On March 6th, local strength athletes, including the 2009 champion, Sean Demarinis gathered to fine-tune their lifts. Here is a sneak preview of the action you can expect on the 27th.
Here are the bios of the athletes slated to compete. If you are up to it, go ahead and handicap them!
Many fitness enthusiasts tout the phrase, “functional training” but few exemplify the concept better than a Russian self-described professional sumo wrestler who yanked a 200 lb ATM machine off the wall, hoisted it to his shoulder and made off with the equivalent of $850 US.
The sumo guy and his accomplices were described as “rascals”.
Last year’s SoCal Strongest Man Competition was a smashing success and will even be better this year. The fans and the athletes both enjoyed the up-close format and the energy was contagious!
Scott Brengel of EastWestStrength.com hosts this highly competitive even on the beach in Huntington Beach, California…Surf City USA!
You’ve heard that regular exercising helps make you look younger and may even extend your lifespan and improve the physical quality of your life. But how? What are the variables you can control or at least heavily influence in the healthiest direction?
Tommy Kono is a legend in the weighlifting world. Born in 1930 in Sacramento, CA, Kono was the only lifter to set world records in four weightlifting classes. He was also a gold medalist in the 1952 and 1956 Olympics in Helsinki and Melbourne respectively. Tommy earned a silver medal four years later in Rome. He was world champion from 1953-1959, garnishing 21 world records along the way. He won three Pan-American Games championships during his illustrious career. In 1976, Kono was the US Olympic coach for the games in Montreal.
In addition to his highly successful Olympic weightlifting career, Kono also won the Mr. Universe bodybuilding competitions in 1957 and 1959.
Mr. Kono penned a piece titled “If I Had My Way”. It should be on the wall in every gym as it contains his philosophy on how things should be in the gym and it is based on respect and responsibility. It is reproduced here.
We have been hearing for years now that the be-all, end-all nutritional supplement has been fish oil and essential fatty acids. No, they have not come under disfavor, but some people like Charles Poloquin believe the “sunshine vitamin”, Vitamin D3 has more upside benefit than even fish oils. (It should be noted that D3 is far superior than the the synthetic D2 version). Poliquin asserts,
“Vitamin D3 may be the single most important supplement we can take for our health.”
It is all about speed for wide receivers in the NFL and Donald Driver has that and much more which has helped propel him to being the Green Bay Packers most prolific pass receiver in the long and storied history of the franchise and one of the best, if not under-rated wideouts in the NFL.
Here is how a premier pass receiver trains, specifically, #80. The 40 Minute Workout.
On March 15, the offseason strength and conditioning program for the Green Bay Packers will begin with long-time assistant Mark Lovat taking the reigns as the S & C Coordinator, taking over from Dave Redding who was the Coodinator last season. Redding will remain as Lovat’s assistant in a reversal of roles. Head Coach Mike McCarthy said this was part of the plan when he brought in Redding in the offseason a year ago.
Lovat is in his 12th year and third stint with the Packers.
