Compliance vs. Calories-The Mental Game

by | Mar 10, 2008 | Blog

or “when is 10% not really 10%?” I have written before about the 90% rule. Simply, it states that in order to achieve any meaningful result on a given program, you must comply with that program to at least 90%. Less than 90% doesn’t give you enough...

1000 32kg swings in 54 minutes

by | Mar 4, 2008 | Blog

Last week Rif posted on the Dragon Door forum that Tracy did 1000 swings with a 24kg kettlebell in 50:00. Inspired, I decided (on an off day) to do 1000 32kg kettlebell swings (100 sets of 10) on Saturday. I set Gymboss to :15/:15 and off I went. This allowed for 10...

George Hackenschmidt, RKC???

by | Feb 29, 2008 | Blog

The Russian Lion, George Hackenschmidt. No, Hack didn’t attend the RKC. However, the principals of the RKC School of Strength have deep roots. In “The Way To Live” Hack describes the proper execution of the one-arm Barbell Jerk: “Exercise 7....