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I started on the “Paleo Diet” yesterday. Well, it’s not so much of a “diet.” Basically, you eat lots of protein, fruit, vegetables/greens and nuts. That’s basically it. You cut out all the other forms of carbs and stick to those. Heck, what else is

I finally got some sense knocked into me by Steve Gough (1 of my 2 coaches) and squatted my arse off yesterday. I squatted 5 separate times yesterday (with 4 being maximal, and the other one I Had to stop because of a crazy passing out incident). Anyway, here was what it looked like:

1. Most of our athletes “Fall” into weightlifting after their other goals/dreams/hopes fail…(usually at around age 18-23, or older) 2. We are like 1/3 countries who have  strict out of competition drug testing. 3. It is not like wrestling/baseball/football where you

Wrestling Fans, or even just fans of a good motivational story…You absolutely have to watch this video. Amazing stuff. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=jensen You just have to cheer for a guy who turns his life around like that.

A lot of people ask me what different things I do for recovery… First,  I really try to eat as clean and healthy as possible: Daily Diet/Supplement Intake: 8am: 6 egg omelette (only 2 whole eggs), 1c Orange Juice 9am: 1/4th Scoop NO-Shotgun, 1 Promax Protein Bar 9:45am: 1 Scoop

Guys, go ahead and check out Kendrick Farris’s website here: http://kendrickjfarris.com/ He posts some pretty cool stuff in his blog and also has some cool “Bless The Gym” wristbands in his store.  

I took it a lot easier this week in training. My shoulder/elbow are pretty beat up, so I decided to do a LOT less volume on the snatch and clean&jerk. I hope to come back on monday feeling pretty fresh and recovered. And, READY TO ROCK! Woohoo!  I got all kinds of energy already.

Yesterday and today my elbow has been bothering me quite a bit (I think I strained a ligament on the inside of it). So, I can’t quite hold a rack position (so it makes cleaning impossible). However, I still did manage to get some snatch work in. 319lb Push Press from today. This

I’ve had quite a few follow up questions about the post-workout shake I posted last week. I’ll break it down a little bit farther for you guys as far as WHY each fruit/ingredient goes into the smoothie. Now, I don’t drink this smoothie EVERY single day, I generally d