Kinda fun, kinda tough.

Danish Olympic wrestler Mark O. Madsen and his coach the Dane of Pain Kenneth Jay have upped the ante with VO2 max snatch protocol. Mark recently completed 80 set of 8 reps per side in the 15 second version, using 24kg. The previous “standard” was 50 sets....

On the Local Front

Do you live in Nashville? Are you planning to visit Nashville? Wanna see what my classes look like? Wanna know if it’s right for you? Wanna talk to the people who are out there busting it with me? Check out the brand-spanking-new social networking site for my...

June 27th

I looked at the calendar earlier and noticed that today is June 27th. I’m sure you know that already. So why am I talking about it now? What is the signifigance of 6-27? Five years ago today I attended my first RKC certification and began my journey as a...

My student speaks

The iron ore feels its self needlessly tortured as it goes through the furnace. The tempered blade looks back and knows better.-Japanese ProverbAs an instructor, I feel very proud when a student has breakthough. It could be finally getting a particular technique that...

Long Cycle

First- a bunch of low rep overhead work today, mixed in with various pinch work.24kg press1×5/532kg press1×5/540kg press2×3/344kg (32+12 in one hand)3x 1/148 kg bent press2×1/148kg pushpress1×2/2 Somewhere in there I tore a deck of cards for...