Weekend CAP

Closing in on the last waking hours of another refreshing weekend. Spent it doing a little training, being with family, and trying to break my dog like a wild horse (Think Marley and Me). Ultimately it was a great weekend, could have just added a motorcycle ride in there. But, don’t worry about that, I … Continue reading

Snatch & Confidence

Well did a heavy snatch workout today (3-3-2-1-1). I hit a PR by 15 pounds (215). Funny thing was my form was shot to hell today. It got me thinking about why I was able to hit a PR even though I wasn’t executing the lift properly. I realized it all had to do with … Continue reading

Sandbags are coming!

This PLUS THIS = … Just joking, however I am psyched that I just got in my four used army duffel bags. I am making four sandbags, technically pea gravel bags, this weekend for training. Should be a fun time – if a fun time means shoveling little gravel pieces into a hundred ziplock bags. … Continue reading

  • John Donne – Meditation 17

    No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee...