Recently, I posted Bont’s longest skate and now, the answer for my long uphill climbs…
Now if the kid had heat-moldable carbon fiber Vaypor boots, longer Sniper frames, 100 mm wheels and mini-bearings, he would really fly! John at One Mans Blog wonders how he would stop. Over here, we don’t worry about such issues. We want to know how fast he can go.
Besides, the brakes on that kid’s skates were already useless before he pimped his ride.
Pick out the dumbbells
The big business plan in the fitness world these days is certifications. Crossfit can get you certified three levels into their system and you can get “certified” in Olympic lifting in a weekend. (Never mind those lifts take years to master). You can get certified in basic barbell training, running, triathlons. Hell, even kids have their own certification. I predict soon there will be a “Masters Certification” for aging baby boomers with time on their hands and plenty of disposable income. (I mean after all, if there is a kid’s cert, why not us? Who do you think pays for the kid’s certification anyway.)
Dragondoor and Pavel have made a lucrative industry out of kettlebell certifications and Crossfit is getting in on that action too.
Ross Enamait, in a kettlebell thread at rosstraining.com tells us don’t expect to find “dumbbell certifications”, but I disagree. For just half the price of all the above “certs” (2 mints in 1), I could capture the entire market with my “dumbbell certification” and I can give participants a piece of paper that acknowledges them as a certifiable dumbbell too. I already have mine.
When did a “weekend training seminar” start being called a “certification” anyway? What about those people who paid their $1,000 and just can’t get the hang of swinging a kettlebell or running around the block on the balls of their feet? How about federal funding for a “No Fat Weekend Warrior Left Behind” program. No question, from a marketing standpoint, “certification” sells.
Ok, I better stop right here lest I sound like Rant at Moynihan Institute!
I like powerlifting and other barbell and kettlebell lifting, but here are the Top Ten Reasons I Like the Olympic Lifts:
10. The lifts use the entire body in one fluid motion. There is no isolation aspect about them.
9. They look cool, (when they are done correctly)!
8. The names of the lifts themselves are double entendres. You can use the words now in polite company.
7. You don’t look like a bodybuilder or a powerlifter, but you do look damn strong.
6. The speed, power and explosiveness generated transfer well into many sports and activities.
5, People in the gym don’t quite know what to make of you. One guy recently asked me, “Why are you doing high school lifts?”
4. They are very technical and therefore a challenge to learn and master.
3. You pretty much have free access to the proper equipment, at least in my gym, because you don’t have to compete with others on “chest day” or “leg day”.
2. Chicks dig you. (Ok, I made that up, but that’s Curry’s motivation for snatching “a wheel”).
1. When the lift is completed, you get to drop the loaded barbell from over your head and let it bounce around and make a lot of noise. Even a light load is loud.
Go ahead, use the Comments below to add to the list.
From To the Point News…
English is a crazy language. There’s no egg in eggplant, no ham in hamburger, neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England, nor French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads aren’t sweet and they sure aren’t made of bread.
Cellphones. They are everywhere and everybody seems obsessed with them. I remember walking through Irvine Spectrum on a Saturday night and the place was loaded with kids and most seemed to be staring hypnotically at their cell phone screens. Another sign of the times, I suppose, but at least they were quiet.
Of course, the most annoying people with cell phones are the ones who think they are the only people in the room and theirs is the most important conversation taking place at the moment. Isn’t it true they are almost always loud talkers?
In this video, from Kim Komando’s site, watch while the performing musicians get even with one of the rude-boys.
My good friend Skip leads an active lifestyle. When he isn’t snowboarding, he is digging up his swimming pool and constructing moats to keep his dogs from escaping the compound. With all that, Skip doesn’t need to go to the gym and he has no use for the latest and trendiest advice on diet, health and fitness. One could say he is a contrarian.
If this wasn’t written by Skip, it was certainly written with him in mind.
Continue reading “Skip’s FAQ to Living the Good Life”
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