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[quote]hel320 wrote:

[quote]mjnewland wrote:
my nephew is a navy corpsman (medic) serving with Marines in Afghanistan. i just found out that 2 weeks prior to cycling home, he hit an IED and has major damage to his lower legs. He is in Germany, soon to be sent to Walter Reed. I don’t know just how bad the damage is, but his mom said his leg was “shattered”. she is flying to maryland today, so I assume that my nephew is due there in the next day or two.

I am really angry about this. and sad[/quote]

Worked hand in hand with many corpman and medics. Rambo gets all the glory but these are the bravest people I’ve ever known. Do you know if he’s at Landstuhl? Excellent damn facility. Was cycled thru there several times myself. Tell him thanks and get better from one who’s been there. [/quote]

Actually, most of my information was wrong. He is at NNMC in Bethesda, been there since saturday.

I just spoke to him. Both heels and ankles irrepairably[sic] crushed, open tibia fracture on the right leg. No infection. The docs say they can save his feet, but he will have very little range of motion. If he goes with prosthesis, he will be able to walk in a couple months. he is a very active kid (he’s 30) does lots of skiing and snowboarding. He is 90% sure as of right now that he will go with the prosthesis. It was great to talk to him and hear him in such great spirits. His mom and brother are already there, and his dad gets there tonight.

My best friend from college is a Colonel in the Marines (I tricked him into joining and gave him his 2d salute), and I asked him to look after my nephew, which he is doing. They would probably take good care of him anyway, but having a “sea daddy” with some push never hurts.

Thanks for caring

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7/27/10 5/3/1 weighted dips(3) cycle 11

bw+15x 5 (12 would have been a pr. that’s what I get for going so long between sessions)

also did the following oly-type stuff:

45x 10 OHS
65x 10 OHS
power snatch from the hang for 1, followed immediately by 3 OHS 85/85/85/85/85
power snatch from the hang for 1, followed immediately by 2 OHS 105/105/105/105/105
power snatch from the hang for 1, followed immediately by 1 OHS 125/125/125/125/125

this was some ass-kicking work. 125 is a record for OHS - my hips are starting to really loosen up. I am getting reasonably low, as far as my bad knee will allow. I am also getting better mobility in my bad knee, but the fact that I have been using the kwadds on that side is giving me some tenderness in the patellar tendon.

I built an adjustable kettlebell yesterday. I haven’t had a chance to use it yet, but I’m looking forward to it.

go low harder,
old lardass

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7/28/10 5/3/1/ deadlift(3) cycle 11

Clean followed by pause to set up, then front squat:
2x 135/145/145/155/155
1x 165/165/165/175/175/175/185/185

Deadlift, 360x 1 (was supposed to get 3, needed 9 for a PR)

Was hoping to get 195, but the second 185 didn’t feel so good. On the deadlift, I was hoping to get 3, then 1 at 405, but after all those cleans I was too smoked. which is fine.

My front squats are getting really good (or so it seems to me), although my clean form is still awful.

I am still trying to get saturday morning off so I can do the Gauntlet with my new lifting/throwing club. today will be me last lifting day prior to the meet, so its recovery time. it will be nice to get some new maxes, and hopefully PR in bench and deadlift.

I will be adding some kettlebell work for conditioning starting this weekend. I think working the kettlebells will help my throws faster than than the oly lifts, since the learning curve on the bells is steeper. I may be going back to a more power oriented 5/3/1, and instead of doing cleans and snatches with real bad form, I will do front squats and overhead squats for BBB on squat and Deadlift. Dan John said I should buy tommy Kono’s book on oly lifting to learn that. when the snow hits, I will go back to doing (trying to learn) the oly lifts for the winter. I may be in a position to go to one of the crossfittish type gyms and get some instruction on the oly lifts, but I won’t participate in crossfit. Unless they have hot gerlz, in which case I totally will.

Pretend to be somebody Harder,
old lardass

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OHS fuck the world

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i am actually starting to like them. i might be kwear

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[quote]mjnewland wrote:
i am actually starting to like them. i might be kwear[/quote]
What do you mean ‘might be’? Talking to Dan John…Wendler’s gonna be pissed.

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My becoming a Dan John nutswinger will in no way affect my Jim Wendler nutswinging

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7/31/10 Deadlift, Bench, and The Gauntlet
Hex Bar Deadlift took 3rd with 460, beaten by a 500 and a 590.
Bench took 2d with 315, beaten by 335.

both of these were new PRs. I know that the physics are different with a straight bar, but I deadlifted 460 so bite me - it took like 2 hours to grind it up from the ground the first 4 inches. 30lb pr. Bench was a 5lb pr, but I broke my cherry for 3 wheels so that was cool.

