Farmer's Walking

I realized that those damn Farmer's Walk implements will always feel heavy to us unless we get stronger. And we know how to get stronger, right? Lift heavy stuff!

When we increase maximum strength we also increase strength endurance. So, here is the Matanuska Barbell's new and improved (heavier) farmer's walk.

450 pounds of fun!

O-lifters

Check out these guys from California strength. I was impressed not only by how powerful they were, but also by how much fun they were having.

Lifting Straps

I picked up some lifting straps for the gym today at The Sports Authority. I want to experiment with them on the farmers walk and deadlift just to see how much of a limiting factor my grip is. I suspect it will be substantial.

Thinking about Deadlifts

I am sitting around daydreaming about Deadlifts. I can't wait until it is time to do some. I've just completed some max effort good mornings , and I am hoping it will pay off on my deadlift which seems to be lagging behind my squat. I was tooling around the net and found this article from the Diesel Crew on deadlifts.

Eatin' Good at Mickey D's

I really hate fast food. Some times due to poor planning, I end up there. I fork over my money for an overpriced bag of garbage that always leaves me feeling like shit afterwards. When I am not cheating on my diet, I prescribe to the paleo plus dairy diet as outlined on the Crossfit Football site. ( Although it seems here lately I have been cheating a lot.) So I end up at Mickey D's today and I looked at the breakfast menu. Instead of ordering a couple of McMuffins or one of the numbers from the so called "value" menu I asked for 2 orders of eggs, 2 sausage patties, 2 milks, and apple dippers (without the dip). Now I know this isn't organic free-range omega-3 eggs with wild hog patties and grass-fed raw milk, but who can afford that shit anyhow? I think that for Mickey D's it was a good choice.

Warm ups

It seems the consensus on the proper way to warm up is some dynamic range of motion moves plus some activity specific movements to prepare the body and nervous system for top performance. Static stretching should only be done after your workout to improve flexibility. See this article on stretching

You don't know skwat!

Here are some videos about how to fix your squat.

I will no longer be publishing my workouts on this main blog. All of my future workout can be found here at jbworkoutlog.blogspot.com . I will continue to publish stuff here that I think might be of interest to our gym. All of the old posts from here can be found on my new blog.