journey of not only being fully mobile but obtaining better lifts than before, improving posture and no pain after crushing 3 vertebrae in my T spine.

Please follow along, get your ideal look with me whatever it takes! I'm still smalltime so I answer all questions and messages, please reach out!!!
#2023

02/07/2019

When how you look starts to match how you feel.
#225

01/08/2019

Not where I want to be, but its progress.
Enjoy the journey

11/17/2018

Leanest winter in a long time! Dont mind if I do 😁 Here's to pushing previous boundaries 🍻

05/07/2018

Its official, I am now a Dumbbell Dynasty athlete!! I'm looking forward to the future of this company and all the other amazing athletes!! Thank you for this opportunity to grow alongside your amazing brand!! If you have not heard of them go through my link in bio and use code "BAKER10" to save 10% 💪💪

04/23/2018

Good morning everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend and your feeling ready to crush this week! Whatever your goal or whatever your work may be, ever onward my friends!! ✌

04/12/2018

Hey friends! If you've hit a plateau, try something new!! This was my first time trying the earthquake bar and for how light the setup was, it was incredibly challenging! Everything here was under 60 lbs but it burned me out quick leaving my front delts and stabilizers on fire! Whatever your goal, keep working hard guys!

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