The Gauntlet: There are 5 exercises, you do them in a circuit. each time around, you must attempt each lift, even if you get a no lift. The most you can lift on each excercise is 5 reps per circuit. As soon as you lift the first thing, the timer starts. You do as much as you can in 10 minutes. They add up all the reps on each lift, add up the gross tonnage moved. highest poundage wins.

Bench 135
Curl 50
hex bar deadlift 200
overhead “piston” dumbell press, 50lb dumbells
rolling thunder 135

I took 2d with something around 25,000 lbs. I got the most reps in bench and oh press. Rolling Thunder kicked my ass - I never failed, but I could only get one rep each circuit.

There is no way I would have pushed myself that hard for 10 minutes if I was doing something like that on my own, so its nice to have someone to play with. it was fun, killer work, and I am feeling it today. i need to get off my ass and do some recovery work, but i probably won’t.

Tonight I start doing the “Program Minimum” from Enter the Kettlebell. I will do this until my highland games on 9/12. I am doing it for both conditioning, and because there is a lot of hip used, and should help my throws. PM is alternating days between A Day, 12 minutes of swings (interspersed with planks) and B Day, 5 minutes of turkish getups. I will be starting with a 16kg (35lb) bell, and (hopefully) progress.

As I mentioned earlier, I think, I have made an adjustable kettlebell which I have named “Frankenbell”. If I can get my hands on a camera, I will show it to you along with “Frankenbar”, my dumbell handle i use for kroc roze.

Having Fun Harder,
old lardass

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Dan John, huh? Excellent lifts in your meet. Sounds like you had a great time. Starting back into my highland throws to get ready for my games. Would love to see a picture of your DIY kettlebell. “Enter the Kettlebell”.? Is that about a skinny oriental kettlebell who goes to this island to fight the evil kettlebell lord? Sounds familiar. Have to look into that.

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Congrats on the meet and the PR’s. That 460 is huge and I better get my ass in gear if I want to beat you to a 500 pull.

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Very cool John. You must be pumped benching 3 45’s on each side. The gauntlet doesn’t look like something you’d want to eat a big meal before. Was this a crossfit event or something different?

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[quote]ecogenx wrote:
Very cool John. You must be pumped benching 3 45’s on each side. The gauntlet doesn’t look like something you’d want to eat a big meal before. Was this a crossfit event or something different? [/quote]
naw, if it was crossfit it would have been 30 minutes instead of 10.

The club I joined is called “The Sons of Scotland Throwing and Lifting Club”. The guy who runs it (owns implements and a field) does a few “lifting” events thrown in with the highland games stuff. this includes the 2 I wrote about here, both spring and fall strongman events, and whatever else Jeff comes up with. These are not very well publicized events, so its just the guys in the club. We did it outside, first time in decades that I have lifted outside.

I think Doc might be a closet crossfitter, the rest of us are too fat.

2 days later, and my ass and traps are still sore. I love this game

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No training so far this week. my 12 yr old son is in the conference championship swim meet yesterday and today. he qualified in both breast stroke and butterfly. 50 breast stroke was yesterday, did it in 36.9 sec or something, which was nearly a 2 second PR.

He got all nervous at the finals, added a second back in, took 14th. today is 50 butterfly, he qualified for finals again with a 1 second pr, but I don’t remember the actual time. finals are tonight. if he can keep relaxed, he will like place much better tonight than last night.

I’ll be honest, I learned to swim a real stroke just before I joined the Marines. It is tradition that Marines be able to swim while dragging someone else, since we are part of the navy and you can never really count on them to keep the damn things floating. Swimming has never been a large part of my life. and since my breasts are bigger than my wife’s, I tend not to like pools either.

But, when you only have one kid, and its their sport, you try to get interested. Of course, I am the only fat guy amongst all the skinny swimmer children and their skinny swimmer parents. Most of them look at me like I have 2 heads. I always say no, those are my traps, not another head. what are traps? they ask. not really, but it sounded funny inside my head.

i enjoy being around lots of girls in bathing suits, There are some coaches though that are nothing short of hot.

I may get to lift and/or throw once or twice this week, then off to disneyland next week. don’t know if i’ll be able to train since I’ll be with the fambly

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Congrats to your boy on the PR’s and best of luck in teh butterfly tonight.

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Thanks goat. on the butterfly, in the prelims he cut a half second off his best time. That night, in the finals, he cut off another quarter and took 13th. we were all very happy and proud.

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congrats on the kids PRs. good luck in Disneyland

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Being married I never notice any of the hot moms at my kids sporting events.You’re just a pervert.

Congrats to your boy.

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Congrats to your boy.

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Thanks guys.

I have made my triumphant return to my desk. my left foot is so badly blistered from all the running around disneyland for 5 days, that I can’t walk normally so no throwing and no lifting as of yet.

i may be the biggest pussy in the universe. just sayin

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Come on you’re top ten but not the biggest pussy. How was Disney? I’ve never been.