Is your training random or structured? Charles Staley of staleytrainingsytems.com has an interesting post on the pros and cons of randomized (Crossfit-style) and structured, sport-specific type training and some ideas that you can use that fall between each.

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You can go online, searching for information on a topic, like fitness and strength and it is much like drinking water from a fire hydrant. (While drinking from that hydrant, I already have forgotten where I read the analogy)!

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In a study certain to upset some folks, it appears that organic foods are not nutritionally superior to food conventionally produced with the use of pesticides according to a study published July 29, 2009 in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (2009, July 29). Organic Food Not Nutritionally Better Than Conventionally-produced Food.

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Monday, 7/20/09

Kettlebell Swings, 10 x 15 @ 70#. Volume: 10,500#

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You have by now figured out out that regular exercise can help keep you young and that is certainly true. But what is it in the body that makes this happen?

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Keg Tossing

Monday, 7/13/09

Back Squats: 135×5/185×5/225×5/Doubles: 245/255/275/275/285/295/295/.

Push Press: 135×3/135×3/ Doubles: 145/155/165/185/200/.

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“Forty-, 50-, 60-year-old athletes can do single training sessions, but they can’t do it day after day after day,” Foster said. “When you’re 18, you can recover from anything.”-Carl Foster, Director of the Human Performance Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

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Getting Ready for the Gym

You come home from work after a long and hectic day and decide to take a “load off” and sit on the sofa for a few minutes and flip on the tv before you get ready to head out to the gym. That sofa is pretty damn comfy and soon you are sitting in it, as it engulfs your body, making it harder and harder to get out of it, (except of course to go get some snacks from the kitchen).

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Keg, Sandbag, Barbell and MarkFu

Monday, 7/6/09

Axle Press, doubles: 65×10/105×5/125/135/165/.
Axle Push Press, doubles: 175/175/175/180/180/185/185/165.

Farmer’s Hold: 155# each side. 60 sec/:45/

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Your training is going well. You are making gains. Lifts are going up and times are coming down. And you’re injury-free. Can it get any better? Of course it can. Here are some ideas.

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