Heavy, Dude…

I must have the worst case of dyscalculia… once again I was prepping for a Power To The People (PTTP) type lifting session and hosed up the weight amount when loading the bar.
But let me back up a little. Longsword on Friday was excellent, a good training session going over in some detail the [...]

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The Dead Has Risen

Title inspired by both Hallowe’en and my latest PT.
But first–last Sunday was a brief, simple bodyweight workout that was basically a 10×3. 10 chin ups, 10 push ups, 10 abs. Rinse and repeat for a total of three cycles, with run-stepping “over the line” (sort of a run in place, [...]

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Re-enter the Kettlebell

Just cooling down from a good kbell session, after not hitting them much for a couple of weeks or so. Mostly due to travel, and being involved in other trainings.
Since the seminar yesterday, and my plan to coach fencing today, I wanted a short, intense, but not-too-killer bout of kbell training to help both [...]

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Is this a dagger which I see before me?

Last Friday’s “longsword” practice was to be focused on Medieval/Renaissance dagger work, in prep for the seminar we were giving the next day.
However, a new guy showed up; Chris (the instructor) stuck with him to show him the basics of longsword technique and philosophy (so the guy could decide if he liked it and would [...]

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SweatEx With The Boss

Since today will mostly likely prove to be an awful day to head south on 95, I’ve decided to go in late, then come back waaay late, to try to avoid the worst of the traffic.
In so doing, I found myself with some spare time… what better way to use this morning free time than [...]

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Kbells Ring, Are You Listening?

Finally. It’s been a heck of a about a four-week time period (not quite a month). I haven’t had health issues like this in… well, ever, it seems. But I finally got a decent light kettlebell workout in yesterday.
First I twisted my knee whilst vigorously fencing (and kicking butt, I’ll have you [...]

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America–**** Yeah!

So, we have a new President. Even though I didn’t vote for him, I still wish him God Bless and God Speed. He’s *our* President now. One of the great things about America is that even though the country has elected one person for this office, we still see him as human, [...]

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Good Use

Yessir–that was a heck of a workout. Tonight I put the Courage Corner to good use using Ori Hofmekler’s Controlled Fatigue Training spiced up with his advanced ideas from his “Super Muscle” ebook.
As I mentioned before, incorporating his CFT ideas into my typical way of training is not really that much of a stretch. [...]

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Daily Tao

Verse 68 of the Tao Te Ching struck me (so to speak ) this morning:
In ancient days, the good soldier was not violent.
The good fighter indulged no rage.
Skilled conquerors engaged no enemy.
The best leaders exercised humility.
This is called the virtue of not contending.
This is called employing the powers of others.
This is called complying [...]

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