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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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 #20
Zen Quote of the Month: “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.” – Bertrand Russell This Month in the World of Weightlifting: Lon Kilgore, Michael Hartman, and Justin Lascek have published a new book, FIT. I’ve already grabbed… 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
315 Deadlift by a 120 Pound Girl
Nia Shanks hardly looks like she works out … but boy does she!! Here’s her sumo deadlifting 315: And here she is doing 275 for 3 reps!
