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Girevoy Sport – Contest Preparation

“Never let what you cannot do stop you from doing what you CAN do!” — Stephen Pierce #1 Jerks – 16 kg, 6’00 @ 10 rpm = 60 reps OAJ – 28 kg, 12R/12L; 24 kg, 12R/12L Snatch – 16 kg, 6’00 @ 16 rpm = 48/48 Swings – 24 kg, 50/50 #2 Jerks –…

Girevoy Sport – PR Time!

“A non-doer is very often a critic—that is, someone who sits back and watches doers, and then waxes philosophically about how the doers are doing. It’s easy to be a critic,but being a doer requires effort, risk, and change.”~ Wayne Dyer How Do You Train For a PR? For quite some time now, training for…

Girevoy Sport – Tweaking The Program

“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”~ Joseph Campbell Last week began with a heat wave in Northern California, with temps in the high-90s and low-100s. This made training a bit challenging at the beginning of the week, as it was still in the mid-90s at 5:30 in the afternoon (when…

Girevoy Sport – Working The Numbers Game

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.”~ Norman Vincent Peale Thursday Jerk Practice: Warm-ups: 12 kg x 10, 16 kg x 10 (2x) Work set: 20 kg, 5’00″ @ 6 rpm; 24 kg, 2’00″ @ 6 rpm (2x) Assistance: One-arm jerk (OAJ), 32 kg 6’00″ at 4 rpm (switch on the minute). Friday LongCycle…

Girevoy Sport – Putting The Pieces Together

“I don’t think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it.” ~ Mike Ditka I tested for Rank III in LongCycle last week while on vacation.  I don’t know if I made it or not yet, but after watching the video and receiving some pointers from AKC Master Trainer and Coach Howie Brewer,…

Girevoy Sport – Ladders For Strength

“You are doomed to make choices. This is life’s greatest paradox.” ~ Dr. Wayne Dyer Choices, choices, choices.  Monday I came home to find that my 15-year-old son had let a couple “questionable friends” into the house while we were gone, and they had helped themselves to snacks and an inspection of rooms without supervision. …

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