This Weekend...

Or I guess since it is technically over, it would be last weekend.

Either way: Made the workout short and sweet on Saturday because we had my son's second birthday party on Sunday and there was a decent amount of prep still to do.

Deads: 5 X 5, incresing weight with each set followed by three heavy singles.

Kettlebells: Straight hand to hand tosses X 100 - these are just like ketlebell swings, but where the bell is released at the top and caught with the opposite hand on the decent, good for the lower back, legs and grip.

Grip: nothing to write home about, just a few max attempts on the Vulcan and 2 "work sets" of three reps.

Got everything done in time and the party was a blast!

Tonight's Workout

Had a great workout today - Swings, snatches and jerks with the 24k kettlebell followed by about ten to twelve minutes of juggling with the 16k bell.

I haven't really juggled in what seems like ages, I've done hand to hand tosses and a few flips here and there but it felt like a long time since I actually focused on juggling with any fluidity. It was just as awesome as I remembered and I managed to pull off most of the moves that I tried without missing a beat. If the weather holds up on my training days I plan on trying to get out for at least fifteen minutes to juggle on one day a week.

I've also upped my grip training another day per week in an effort to push the limits just a little bit more toward certing on the number three before the year is out - it feels like one of those "so close, yet so far away" type of things and I'm hoping that the extra day will give me the kick in the a$$ I need to continually close in on that goal.

New Article up on TSB

New piece on TSB discussing developing massive amounts of power through practicing old school feats of strength - this is the first in a series of (hopefully) many

Building Power with Feats of Strength part I

At the end, you'll notice a recommendation for Jedd (Diesel Crew)'s Card Tearing E-book, if you're just beginning your road to the goal in the piece, buy Jedd's book - buy Diesel and you get nothing but the best.

If you enjoy this piece, keep coming back because I'll be doing more on old school feats and perhaps even be getting some guest commentary from Jedd here and there.

Saturday's Workout

Juggled things around this weekend a bit - workout moved to Saturday, with the way things are going this may be a permanent switch - either way is fine with me...

I foolishly attempted some one-legged deadlifts after seeing Gripster Ben Edwards doing them in one of his videos. I did find out the my balance is pretty much terrible: - )

On the upside, my frustration from absolute failure on the one-legged variety spurned me on for one hell of a session of 5 X 5 deads!

Worked just a little bit of 1" V-bar and some one finger lifting (this went much better that the previously attempted one leg lifting) and finished up with some work on the Vulcan - still confident that without any injuries that I'll be capable of Captains of Crush certification before 2009 is through.

Yesterday's Workout

My wife has been picking up extra days at work for the last couple weeks, filling in for people who are on vacation. For the most part, these days have been Thursdays, which is normally one of my heavy days in the dungeon - since I'm alone with the kids while she's at work, the last couple Thursdays have been k-bell days.

I basically fix their dinner and while they're eating I pound away at the kettlebells for 25-30 minutes.

Last night included 200 swings (switching hands as necessary), 50 BUP's (switching hands as necessary) and one long set of front squats. I finished up with around 100 reps on the Vulcan at varying levels of resistance.

You don't need a membership to Gold's gym to get a good workout, I did this in an area of my dining room not much bigger than a closet.

Training Video for WSL Card Tearing Contest

Actually did this video a couple days ago but hadn't had the chance to post it yet. The contest is winding closer to the end and I'm trying to come up with something cool for the submission video - this is just me hammering into a deck at the end of a gripper workout...

New Article - Working out with your Four-Legged Friend

I've got a new piece up over at TSB. It covers some of the things that a good training partner can provide you with along with were you might have to go to find the right one...

Not All Training Partners Suck

Thanks for stopping in, hope you enjoy!