Entries from July 2008

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

This is my brain on Strength Camp

Workout:
Max Effort Bench Press with Chains
Combo Catch of the Day: Ray Hearts Steve.
(now the name of the combo should make sense)
If you’ve never done crocodile pushups before here’s a video of the combo featuring Bodytribe member Eddie:

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This is my brain on Strength Camp
I’m not anti-coffee, I just […]

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Ugly

Lifting today shall proceed as follows:
ME Bench Press
Combo Catch o’ the Day: Mr. Crowley. Now there’s been a small amount of confusion about my use of the term ‘push press.’ The modern lifter will often refer to a push press as a leg assisted overhead press, which I will agree with. BUT […]

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Strength Camp, my bruthas and sistas

Today’s workout:
ME Box Squat.
Goodmornings/lunge Buelers. heavy. 6 each. 3 sets.
KB Swings/ Sandbag Clean and Throw. Swings= 15 reps, sandbag= 120 feet (down and back). Repeat 3 times.

STRENGTH CAMP: CAN YOU DIG IT!
Remember Cyrus, the leader of the Riffs, standing on his platform, pulling a Charleston Heston and screaming CAAAAN YOOOUUUU DIGGGG IIIIIIT? That’s […]

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Selfish vs Self-Centered

Today’s workout: sometimes we gotta go though the video vault and dig out the gems:

If ya don’t have the tools for the last combo, improvise!!
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SELFISH vs SELF-CENTERED (complete with semi-random photo selections, with the exception of Ayn Rand)
The comments from the last post brought up some good thoughts and got my noggin’ spinning…..
“Selfishness” is often […]

Monday, July 14th, 2008

The evolution of personal goals.

I’m posting an entire workout today, not just parts. It spans the Spectrum (like most of our workouts do), from max force development to keeping up an intense workload for a chunk of time, but it also spans another spectrum, from utilizing the heaviest weights you can handle to a combo with no […]

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

No, it’s not like that… sort of

MFD lift of the day: Jerk press. Max Effort style (hey, powerlifters stole the concept from the world of weightlifting)!
Combo Catch of the Day: Although not listed on our list of GPP combos yet, we’ll cal this one the David Lee Roth. It’s simple: sandbag burpees/cleans/presses. 30 reps for time. Here’s a […]

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Almost Famous

Here’s some fun:
Lift o’ the Day: Heavy Squat of some variety (85-90% of max) immediately followed by DE Deadlifts (3 reps). 5-6 sets.
Combo Catch of the Day: Brick Don’t Hit Back. Trainer Allyson has been putting smiles on client’s faces with this wonderful combo. Short, sweet and replaces and entire room full of leg […]

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Happy B-Day, United States!!

What the heck does one do to prepare to celebrate the 4th of July?
Dynamic Effort Deadlifts, of course.
Combo Catch of the Day: Eat Lightning

GATHERING OF THE TRIBES: Summer Strength Camp 2008
Just a reminder, folks…
A great opportunity for strength and performance education will be happening at Bodytribe in July. Saturday and Sunday, July 26th and […]