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Down Concert Review
I have always been a metalhead. Pantera was the first real metal band that I listened to because, looking back on it, all the hair metal and Van Halen and even Guns N' Roses weren't really Metal. Far...
View ArticleThe Almighty Sun
You know that ringing that goes off when you leave the refrigerator door open? That sound makes me want to kill.Do you know about Dr. Jack Kruse? I found him on YouTube. He was on one of the podcasts...
View ArticlePushup Test and UFC Stuff
I have yet to see any compelling research that starting your kids at a young age in the weight room is a bad thing. Everybody is like, no heavy weights, but what are push-ups? If they can do push-ups,...
View ArticleDogs and Keep Your Mouth Shut
It is summertime in South Jersey; the temperature is in the 90s. It gets humid here- not like Florida humidity, but hot enough that when you train outside at nine AM, you end up dripping sweat, and...
View ArticleReading
I have to find a good book to read. The last books that I read that kicked ass were Mark Powell's Hurricane Season and Frank Bill's Back to the Dirt. Both of these gritty books are the kind that keep...
View ArticleWhen is it Enough?
Well? Is it clear? We are just little puppets for the few "in the club," a club that we aren't members of (as George Carlin used to say). You have to be reading some of the news lately, and you are...
View ArticleJump In
When I was a kid, I used to have nightmares of falling into the Sinepuxent Bay and being swept away. My parents always warned my sister and me about the powerful current. I had those nightmares for...
View ArticleGotta Write Something
I feel the need to write, but I don’t know that I have anything to say.I could write about training with weights and tell stories about years gone by and how it used to be before men began painting...
View ArticleSummer Days
You know what a perfect day is?When you are vacationing at the beach, let's say, Ocean City, Maryland, in early August. In my mind, it is in the early 80's, when the world and Ocean City were much...
View ArticleReal World, Real Men
I think I have screwed up with my sons, especially my middle one, away at college, playing collegiate sports. I screwed up because I surrounded him with men his whole life, real men. Most of the men he...
View ArticleThese days
Birthdays were great growing up. My parents would let me choose anything that I wanted for dinner. And what did I always choose? A bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken. It wasn't called "KFC", because we...
View ArticleTraining A Teenager
If you are sending your teenage boy to a personal trainer /strength coach and the coach is having your kid perform "gimmicky" exercises (Standing on a ball, endless rotator cuff exercises, walking...
View ArticleFamily
I was thinking about my father today. He passed away last June at age ninety-one. When he was dying, he said to me over and over, "This is really awful," like he couldn't believe how bad he felt. My...
View ArticleToday
I was just outside with my puppy, Tank and his Uncle, Rebel and I was thinking that today sure was strange. It was just a weird day. Today was the opening day of goose season in Maryland and I was all...
View ArticleThanksgiving Days
Thanksgiving was always a cool holiday in my house growing up. My favorite Uncle, Uncle Mike, my mother's brother, would come to visit with his wife, Aunt June. They lived in Queens, New York and we...
View ArticleGet Away
Going solo. Going on my own. A long time ago I learned to look over a situation before opening my mouth. Walking alone. Covered in emotions. Rain falls. Talking to myself. Talking to my dogs....
View ArticleScrewed
Oh, man. My buddy Steve has a Black Labrador puppy that he wants me to get. It's Rebel's nephew. Oh, man. But do I want a puppy? Oh, I love them so much. Them romping around and learning all the new...
View ArticleDon't Be Common and Kids All Messed Up
It seems that all I ever do is yearn for days gone by, or rather the way it was in the "old days". I guess that one would call that living in the past, but I can't help myself. The 70’s and 80’s were a...
View ArticleTime With My Buddy
I went to the beach over Labor Day weekend with my 12 year old son, Max. We usually sneak away together once a summer. The wife has to work and the 18 year old has football, so Max and I either go away...
View ArticleLean Times
There are some poor people out there. It really sucks to be poor. I have to admit that I have been amazingly poor before.When I was a student assistant coach 30 years ago, I remember writing in my...
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