I decided to do a short chest workout since I was pressed for time getting to coaching. Always looking for weird and bizarre ways to work out I came up with this: Bench: 5 reps, rest 10 seconds x 10 @ 135lbs 5 reps, rest 10 seconds x 7 @ 205lbs 3 reps, rest 10 [...]

Today was tough, probably because I was supposed to have a day between the two RKC days and I was still a little sore after the snatches yesterday. This is what happened: C&P left 1 C&P right 1 Pull Up 5 C&P left 2 C&P right 2 Pull Up 5 C&P left 3 C&P right [...]

Day 1 of the Clean and Press with pull ups (45lb KB) – Light Day C&P left 1 C&P right 1 Pull Up 5 C&P left 2 C&P right 2 Pull Up 5 C&P left 3 C&P right 3 Pull Up 5 Rest 1-2 min repeat another 2x for a total of 3 ladders. Snatches [...]

This article puts profound impact into the message that what you do after you are done playing will dictate if you live or die. It sounds like common sense but as the article states: “My doctor asked me, ‘How many 320-pound men who are 80 years old do you see walking around?’ That’s when the [...]

So my wonderful wife surprised me with a trip to NYC for my birthday this past weekend so rather than sulk in the basement about my age and work out too hard, we ended up walking around NYC for the best part of 6 hours a day for 4 days. The weather was incredible 62 [...]

Copied From Scientific American. Eat less saturated fat: that has been the take-home message from the U.S. government for the past 30 years. But while Americans have dutifully reduced the percentage of daily calories from saturated fat since 1970, the obesity rate during that time has more than doubled, diabetes has tripled, and heart disease [...]

Old Plan: Day 1 – Monday – P90X Plyo or Insanity Cardio Plyo Day 2 – Tuesday – RKC 50 Swings Day 3 – Wednesday – RKC TGU plus Clean, C&P, Snatch practice Day 4 – Thursday – P90X Kenpo or Insanity Pure Cardio Day5 – Friday – RKC 50 Day 6 – Saturday – [...]

This is officially my last day of RKC swings, I am about to step into the “Man Maker” also called the Rite Of Passage. This is a bit of a relief, since I am anxious to start doing more complex and challenging moves. Although I am still, even now, aware of my form when I [...]

I started my rest week yesterday with a return to the Plyometrics DVD from the P90X series. I had expected that I would experience it the way I did when I went through the program “properly” the first and second times. I was mistaken. If there was ever a time when I needed validation, this [...]

Friday I was still recovering from the swings and so I decided to bust out a lighter KB and do some TGU. I did 5 a side with the 25lb KB and then, since I was feeling adventurous, I did another 3 a side with the 45. I remembered I had weaseled out of the [...]