Blazers Edge has this to say on the hammering we got last night: This game wasn’t about game flow. The only thing worth noting in that vein was the Blazers running fearfully down the hallway yelling “Ziggybumwaaaahhh!” and the Suns hitting them like a tidal wave. The game started out at the Suns’ pace and… Continue Reading
Why People Fail at Fitness
The fact is, not everyone succeeds at sticking to a new fitness plan. In fact, most don’t. They might stick to it for a while, and even see some nice results. But, at some point, the ball drops. I think about this a lot, of course, since when a client of mine lets their fitness… Continue Reading
Zen Quote of the Day
Maximize Your Strengths, Don’t Minimize Weaknesses “It is far more lucrative and fun to leverage your strengths instead of attempting to fix all the chinks in your armor. The choice is between Multiplication of results using strengths or incremental improvement fixing weaknesses that will, at best, become mediocre. Focus on better use of your best… Continue Reading
Russ Knipp Weightlifting Championships 2010
We’re off to the Russ Knipp Weightlifting Championships tomorrow morning bright and early (2 hour drive, lift, 2 hour drive back!). It’ll be Me, Roy, Chris, Celia, and Noel competing this time. Leslie is both driving us down and taking video, so she’s doing the hard part! Wish us luck! OH, and check out this… Continue Reading
USAW Level 1 Coaching Course in Vancouver, Washington
A nearby weightlifting club is running a level 1 coaching course on May 23rd right here in the Metro-area of Portland – specifically in Vancouver (known as “the ‘couve”). It’s being organized by Bridget Raach, and the coach will be Harvey Newton. It’s a good certification to get if you have any interest in coaching… Continue Reading
Everything Blazers
Blazer’s Edge has a massive collection of pre-playoff Blazer links and articles and info from all around the interweb compiled into one place. Like this gem from Henry Abbott: But for Portland’s meaningless Travis Diener-laced special last night, the two teams would have identical records (Suns 17-4, Blazers 16-5) since March 1. Meanwhile, guards who… Continue Reading
Supersets vs Straight Sets
Two new studies add points to the Superset corner. For most of my non-Olympic Weightlifters, I vastly prefer supersets to straight sets. [a super set is: do one exercise, rest a bit, do the second, rest a bit, go back to the first and repeat. A straight set is: do one set of an exercise,… Continue Reading
The Smell of Weightlifting
Bob Takano explains the aroma that comes with a good training facility: You see, all serious weightlifting gyms have wooden platforms that are regularly trod upon by sweaty athletes lifting heavy weights. Most of the athletes have higher than average levels of testosterone which leads to more perspiration to cool down overheated bodies. They’re overheated… Continue Reading
Mike Rice Quotes of the Game: Blazers vs Thunder
Blazers kicked butt against the Thunder (previously the Seattle Super Sonics – RIP). This was both good and bad. The bad is simply that it nearly guarantees that we won’t be playing the Lakers in our first match up of the playoffs (we’ve got a better shot against them then a few of the other… Continue Reading
Buffy Stakes Edward
Here’s a quote from the makers of the hoodie: Don’t you think the vampires-are-people-too thing has gone a little too far? I mean, the whole point of a vampire is that they survive by sucking your blood. I don’t care if his skin glows and twinkles and he smells like kittens and fabric softener, he’s… Continue Reading
