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Calm and Seeking
I was standing in a goose blind the other day. Not much was flying, a lull in the action. And I'm looking out at the field, at the decoys, and I had this moment where I realized all the stuff I have...
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Getting Fired Up
So what's your training been like? Do you take time off for "The Holidays?" C'mon man. It's okay though. I learned many years ago that folks need to decide for themselves when they are going to be...
View ArticleSquattage.
What's going on? Not much here. Squatting and pressing mostly. Tonight I had to rush around and didn't train at work so I squatted in the basement with the Labs and the Kids. I was gonna do some curls...
View ArticleThoughts, Strong Women, Uncle George
Observations, thoughts, opinions.I have been training for many years, since 1979, I believe. That is a long time. When I first started out, no women lifted weights. Now it has changed. Not sure how...
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Frank Bill Interview
I have this weird thing that I do where once I read something that I like by someone, I look up the author and find out what they are really like. Like when people ask, “I wonder what they are like in...
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Deads, Sturgill, A Good Read
Training stuff- Had a weird thing happen to me the other day. So I have been staying away from deadlifts for almost 2 years now. Had some surgery and I deadlifted a few times, I think that I went up to...
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Thoughts
I have a few friends that are ex- military. I have found them to be the most honest, down to earth folks that I know. Blunt and to the point. They do things right even when others around them are wrong...
View ArticleGrab it and Go
Not sure where or when I started saying Grab It And Go to myself, but it has been awhile. It is a great axiom for life itself, and it transfers right over into training.Walk into the gym, load up the...
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Commit To The Fight
I was visiting with a soldier the other day. He is a dog trainer, and his dogs are the baddest of the bad, Belgian Malinois, mostly.So I am talking to him and I ask, "So do your dogs go for the arm...
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Everybody knows the "It is not the critic who counts..." from TR. But damn, if you read it through, it is damn good. Here ya go:It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the...
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Not like this ANYMORE!And....Steve Maxwell has some great ideas about nutrition and living longerFred Hatfield still knows more than just about anyone in the strength and conditioning world. Much of it...
View ArticleBetter Back Then
I was just thinking about this:When I was a kid, and played for Beltsville Boys Club in Beltsville, Maryland, our team sponsor was Phil's Bar and Grill. I think that I was 9 or 10 years old. And I...
View ArticleBetter Back Then, Part 2
I was speaking with someone a few years older than me the other day and he was laughing derisively about how "this generation thinks that their opinion counts", and the fact that struggling is a thing...
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Stuff
Natural PositionIf you are trying to get your squats up, either have a day with super high volume like 7x3 at 85% or 10x3 at 85% or 10x4 at 80% OR squat twice a week or even more, but split up the...
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I recently was interviewed on the Power Athlete Radio podcast. Lots of fun. Listen if you get the chance.http://powerathletehq.com/2015/04/24/pa-radio-episode-103-jim-steel/
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Memories of Bill Starr
Bill Starr passed away a few weeks back. For those of you unfamiliar with him, he was an Olympic lifter, an author, and a helluva coach. He had been everywhere as a coach: The University of Maryland,...
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Stuff
Folks liked the Memories of Bill Starr. Marty Gallagher just posted a wonderful story about Coach Starr on Startingstrength.com. Check it out, Marty can write his ass off.People like that stuff...
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Natural Born Heroes and Music
A book worth reading?Natural Born Heroes is a good one. Basically, there is a an overview story about a kidnapping of German officer during World War ll on the island of Crete, and how the kidnappers...
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