This sucks. I haven’t been able to really train in a couple days because I messed up my ankle on Wednesday. Lift a couple hundred lbs? No problem. Walk down the fucking stairs? Nope! That apparently is too hard for me to handle. Oh well, hopefully I’ll be back to something approaching normal by tomorrow. … Continue reading
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BRB, Getting Sore With Light Weight
My legs are smoked just from doing this shit 9 or 10 times yesterday. Last night I tried to go buy a couple more pairs of new jeans since my “new” new ones don’t fit…again. My ass is getting too big and they ride high on my hips instead of hanging off my butt so … Continue reading
The Russ Knipp Championships
Saturday was a pretty awesome day. I got up at 5am, got my shit together and got myself down to Vulkan Weightlifting to meet everyone else there. Once gathered we all hit the road and wagon-trained it down to Creswell. A small town in Oregon just south of Eugene; basically it’s in the middle of … Continue reading
T-Minus 5 Days
Competition Day is on Saturday and I’m pumped. I have my USAW membership in-hand, my entry fee for the Russ Knipp Championships has been sent in and now all I need to do is go lift the shit out of some weights. I’m excited and nervous at the same time but from what I understand … Continue reading
It Is a Good Day to Die…or PR, Whichever Comes First
All this ball-busting work is really starting to pay off. Every muscle in my body aches, new muscles I didn’t know I had ache, when I wake up in the morning it hurts just to roll over and smash my alarm. I eat like a starving animal all the time and no matter how much … Continue reading
Time, Dedication, and Commitment
If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time (all 5 of you), you know I’ve lost a pretty good amount of weight…and it hasn’t been easy. Because of my own personal history with fat loss and obesity I have a special place in my heart when it comes to trying to help … Continue reading
No #&!@ing improvement
Last Saturday was PR day for me. If you don’t know what PR means then it’s the term we use to describe our personal record. If someone says they PR’d for 100 kilograms then that’s the most they can move for that particular lift and not miss it. Anyway, like I was saying…last Saturday was … Continue reading
Quarterly Status Update
I realized while I was talking to my dad last night that I hadn’t updated this page in a good 3 months so I figured I should probably do something about that. Between work, school, and training, this whole thing pretty much got thrown to the curb but I’m going to try and make updates … Continue reading
Stupid Shoulder
So I go to the doctor today because while I was at work I realized “Hey! I can barely lift my arm above my head, WTF?” So he does a couple tests and tells me I probably have a SLAP tear…shit. Now I need to get an MRI but of course the insurance company needs … Continue reading
Video: Snatch Practice 11-17-2012
I’m really happy with the way today’s training went. I think I got over my fear of getting my ass under that bar but we’ll see if my new found bravery holds when I start adding weight. The most I managed today was 75 lbs. but a shitload of weight is not what I’m going … Continue reading
Jerk Harder 