I was thinking this morning how cool things are.  Yea, politics aside, it's wonderful to drive on roads that are void of others because after all, YESTERDAY was the Super Bowl and today should be National Hangover Day.  So I'm certain many folks stayed home.  ONE for me! So without having to pilot my ship […]

With my powerlifting background I've always liked the 1RM testing.  Now that I'm going into my 4th year at the same place I'm noticing a few trends.  I was aware of them, but I hadn't actually experienced them because I had only spent a six months to a year at my previous three stops. Generally […]

I had a great weekend of exercise.  Nothing magical or really worth writing about, but I'm going to do it anyway. Friday Everything done with 20lb weighted vest RFESS: 10x3 each Side Raise/Rear Raise: 5x10 each DB Row: 10x10 This circuit was done in 30 minutes Pull-aparts: 100 Band Pushdowns: 50 DB Curls: 50 Just […]

Deload work for the week. Making sure well rested before the final push

I get to talk with a LOT of people about "Youth and Sport".   I get information from pro's and con's of the "How To Do It" society. Are we hurting are kids by placing too much emphasis on the sport? Are we hurting are kids by placing too much emphasis on the Win/Loss column? […]

Today I had a couple 1-1's before the big game.  Looking forward to seeing New England and atl battle it out hopefully it is a great game.  Really enjoy the commercials and everything about the game.  My dad is bbquing so that is another bonus. We hosted our trivia night last night.  We had a […]

But it ended in a completely different place than it started.

The rackable cambered bar is a fantastic bar for squat training, but it is also an amazing tool for your bench training as well. …here is why…

Straight up beast!

After today's "Spontaneous Squat Session"  and breakfast number 2, my family is reconnoitered on the couch for the morning nap ritual.  Hunter is playing some game while April, my dog Cooper and I are reclined drifting in and out of slumber. Hunter turns my way and say, "Dad..the only reason I get up out of […]

Today our Powerlifitng squad hit heavy upper body.  The main lift was floor press.  After this BB bench, heavy rows and dips followed.  The crew had a great week can't wait to see how everyone does in Columbus in march and they do at our in house state IPA meet in April. As far as […]

...Thoreau's Journal: 3-Feb-1859 Five minutes before 3 P.M., Father died.

2/3 Stepmill 15mins light Activations and lots of tempering. Light pressing and dips 2/2 Activations, ABs, Reverse hypers 5x12 Get ups with no weight 2/1 Lowerish Activations with planks , bird dogs etc Reverse hypers 5x12 Double KB swings 10x12 Swings with mid pull 5x6 per Goblet  squats  6x12 1/31 Stepmill/Activations(regualr and with large band)/Planks/ […]

Today our Powerlifting Squad hit heavy squats with the cambered bar.  We had some go up to mid-500's.  After that rev hypers, bridge series, and abs were performed.  A lot of the crew said they were still little sore from mon. I got the pleasure of doing my taxes today.  Hopefully trump helps me out […]

Today our powerlifters hit some light/reps upper body based.  Bamboo crazy bell started us off.  After that they went to some shoulders and back.  The rep scheme on the one arm push ups were brutal.  Everyone looked swole as hell after the lift. I did some light stuff today during the lift while the afternoon […]

Today our Powerlifitng squad hit some rack pulls again but from 4 inches off the ground.  Nova hit 710, Aaron hit 705, Sam hit 655, karl and Jim hit around 550, and most the others had great pulls also.  After that they hit good morn with the cambered bar and some other lower body based […]

Have the years of heavy training increased the size of my heart due to the extreme temporary increases in blood pressure?

I’d rather have the lifter go 9 for 9 and have a great meet hitting PR’S, but be mad at me than have them bomb because I didn’t have the balls to tell them they were idiots for opening at 99.5% of a questionable gym lift.

If you have read anything I've written, you probably know how proud I am to have a son that is a "Jock".  He LOVES sports.  Good thing for him, his mom and dad do as well. IF you know me, you know that my son PLAYS sports as well.  Although he is now involved in: […]

Week 3 of this mini cycle of heavy work... GREAT week and 5 more to go.