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my roommate went to high school with jordan kent. his dad is the former head coach of u of o's men's basketball team. he's one of those ridiculous freak athletes: he was oregon's high school champ in the 100, 200, 400, and long jump. he was a three-sport athlete at oregon and made the football team there despite never having played organized football before. decided he liked that so tried to be an nfl player for a while but never got above marginal status. damn shame, he could probably have played pro basketball (at least in europe if not here) or run pro track if he'd stuck with either of those.

apparently he's a nice guy.

By the way - I've seen some people say that o-lift shoes make your deadlift harder. I find that hard to believe. One of my main culprits in the deadlift is not being able to sink to the heels, and the other is the lack of flexibility to get down. These should be solved by the lifting shoes.

Also, all the o-lifts start with a deadlift at Olympic lifting competitions so... if they really made the deadlift part worse, wouldn't they stop using them? I know that maybe they'd sacrifice some deadlift strength for a better catch etc, but really?

first pull of a dead lift and first pull of a clean and jerk or a snatch are different lifts.

whether you like oly shoes for DL or not is a matter of preference but i don't like them because you can't sit back as much at the bottom

pansy, you're using this an excuse to take a break from working hard. full-ROM squats or bust.


























just kidding. heal up.

oh my gentle jesus:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qCVk4WcPZw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qCVk4WcPZw</a>

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: none, back announcing itself but not painful or dangerous
MENTAL STATE: tired

- jump rope and stretching and mobility x 25 mins
last few days have been 14 hours apiece without a break. well, i did get 15 minutes to myself this afternoon.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: left foot making its presence known but not uncomfortable. mid-back tender and feeling like it wants to seize up but i did some stretching and such and i think it's okay. had the same problem last time i was in kabul but the spasm went full-blast then. must be a consequence of the travel.
MENTAL STATE: tired

- jump rope, stretch, chin ups, BSS, DB OHP, ME SVJ, etc. x 20 mins
worked 8:30-8:30 today. ate only breakfast and dinner, no lunch. gym was 25 mins from close by the time i got down there. very tired.

WEIGHT: 180
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: background anxiety pretty high but otherwise okay. my plane leaves in 11 hours and i'm still not packed, so there's that.

- stretch x 20 minutes

that's it.

DO NOT SUCCUMB TO THE PAD! ALLOW YOUR BALLS TO SWING PENDULOUSLY AND FREE!