Blue Collar Recovery 3/10/2011  by  Glenn Pendlay Posted on www.pendlay.com, I Am just copy pasting the article because it is pretty good! Most of you are somewhat familiar with recovery methods of professional or full time athletes. Massage therapists. Cold plunges. Well outfitted tr

Anyone ever feel like they’re in quicksand? It’s a horrendous feeling. The harder I try to get out, the more effort I put in the deeper I sink. I don’t know any other way but to try harder, and, I just sink deeper. I Get worse and worse. My lifts go downhill. My tech

Yesterday: Power Snatch- up to 120kgx3x1 Power Clean- up to 140kgx3x1 Both were maximal…Just all I could manage to hit. Today was: Morning: Snatch- up to 120kgx2x1 CJ- up to 150kgx1 Front Squat- up to 185kgx1, 200kgx0, 190kgx0 Afternoon: Snatch- up to 140kgx1 (308lbs), 145kgxcla

I just bought 50lbs of grass fed beef.  It really doesn’t look any different than any other type of meat, and, that’s what 50lbs looks like in our GYM’s freezer LOL (See below). Didn’t have room in the freezer at the house, so, the gym will have to work. I will

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: