Hardstyle Down Under, 2011

Sorry I haven’t blogged for a while. I have been slammed busy, including a two week trip to Australia for the second time to teach another HKC and some other workshops. This was one of those rare trips when I get to take Mandy with me for a little bit of tourist...

AOBS 2011

On September 17th I attended the 28th annual Association of Oldetime Barbell and Strongman banquet.  I love going to this event because it is a chance to be around living breathing strength history.  Upon my arrival Friday night, fellow RKC Eric Moss was waiting for...

Double Cleans

Lately when I haven’t been doing Barbell work or swings, I have been using double kettlebell for a lot of my stuff. In particular I have been digging deeper into the double front squat and the double clean. I went thru a period several years ago when I competed in GS...

Did you Lose some weight?

Yes, I did and a  lot of people have commented since the last blog post about how I am looking leaner. This is the leanest I have been in a very long time, and getting leaner every week.  I appreciate the comments and questions, so I thought I’d give y’all...

Swings and snatches.

    If you are wondering if swings help snatches, consider this. In June, on a whim, I did 200 24kg snatches in under 8:00. I had done very little snatching leading up to this. I have snatched three times in the past month, once with 40kg and twice with 48kg for...