Remember Eric Heiden? You know the guy with the massive legs wh0 won 5 Olympic medals in speedskating in the 1980 Olympics at Lake Placid, New York. Well, it seems in the lead-up to that medal run, Eric had a very creative and old-school approach to conditioning as pointed out by Tom Furman in his blog Physical Strategies.

When I first started inline speedskating in the early 90’s, young kids would even make the “Eric Heiden” comment to me when they saw my legs. No way though, did my legs ever approach the size of strength of Heiden’s. But even today, people remember Eric. He was a freak. A fast one at that! (He was also a Wisconsin Badger)!

Tom, in another posting has a good rant about diet and the current state of fitness in the country. I like his line, “Trouble always finds you. You cannot outrun a donut”. (Ok, I get the first sentence, but I may have to meditate on the second one)!

My workout today fit the bill for simplicity and throughly whupped me. After warming up and jumping rope at 100/100/100/140, I went into

4 rounds, 25 kettlebell swings, American-style with a 24 kg bell25 jumping pull-ups

Just what the doctor ordered!

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