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Posts under ‘Gettin' on the Gorilla Suit’

Pueblo Reunuion

The Associated Press has an interesting piece up about the 40th re-union of the crew of the ill-fated USS Pueblo, now (still)  displayed by the NORKS as a war trophy and an incitement to anti-Americanism more than 40 years after the NORKS seized the unarmed vessel in international waters on January 23, 1968.

The NORKS moved [...]

Work Your Weakness Month

Boris over at SquatRx, one of the best training-related blogs I know, has pulled the trigger on Work Your Weakness Month. The implication, I guess, is that one should work one perceived weakness. So besides the fact that I’ve mapped out a three month program, I suppose my plan is equally (and characteristically) [...]

NOW IS HEAVY!

Bodybuilding.Com has a great clip of The World’s Strongest Man, Mariusz Pudzianowski, doing squats.
Mariusz Pudzianowski Doing Squats on The Fit Show
(Sorry about the ads at the beginning; persevere; it’s worth it for the “20 Kilo more” and “Now is heavy” — not to mention the 800 pound squat.)
I can’t lift anywhere near [...]

The Iron Game

One of my principal avocations since embarking on the quest for “abs @ 56″ has been moving large amounts of weight around - initially mostly my own - but for awhile now mainly the iron variety. Naturally, I also spend a fair amount of time cruising the information superhighway for technical and [...]