Lifting in Beautiful NC
Today is my first day logging my training here on the Ol’ blogger. I’ve been writing in a personal training log for years but — figured you may be interested (likely NOT) in what my weekly training looks like?I’m currently finishing up a 12 week barbell deadlift cycle and just started an experimental plan for […]
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Ch 2 of 5: “This Is The Day That I die” – Part 2
“This person is an angel from God”After my mother-in-law said these words — they didn’t sit well with me.Of all the mistakes I’ve made in my life, I’m no angel.To this point, we’ve done everything anonymously — but I could see how the “unknown” was bothering my wife’s family.They wanted to know so they could […]
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Ch 2 of 5: “This Is The Day That I Die” – Part 1
There’s A LOT to unpack in this chapter so I decided to break it up into a few parts for time reading constraints. 16 October 201909:30“Hey Mr Gutierrez! We’re SO glad you called — you’re approved and a PERFECT match, do you still want to proceed with the testing?” So went the words of the lovely Mrs. […]
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Ch 1 of 5: The Day I Said, “Yes”
F*ck, I don’t even know where or how to start this thing so I’m just gonna roll with what flows from my head, cool? Cool. I’ve struggled with writing this post (and almost decided not to) — I wanted to have it out to you last week as… last week was the 1 year anniversary I kickstarted the in-depth […]
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3 Reasons Your Snatch Technique Sucks
Today I’m gonna share 2 kettlebell snatch subtleties to improve your snatch technique, both of which are often missed by coaches and non-coaches. I know this because I missed them in the beginning when I was learning how to snatch a kettlebell.These 2 subtleties can make or break your success with your snatch technique and […]
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