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, November 29, 2018

WM, MP, SW, etc

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Took yesterday off. Have not been getting quite enough sleep - my wife has a cold, and this morning, the cat woke me up at 4 AM because he ...

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Getting back into lifting

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Friday, in hotel, some good stretching and some bw stuff Saturday/Sunday, no lifting, just walking although I did do some SE-inspired spri...

Thursday, November 22, 2018

Hotel - VPP

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Today, Thursday, Thanksgiving day, and on the road Walk 1.5 miles At the hotel gym: SE-inspired VPP (viking pushpress) routine: 00:0...

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

WM, SW

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Today, Wednesday SE run - on the way to grocery store, 6 x 30-step sprints over 16 minutes later WM - bw x 1L/R Rings: StC x 1 + FL ...

WM, C&P

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Today, Tuesday walk, stretch Dips - deep stretch + 1 dip Rings: StC x 1 + slightly lower FL WM: 10 kg x 3L/R - improving! On the wa...

Friday, November 16, 2018

Bar Hang, Dip, WM, C&P, SW

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Yesterday, Thursday, feeling tired and maybe over-exercised, so walk but nothing else Today, Friday shovel snow a little Bar hang: bw ...

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

WM, MP, SW

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Today, Wednesday, 3rd exercise day post-meet and 4th day post-meet More Egyptians bar hang: bw + 12 kg, 0:45 walk to store w/ 2 bouts ...

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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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