December 2012
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Romanian Deadlift Depth
When I first began deadlift, I hurt my back. I didn’t have a coach and was a little too overzealous, and something got tweaked. After a day of in bed and hating the world, I figured out that emulating Quasimodo whilst picking up heavy shit isn’t a good idea, and since then I’ve learned how…
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Just Got Me Some Blast Straps
I celebrated a masochistic mini-Christmas last night. Sounds weird, right? On Monday night a package arrived from the good people at EliteFTS, so I broke out the claws to open it: The claws didn’t work that well, so I just tore the box open. Inside were 6 foam rollers and a pair of the EliteFTS…
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Don’t Wheyt Around
Happy Monday morning to all of ya’ll! If you don’t mind, I’d like to rewind to my Friday night, when I played in a concert at Saint Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Center. The place was packed, the program was great, and the choir and orchestra sounded amazing. A good time was certainly had by all.…
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Band Resisted Trap Bar Deadlift
When necessary I can consolidate my training philosophy into “Pick up heavy shit.” To me, this includes “Move well, perform compound movements, and focus on developing full-body strength. If we were training together and you got us matching shirts, I’d probably give you a lifetime of free coaching: As much as I love lifting heavy…
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Finding Love In The Gym
This morning I had a conversation with Joy and Charles, who are 77 and 80, respectively. As Charles ellipticized, Joy explained that when she was was 43, Charles insisted that they begin exercising together, and that they’ve been “gym people” ever since. She told me of her past training for half marathons, their thrice-weekly Spin…
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