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!
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.
Who is more accurate at hitting their target, NFL quarterback Drew Brees or an Olympic archer? It wasn’t even close. Perfect technique and the science behind it. This is from the tv show “Sport Science” .
Some Americans seem to think anything that is European must be cool and maybe it is, I dunno. But I do know I have a Hungarian Core Blaster and it is cool. Now I have a home-brew Bulgarian Training Bag and it too is cool. For the uninitiated, these are fitness implements and why else would you be here, right?
To add to my odd collection, I will one day acquire a Danish Viking Mace on a Chain, but first I must get acquainted with my newly-named Big Sausage Bag, BSB.
If you sit down in this weight room, you are told to do 10 sit-ups. If you complain, 10 more. The guy who runs this gym cleared out most of the machines and replaced them with free weights, including lifting platforms! He says no one has thanked him yet but he knows at some point they will.
Where is this box and who is running the show here?
Fishing, along with billiards, bowling and cheerleading are considered sports by ESPN. Who knew? Weightlifting, came in ranked at #44, just ahead of sprint swimming and behind middle distance track and field. What was ranked as the #1 sport and how are they all ranked? Read the rest of this entry
According to strength coach Steven Morris in an article over at EliteFTS, here are the top 11 exercises that build better athletes. I was in full agreement with most of them and do some of them consistently, (in spite of my relative lack of athleticism). The exercises I do regularly are in bold.
Deadlift
Box Squats
Clean and Jerks
Box Front Squats
Romanian Deadlifts
Rows
Side Lunges
Dumbbell Inclines
Sandbags
Prowler
Snatch Grip Deadlift
I look forward to adding in the others I haven’t been doing, although I am surprised not to see the standard back squat in his top 11.
Take a look at Morris’ article for his descriptions of each.
Sometimes it takes a kick in the ass to jump start your dream and that may have happened to Scott Brengel when he got “terminated’ from the gym where we trained. This gym had a top-notch coach and trainer at their disposal but they opted for “fitness for the masses”. Their loss. Read the rest of this entry
