No links post this week as I’m on holiday at the moment. Instead, I’ve reviewed an interesting website: Strengthopedia. It sounds like a bizarre disease or a heinous crime but actually it’s a website detailing various strength records. It details some of the more obscure records, including those for grip events, deadlifts and pull ups. [...]
Entries from December 31st, 2009
Introducing: the Romanian Deadlift (RDL)
December 30th, 2009 3 Comments
This is just a quick post to introduce the Romanian Deadlift (RDL), an exercise I have introduced into my programme to help strengthen my lower back. It’s also a sneaky introduction for me to the world of embedding video into my blog so please bear with me while I get used to the technical side [...]
Tags: Romanian Deadlift
Cardio strength workouts
December 29th, 2009 1 Comment
I have tried at various times during 2009 to introduce some “extra workouts” into my week. During the year, I have tried using sandbags, circuits, complexes, strongman exercises and assistance workouts. One of the concepts I keep coming back to, though, is cardio strength training. What is cardio strength training? The best explanation of cardio [...]
Tags: cardio strength · hybrid muscle
Possible 2010 goals
December 28th, 2009 Comments Off
As the New Year rapidly approaches, I have started thinking about my goals for 2010. The problem is that there are so many to choose from! At the moment I have some concrete goals to see me through to Easter. They are: a double-bodyweight pull up; a 2.5x bodyweight deadlift, probably 187.5kg (415lbs); and bench [...]
Tags: 2010 · bench · deadlift · Goals · one-arm chin · pistol · pull up
Don’t miss these great links!
December 24th, 2009 2 Comments
I just couldn’t miss the opportunity to do one more links post in 2009! This is my ninth links post and judging from the welcome receiption they’re getting, I’ll be continuing to do them in 2010… You just can’t beat a good Star Wars picture to cheer you up. Especially at Christmas time. And here [...]
Tags: Links
