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Coupling ‘gonorrhea’ and ‘triumphantly’ in a sentence was a nice touch. Nothing like boastful VD. (No, I have didn’t click on any link to see what website this was for).

So today’s workout will be titled Gonorrhea Triumphant

Overhead Squat Max. Like any other max squat workout, but get that bar over your head. And make sure to use bumper plates.

Pistol Squats. 4 sets, 5 reps per leg. Since ability range on these is from hold-onto-something-for-dear-life to hold-onto-something-heavy-for-added-challenge, pick your poison, but make sure that 5 reps per leg is pretty darn hard. Start with the ’special’ leg, the one that puts up a little more of a fight.

Lunge Buelers/Sled Drag/Sandbag Carry. 6 reps per side/200 feet/100 feet. 3 rounds. Yeah, I’ve been on a lunge bueler kick recently. I’m determined to do them until my butt stops aching for days afterwards. Make everything here sort of heavy, especially the sandbag. The buelers are hard enough sans too much weight, especially since we want some speed on these.

Rock the joint mobility work, both before and after (’Open’ and ‘Release’), since your hips and spine will be fried.

Competition

Personal challenges are paramount to empowerment.  Sometimes a public platform might be the kick we need to continue on our quest for progress.  Competition can be like a Socratic dialectic, having someone challenge you towards the truth. Ultimately it is our own personal struggle to succeed, and competition can simply be the physical dialog needed to help us towards realization.

Unfortunately ours is a culture of worship, not emulation, so competition becomes an attempt to create temporary gods, winners of contests being heralded with kingly status.  This does little for our tribe ultimately except create rivalries and conquests for power. Except for PR charity stunts, our competitive heroes, our rock star sports icons, don’t give the tribe much to go on for personal empowerment except bragging rights that our town, country or college can kick your town, country or colleges ass.

Amateur strength and speed sports offer something a little different. This past weekend we held another APA powerlifting meet, and, as usual, the camaraderie and support was  something that every competitor could take with them up onto the platform and utilize later when life needs the extra support.  Donna McGill’s first 100 pound competition bench press will change her life as much as Mark Bell’s 835 pound bench attempt will drive him to continually strive for strength. A hard fought battle for a 200 pound squat won as many accolades as someone else’s similar fight with 500 pounds. It’s the fight for empowerment, not the utter need to crush your opponents, that fueled most of the participants on that platform, and it is that way for most strength sports.  The other competitors offer a competitive dialectic needed for us to see what is possible. but the ego, the drive for domination and status (or money, definitely not money), isn’t the ultimate motivator here.

So a big thank you to everyone who participated, whether it be through competition, lending a helping hand, or simply coming out to offer support.  Each of you probably learned a thing or two about yourself, even if you have yet to stand on the platform and compete.

It was a long day for everyone, but we persevered.

Speaking of competition,  Bodytribe member Stephen Boland will be shuttling off to Boston to compete in the 2008 Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships.   So far he’s having a good year, so we wish him luck in destroying his personal records.  Have a blast!