You spoke, and I listened. The series, “Your Monday Moment of Zen” in which I splatter together a bunch of links to cool stuff and my own musings on any topic under the sun was far more popular than I’d thought. I’d started them as a weekly thing, then I tried to shift them over… Continue Reading
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The Art of Olympic Weightlifting
The subtitle to my blog is not Zen and the Art of Weightlifting for nothing. It isn’t a joke, nor is it my way of being gimmicky. I don’t take it lightly. I strongly believe that Olympic Weightlifting is an Art Form in the same way that Kung Fu is. My friends Adam Stoffa and JC… Continue Reading
Your Monthly Moment of Zen # 21
Zen Quote of the Day “They can because they think they can” – Virgil This Month in the World of Weightlifting USA Weightlifting announces that we’ll have 5 female and 6 male lifters representing America at the Pan Am Games being held in Guadalajara, Mexico. Oct. 23-27. WOMEN: Sarah Robles, Chioma Amaechi, Kelly Rexroad-Williams, Hilary… Continue Reading
Your Monthly Moment of Zen #19
Zen Quote of the Month: “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” — Muhammad Ali This Month in the World of Weightlifting Nick Horton got married! We said, “I do”, we roller skated, we drank a lot of vodka. … Continue Reading
Your Monthly Moment of Zen #18 – The Bulgarian Issue
NOTE to Readers: If you are astute, or just simply observant in the most basic sense, you’ll have noticed that I changed a word in the title of this series from “Monday” to “Monthly”. There are a couple of reasons for this. The first is that I’ve never put one up on every Monday anyway. … Continue Reading
Your Monday Moment of Zen #17
Zen Quote of the Week: “There is something to be learned from a rainstorm. When meeting with a sudden shower, you try not to get wet and run quickly along the road. But doing such things as passing under the eaves of houses, you still get wet. When you are resolved from the beginning, you… Continue Reading
Your Monday Moment of Zen #15
Zen quote of the week: “The word “Dinner” actually comes from the Latin disjejunare, meaning "to un-fast” or break the fast of the evening. Remarkably, the word was contracted in the Romance languages to ‘disnare’ or ‘disner’ in Olde French, or dinner in English. Thus the word dinner actually means ‘breakfast’.” – Brad Pillon This… Continue Reading
Your Monday Moment of Zen #13
Sorry, I know I’m putting this out on a Tuesday! … oops! Zen quote of the Week: “Those who are special … are specific” – Ivan Abadjiev This week in the world of weightlifting: Doctor Hartman discusses the “Transfer Effect” in weightlifting: When selecting exercises it is necessary to choose those that have the… Continue Reading
