I was going to write about what I am eating (or not eating, more like it) for the next 6 weeks. But that was too depressing, so I am going to talk about the most enjoyable posts that dropped through my Google Reader letterbox in the last couple of months instead. So, in reverse order of appearance…
- Behind the scenes (at the Elite FTS compound) – Zach’s camera work will make you a bit dizzy but the footage is not-to-be-missed. It’s also nice to see someone working the weighted pull-ups and dips for a change. Zach is lifting 80lbs for 5 reps there, which is about 35kg. Not bad for a big guy…
- Josh Henkin’s Sandbag challenge – Josh has come up with a challenge and the winners will receive free sandbags. All you have to do is lift a heavy sandbag up onto your shoulder, squat, move it to the other shoulder and put it down again. 30 times. Uh-huh. And if you lift more than the other guys, you win. Hmm. I’m not entirely sold yet…
- Dave Whitley scares the sh*t out of Jim Labadie – Jedd Johnson of Diesel Crew shares a great video of Dave Whitley driving a nail through a board while Jim Labadie holds on for dear life. If you need inspiration for a new party trick, and you like nails and stuff, this could be it.
- How to build a home gym – a really informative and well-researched article on what you could do to equip a home gym if you wanted to go all out. Personally, I think you can do really well with a lot less and I would start with a pull-up bar and a dipping belt (I actually use a climbing harness) for weighted pull-ups and dips before anything else. A box will help with pistols (to remove the flexibility hindrance) and you’re sorted.
- The latest requirements from the Bar-barians – speaking as a low-rep fan, why anyone would want to be able to do 40 dips, 20 pull-ups, 50 press-ups and 5 muscle-ups in 6 minutes is slightly beyond me. But it looks like a fun challenge so if I can get hold of a video camera with 6 minutes worth of memory, I might give it a go!
- How to find out if you are a natural conventional or sumo deadlifter – a great, technical article to answer to the question of whether you might be better off pulling conventionally or sumo-style.
- One-arm, one-leg push-up – this looks like another nice party trick. I went through a one-arm push-up phase a while back. Once I could knock out a few reps, though, I got bored and stopped doing them. High reps just don’t grab me, unfortunately. I could never be a real bodybuilder…
- The Close-To-Impossible – any article with a picture of Jasper Benincasa automatically gets a mention by me. This picture ranks up there for me with that picture of John Gill doing a one-arm front lever. I would love to see someone doing either the Close-To-Impossible or the one-arm front lever close up and live (not just on a video).
- Sumo deadlift tutorial – if point 6 made you think about sumo deadlifting, this could be the tutorial you need to get started.
- I-Bodybuilder questioned – by Alan Aragon on Lyle McDonald’s site, BodyRecomposition. I think T-Nation is great but sometimes I feel like they may be taking the p*ss a bit. This is a good article that reins in the epic enthusiasm surrounding the I-Bodybuilder project.
Well, I enjoyed reading those articles again and it certainly took my mind off the nagging hunger of my diet! I hope you found something interesting in there too.
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