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. [...]
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How to make round-up
November 17th, 2009 3 Comments
Yesterday, I explained how I had a major set-back at the weekend. How I sat down on Friday evening, made a cup of coffee, cracked my knuckles and settled down to a couple of hours uninterrupted writing. Only to find that my computer refused to boot up. Don’t panic Mr Mainwaring! As I said yesterday, the first [...]
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Introducing round-up
November 16th, 2009 2 Comments
I’ve had a bit of a set-back on the blogging front this weekend. One I’m sure that many of you can relate to. I sat down on Friday evening, made a cup of coffee, cracked my knuckles and settled down to a couple of hours uninterrupted writing. Only to find that my computer refused to [...]
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Climbers talk strength training
November 9th, 2009 Comments Off
Thinking about John Gill again recently sent me off on a hunt for articles and interviews that well-known climbers have written or given relating to strength training. For those of you who don’t know, climbers are some of the most brutally strong individuals around. John Gill John gave this interview about training. Some of the [...]
Confessions: sometimes I do too much
November 4th, 2009 Comments Off
We’ve all seen the new guy on the forums who has a question about his new workout routine. “What do you think?” He asks. “I’m going to do squats and heavy cleans on Mondays, deadlifts on Tuesdays, high intensity track sprints on Wednesdays, squats and heavy cleans again on Thursdays, chins and dips on Fridays, [...]
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