What can I say........

These are a few of my favorite things. Look at this group. How does a collection of people come together on a
Saturday morning to push themselves in sucha' way that so called 'athletes' or 'trainers' would never do. I had a crazy out of body experience as I was drilling the class. I felt the camera pull back...see the building by the track...see the neighborhood......keep backin' out till I saw the state of Minnesota and then the nation and the globe. Who was doing this at this hour and at this level?Normal people don't do this. They don't experience their potential or expect more from themselves. This is high level stuff. I am proud to be associated with the cool kids !!!! Even if I only watched.

That lived in look...2 years later.

It's a new Month !!!

We are officially into our third year at this location. The training and results continue to be the focus. There is no signs of slowing down. As a matter of fact, things are picking up. I dug up a couple old pictures to remind us how we use to drag these bells around. Cold bells. Puddles on the tile floors. Loading and unloading before and after every class. 'Below freezing' bells. Crazy stuff but we go thru it !!

HIGH TENSION RULES SUPREME !!

Say what you want. High intensity is only good if you add high tension. I love the H.I.T. Man.....and he H.I.T.s hard, but you have to have tension. Lots of tension. We have hit the shoulders pretty good in the last 2.5-3 weeks. If you only broke a sweat you should have been paying more attention to the weight. Meaning, more of it. Today I broke thru a huge barrier for me. Strict pressed the Beast on the left. Don't tell me Pavel's principles don't work. I just can't hear it. Hard-Style is not the only way to train strength but it has been the most effective and consistent method of training principles I have ever come in contact with during my travels. It works and it doesn't apologize for being hard.

SMOKIN' HOT LINK !!!! Picture Stinks !!!

This is by far the coolest tutorial I have seen. Shoulder
So here's the drill....show me the shoulder. Where is it. What muscles are considered the 'shoulder.' The picture above is the typical presentation of the shoulder. It lacks at best. If you see the website it shows the muscles of specific 'movements.' Awesome. A muscle function in the shoulder region changes depending on the movement your asking the muscle to perform. Last night over half of the training was a static hold. We didn't move. Our lats got hit very hard. Why the lats? Why did we walk around like we had wings? Look at the tutorial...do you still wonder? During the training we felt it to our waist....just holding a bell over head. I hear from people they are having 'pain in their shoulder' but when I ask more questions the response is, "No, not when I do that, or that, or that, or even that...but when I do this... well, not that time, but usually......" It is amazing. Play with the tutorial and try to find your pain within a movement. Label it...and then go see the great massage therapist Jc.

The Happy Couple !!

It was a beautiful wedding. Fantastic day and great reception. Congratulations to pair of 'swingers' (kettlebell) and my very best wishes for the two of you in the future. Now, the honeymoon is over. Get back to training !!!!

Can't begin to dig.....

Here is a great article with Coach Dan John. I love what he says about training, pressing, pressing and fat loss, pressing and strength, strength and women. Peeerfect. Check