Monthly Archives: April 2008

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008, 11-2. Old tools, new uses. Play with leverage and rotation unlike anything a dumbbell can offer. Let’s cut through the trendy nonsense and get to the nitty gritty intensity these tools can provide. Along with hands-on … Continue reading →

Workout: Jerk press practice. Sets of 3, never heavier than 60% of max. KB incline press with bands. 3 sets of 5-6. Featured in this video (at 30 seconds). Static-explosive bench press/ explosive pushups. 10 second hold/6 presses/pushups until you … Continue reading →

Snatches. Technique practice. Sets of 2-3 at about 70% max. Front squats. 4 sets of 5. KB Swings/pullups/burpees: 21/15/9 for time. See? I don’t totally hate CrossFit. Although getting this combo under 10 minutes took some bad words and sweating. … Continue reading →

Coming up soon, we’re going to have a challenge day. We’re in a lull between power lifting meets or sans any good summer goals right now, so why not throw something together that gives us all a day of groaning, … Continue reading →

Max Jerk Press: You know the drill; heavy, low rep sets, with big rests, until you’re only doing single rep sets, progressively heavier until no can do. Daves’ Combo: Heavy sandbag carry/heavy sled blast/push up crawls/pullups. 100 feet/100 feet/ 50 … Continue reading →

The overhead squat challenge Overhead squat: your bodyweight on the bar, as many reps as possible. If you don’t squeeze in a good number of warm up sets first, you’re either super human or an idiot. KB Squat Press/sled pull/sandbag … Continue reading →

The Carrying Combo: One of my all-time favorite combos, featured somewhere in this video: Hang Snatches/Full Cleans/Deadlifts – all with farmer’s walks in between. 2 barbells (a heavier one for the cleans) and a pair of loaded farmer’s walk handles. … Continue reading →

Here’s a quick, simple, no frills workout that lacks bells and whistles, but will wallop ya. It doesn’t matter what you use for toys – a barbell, some large stones, hookers – but we’re going to use three simple movement … Continue reading →