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.

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Test Day

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Testing for a 8-12 rep max on bench press and front squat. The BP test is a bit complicated since my most recent cycle was all narrow grip...

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Planned Down Time

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After my Heavy Day last Friday, which completed my ladder cycle, I had two very busy days over the weekend - drive to Philly with a stop on ...

Friday, August 23, 2013

Heavy Day

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Nothing except walking and stretching yesterday - was going to lift but ended up waiting 3 hours to see my doctor for my should-be-annual-bu...

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Variety - Pushup, Pistol, Pullup

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A few OAOL 2-step height pushups, a few pistols, 2 towel pullups, 24 kg on foot pullups x 3 left foot, 3 right foot - for the frequenc...

Monday, August 19, 2013

Medium Day: 5 ladders to 4

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A very busy day yesterday - drive 30 minutes, played in church, drove 2-1/2 hours to a 4-hour rehearsal in Philly, drove 2 hours home. Tod...

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Life's Getting Busy - 4 days off, then Easy Day

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Really, 5 days between Heavy and next, which is today's, Light workout. The last workout, which included my first ladders to 5, really ...

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Variety - PU/Pistol

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walk 1 bw pistol each side, 1 OAOL pushup, 2-step height, each side frequent stretching to deal with the tight back and hips from all th...

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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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