We Ride Chickens

From "Enter The Kettlebell" by Pavel Tsatsouline, Page 82: "A passing-by jarhead buddy of his joked, “Are those your legs, or are you riding a chicken?!” Fighting men ride chickens - got a problem with that?" I am not a fighting man but I choose to ride chickens, to be strong and thin. A few months shy of my 57th birthday, I also want to be healthy in every way possible.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

3 Days to Meet

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Bodyweight 151 even this morning. Food has been simple the last few days. --> Instead of having my usual homemade almond butter, bana...

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Easy Bench and More Pre-Meet Variety

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Monday - off, not feeling great, very busy day, just some stretching Tuesday (today) Dumbbell bench press with 20's and 30's. ...

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Variety Day - Barbell Plate See-Saw Military Press

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Barbell Plate See-Saw Military Press - a strange movement I have created (not the first person to think of it, I'm sure, but I've ne...

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Saturday - first lifting in a week

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Bodyweight - yesterday (day after Thanksgiving), 153.2. Today, 152.2 Stretch a bit: FSQ: bar x 8, 95 x 5 SQ: 135 x 4 paused, SQ: All...

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Variety - 48 kg swings

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walk 2 miles Try some of the V-sit double presses I read about in the StrongFirst.com blog. For me, they were more like side split presse...

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

2 Days Post-Meet - Variety: Pistols, Pullups, Pushups, Windmills

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I was all kinds of weird sore yesterday, Monday, the day after the meet. Things ached in places they never have before, one knee hurt for a...

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Sunday, November 18, 2012

Meet Results - Good!

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Weighed in last night and just barely made weight. Was 150.6 upon waking, 149.8 before I left the house, 149.2 when I got to the hotel, and...

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Steve Freides: I teach private music lessons in our home for most of my living. I am a church music director and organist, and a synagogue choir director. I hold a DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) degree and have taught at NYC's Mannes College of Music and Bergen (NJ) Community College. For https://StrongFirst.com, I am Forum Administrator, Director of Community Engagement, and a Senior Instructor. I hold multiple state, national, and world records as a powerlifter specializing in the deadlift, including having set the NJ record in the USA-PL for Raw Division, Men 60 to 64 years of age, 66 kg (146 lb.) weight class.

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