Duh!Check out this picture of my softball team. Take a wild guess which guy I am … If you guessed the short dude with big arms (and slicked back greaser hair) in the front, you’re right! If you are serious about turning your skinny, fragile body into the body of an athlete, you HAVE to… Read More, Baby!
Zen Quote of the Day
Be soft in your practice. Think of the method as a fine silvery stream, not a raging waterfall. Follow the stream, have faith in its course. It will go its own way, meandering here, trickling there. It will find the grooves, the cracks, the crevices. Just follow it. Never let it out of your sight…. Read More, Baby!
The Evolution of a Weight Training Routine
In Bob Takano’s recent newsletter mailing he has a piece about the fact that he’s been seeing a lot of WOD (workout of the day) designed for weightlifters. He’s worried that the structure of these are often not going to get weightlifters where they want to go, that is, it ain’t specific enough to the… Read More, Baby!
Kotooshu Lands on Camera Man: Ouch!
Be glad you ain’t the camera guy getting landed upon by Kotooshu! Ouch!… Read More, Baby!
White Women’s Workout: Racism + Exercise = Hot Body
Another gym sent to me by Roy:… Read More, Baby!
Sarah Bertram Gets 6th Place at Pan Am’s!
Sarah Bertram, Oregon’s own superstar weightlifter, got 6th place in the Pan American games on Friday. Bertram completed her first two snatches of 85kg and 88kg, but just missed her 90kg attempt at a new personal record. The reigning Senior National Champion, Bertram was in fourth place following the snatch portion of the competition. In… Read More, Baby!
Caught in the Elevator: Worlds Strongest Men
4 of the Worlds Strongest Men (Phil Pfister, Travis Ortmyer, Dave Ostlund and Derek Poundstone) get caught in an elevator … the beginning of a bad joke? Nope, just a funny Youtube vid. Apparently, they ended up climbing out. Lesson … if you have 4 guys weighing close to 300 pounds with you, use the… Read More, Baby!
2009 Worlds Strongest Man Compilation Video
Check out this home-movie someone put up of the 2009 Worlds Strongest Man. Especially wild is the one arm clean and press competition between Mariusz and Phil Phister… Read More, Baby!
Mike Boyle “Uninvited” by NSCA: Good or Bad?
The NSCA (National Strength and Conditioning Association) has decided to censor Mike Boyle by uninviting him from their recent conference as a speaker. He gives 3 reasons for why this might be the case. 1- My views on lower body training and aerobic conditioning are frowned on by members of the selection committee. I really… Read More, Baby!
