Patrick Wyman
@patrickwyman.bsky.social
Pod: Tides of History, currently covering the Iron Age. Book: "The Verge," on the world around 1500. Coming soon: “Lost Worlds,” on prehistory. pwymanusc at gmail. https://linktr.ee/patrickwyman
Just hanging with my best little buddy Lucy.
October 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Just hanging with my best little buddy Lucy.
Deep in the weeds working on the edits for “Lost Worlds” but I’m also working on my next book proposal, on the rise of Rome:
September 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Deep in the weeds working on the edits for “Lost Worlds” but I’m also working on my next book proposal, on the rise of Rome:
Here's some more, if anybody wants to read it.
June 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Here's some more, if anybody wants to read it.
Got the Klokov complex up to 80 kg (176 pounds) today, plus a cheeky little overhead squat
May 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Got the Klokov complex up to 80 kg (176 pounds) today, plus a cheeky little overhead squat
One of my favorite lifts, the Klokov complex: three snatch high pulls + one hang power snatch. 70 kg (154 pounds)
April 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
One of my favorite lifts, the Klokov complex: three snatch high pulls + one hang power snatch. 70 kg (154 pounds)
Worked up to a slow but solid 210 kg (462 pounds) on the deadlift today, my best in two years.
March 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Worked up to a slow but solid 210 kg (462 pounds) on the deadlift today, my best in two years.
New jersey: 2000-01 Iverson. I’m a man of taste
March 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
New jersey: 2000-01 Iverson. I’m a man of taste
Could not possibly be more excited to read the wonderful @moudhy.bsky.social’s new book, Between Two Rivers!!!
March 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Could not possibly be more excited to read the wonderful @moudhy.bsky.social’s new book, Between Two Rivers!!!
So here, I’m already squeezing my lats before my hips drop, and I keep squeezing the whole time. Your lats are, among other things, a mid-spine stabilizer - if your lats aren’t tight, the whole kinetic chain falls apart
March 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
So here, I’m already squeezing my lats before my hips drop, and I keep squeezing the whole time. Your lats are, among other things, a mid-spine stabilizer - if your lats aren’t tight, the whole kinetic chain falls apart
Theodore Roosevelt, 1918:
March 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Theodore Roosevelt, 1918:
Actual clothes, but only for TV filming. Otherwise it’s a jersey and sweats
February 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Actual clothes, but only for TV filming. Otherwise it’s a jersey and sweats
Turned 40 today, deadlifted 440 lbs (200 kg)
February 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Turned 40 today, deadlifted 440 lbs (200 kg)
Honoring my roots
February 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Honoring my roots
Saw Steve Nash at the barbershop and knew it was a sign to buy a new throwback jersey
December 27, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Saw Steve Nash at the barbershop and knew it was a sign to buy a new throwback jersey
Research on this is progressing quickly, but I loved this one:
December 20, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Research on this is progressing quickly, but I loved this one:
16: Frances and Joseph Gies, "A Medieval Family: The Pastons of Fifteenth-Century England."
December 10, 2024 at 1:52 AM
16: Frances and Joseph Gies, "A Medieval Family: The Pastons of Fifteenth-Century England."
15: Dennis Romano, "Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City."
December 10, 2024 at 1:52 AM
15: Dennis Romano, "Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City."
14: Matthew Gabriele and David Perry, "Oathbreakers: The War of Brothers That Shattered an Empire and Made Medieval Europe."
December 10, 2024 at 1:50 AM
14: Matthew Gabriele and David Perry, "Oathbreakers: The War of Brothers That Shattered an Empire and Made Medieval Europe."
13: Dan Jones, "Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King."
December 10, 2024 at 1:49 AM
13: Dan Jones, "Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King."
12: Frances and Joseph Gies, "Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages."
December 10, 2024 at 1:49 AM
12: Frances and Joseph Gies, "Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages."
11: Aleksander Pluskowski, "The Teutonic Knights: Rise and Fall of a Religious Corporation."
December 10, 2024 at 1:48 AM
11: Aleksander Pluskowski, "The Teutonic Knights: Rise and Fall of a Religious Corporation."
10: Edward Muir, "Mad Blood Stirring: Vendetta and Factions in Friuli during the Renaissance."
December 10, 2024 at 1:48 AM
10: Edward Muir, "Mad Blood Stirring: Vendetta and Factions in Friuli during the Renaissance."
9: Catherine Fletcher, "The Beauty and the Terror: The Italian Renaissance and the Rise of the West."
December 10, 2024 at 1:47 AM
9: Catherine Fletcher, "The Beauty and the Terror: The Italian Renaissance and the Rise of the West."
8: Nick Lloyd, "The Western Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918."
December 10, 2024 at 1:46 AM
8: Nick Lloyd, "The Western Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918."
7: Robert Darnton, "The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History."
December 10, 2024 at 1:46 AM
7: Robert Darnton, "The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History."