Entries from June 2008

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Squat and grumble

Short post today. We’re having some carpet installed and I’m also outlining an upcoming DVD series that we’ll be filming shortly. So…
Lift of the day: Max out on overhead squats.
Combo Catch of the Day: Since so many Bodytribers seem to have s-day around this week (Earl, AJ, Tara, Amanda, Krissy, and my bandmate Matty), […]

Friday, June 27th, 2008

MMA, sandbags and Faith.

Lift o’ that Day: DE DEADLIFT. Imagine the possibilities. Taste the rainbow. Are ya on the bus or off the bus?
Combo Catch of the Day: Nothing to See Here
Fun with sandbags:

FREEWILL vs. OPEN MIND
I was interviewed by the Sacramento Bee last week for some sort of feature on our […]

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Revisiting the Full Circle

MFD of the day: ME Bench.
Combo Catch of the Day: Powerslave

The FULL CIRCLE
(upon reading older blogs, I realized I wanted to post this one again. This is for anyone who thinks they know it all, because chances are you don’t.)
Dave Tate put the germ of this idea in my noggin, which has since been […]

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Resistance is futile

ME squats today. Have some fun with it, try something a little different.
Combo catch of the day: Crap Thunder

Scott Hagnas, a fearless leader from CrossFit Portland, honored the Tribe with a visit. Unfortunately I couldn’t stay long, since I was still being a studio whore, but my partner in iron Brent was there […]

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Like taking acid

It’s Deadlift Friday, but I don’t get to join you kids today because I’m in a recording studio with the band Sliver Darlings being their drum whore for the afternoon/evening. We’re having fun, but i’ve had waaay to many homemade brownies to consider this a healthy escapade.
DE Deadlifts
Combo Catch of the Day: KITCHEN SINK
I celebrated […]

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Tuesday quickie

Forgot to post the squat workout yesterday. Sorry.
Today:
Lift of the Day: ME Bench Press
Today’s Combo Catch: Robert Altman

Busy, but will catch up soon:
The Second Saturday ArtWalk was a little insane this month…. more later.
Sunday found me spending time in San Francisco with my good friend Ani Kyd, who originally introduced me to Jello Biafra […]

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

MMA, KB’s and Hubris (and our new blogging resources)

I’ll be posting the Lift of the Day for anyone who wants to get there max force development on, especially Team Bodytribe, who are training hard for our upcoming September RAW meet. But then you, kind lifter, get to be creative with that lift. If today is Squat Day, you pick the squat. […]

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Almost there

I made a dangerous discovery this weekend. My techno-moronic brain finally discovered how my website can upload videos. It wasn’t embedding the code like it should of, and it took a bit of sleuthing to figure out why. Not only was that a major discovery for my tiny trainer brain, but some other lessons […]

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

The wide, wide world of sports

How the daily workouts will be posted now is going to get a bit more in depth. It will take me a day or two to put this altogether, but we’ll have a collection of daily options. I’ll be posting bits of my training as I’m on a quest to not fall on […]

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Too many possibilities

TODAY’S WORKOUT
Squats. Heavy. Max? Okay.
Goodmornings/farmer’s walk. Heavy, especially the farmer’s walk. 3 sets, 6-10 reps/100 feet.
Sandbag clean and throw/squat hops. Clean and throw the bag bag across the gym and back (100 feet) then squat hop in a full circle around the gym. What’s a squat hop? Squat down and stay low as you […]