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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, May 21st, 2008

Strength Vacation, or, “What I did at Strength Camp”

About half an hour south of Eureka, a semi-truck melted. Apparently this concerned Caltrans, and they decided that cars driving by a giant chemical flame ball wasn’t a hazard they wanted to risk, so they closed the freeway. At first this angered my inner driving caveman (me drive fast. me not stop for […]

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Wish you were here

The Strength Camp in the Redwoods is over, and today is reserved for hiking.  Upon my return there will be an in depth account of the weekend and the lessons learned.

Thanks, my new Arcata tribe.  I’ll see you soon.

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

Workout, smerkout… it’s about the music

The extreme cliffnoted version of South By SouthWest…
The good news is that I’ve been swimming every morning, and swimming better than I ever have. In fact my daily schedule seems to be:
* wake up
* chug protein drink
* swim and hit the hot tub
* hit the ground running to see bands, perform and enjoy Austin
* […]

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Austin and Global Warming

Quick workout at Hyde Park Gym (which you’ll read more about in a minute) today:
1-arm snatches/windmills. up to one rep max.
bent rows/hang cleans/jump squats/pullups. One bar (except for the pullups), 3 reps each, fairly heavy, and as fast as possible. 6 sets, with relatively short rest.
AUSTIN AND GLOBAL WARMING
Bumpy flights are scary. And […]