I got nothin’…blogs are behind on this site and others. I literally went retarded the past few weeks. I’ve been so focused on securing sponsors for numerous upcoming things, trying to organize my gear for my upcoming meet, working with clients that I lost my sense of fun and am swimming in my own pernicious… [Read more…]
October 7, 2010
It amazes me how many “experts” there are on the web nowadays. Go into any forum, for any subject, and every schmuck with a keyboard is the grand shirpa of knowledge. Its ridiculous. Somewhere in between searching for porn and facebook, they’ve figured out everything there is to know about anything (wait, you’re telling me… [Read more…]
October 6, 2010
I was in The Crucible this morning with my Iron Maiden lifting weights. For me lifting weights is one of those things that clears my head and make the world seem a more tolerable place. No rubber coated weights here (unless they are bumper plates), cast iron plates that let you know you are not… [Read more…]
October 6, 2010
Companion video can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUKrmTN7S24 We recently replaced 2 of our platforms with heavier duty versions. Here is how we constructed them. Our design follows the most popular theme out there, but we made 2 main adjustments. We cut handholds into the base to allow a degree of movability, and we only had… [Read more…]
October 5, 2010
Time and time again I have come across someone with true talent. Talent that 95% of the population will never have, and they let it slip away because they lack motivation, work ethic and will power. I hear the same excuses, the same bull shit lines about what they are willing to do to succeed… [Read more…]
October 4, 2010
Bar or ring muscle ups? Which one is better? First, break down what a muscle up is. A person is taking themselves from underneath an object to on top of it. A pull up right into a dip, simple enough. The rings add a different degree of skill to the movement since you are on… [Read more…]
October 4, 2010
Any coach out there would have some finite goals that they would use to measure the levels of strength of an athlete. For myself, 2 of them would be deadlifting 3 times your own bodyweight and 15 bodyweight overhead squats. These are just 2 of my goals and these may not represent your own goals.… [Read more…]
September 29, 2010
You need to train with the best, and that’s just what I’m doing. After finishing 29th at the 2010 CrossFit Games I had to start thinking about ‘what next?”. And of course the big focus is on competing again in 2011. When I sat down to think about competing in 2011 I had to evaluate… [Read more…]
September 27, 2010
Squatting takes years of preparation, dedication, and a desire to do something most will only dream of. In my career I have squatted over 1000lbs over 10 times, hitting over 1100, and have squatted with some of the best in the world, and experimented with about every variation possible. So how can you raise your… [Read more…]
September 27, 2010
I’ve gotten a lot of requests to give my two cents on a bulking diet… I don’t know why, I’m just a schmuck with a keyboard, but ehhh, what the hell. Personally, when it comes to gaining weight, it should be common sense, eat more than you burn, but… for some reason people can’t grasp… [Read more…]
November 19, 2010
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