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Great work Jeremiah!!  First lift of the 260 stone!

Rick Freitag from Team Boss here in Columbus  bending a 3/8″  X 10″  spike.  I think I gave him the bending bug.  Nice work Rick!!

Brad Ardrey one of the guys from Team Boss out of Columbus, Ohio that I train strongman with killing some stones!  Wish Brad luck as he gos for his pro card at nationals!

Here is some video of the fun.  Chris Rice, Sean Rice, and I made the trip up for this.  It was a great time!!

I didn’t do all that great, but it was fun!  Here is a video from an event I did fairly good in.  The Xenia guys are great!  Some of us will have to make a trip down there some time to train at Christstrength Gym.  www.ChriststrengthGym.com is the web site.  Check it out!

I thought I would post some of the videos we have done.  For more take a look at my youtube page.  The link for it is in the video section of the blog.

Most of my training life I’ve lifted alone.  Sure, sometimes Ange watches but mostly it’s just me out in the garage banging away.  It probably hearkens back to the first lifting book I ever read, “Dinosaur Training”.  Brooks never made training partners a priority, and I just sort of caught the idea.

Last weekend a good friend was over having dinner and visiting, he mentioned that he wanted to get into better shape in the coming year.  I invited him to come lift with me in the evenings.  So far it’s been a good thing.  I have a bad habit of skipping some of the rehab/prehab things in my workout.  When another guy is there…he would notice if we didn’t do Reverse Hypers.  

I think the biggest thing to look for in a training partner is consistency, followed closely by similar goals.  He/she’s no help if they’re never there, and it gets annoying trying to cajol someone to follow your training plan.

Tuesday morning I got up bright and early to drive to Gallipolis, Ohio.  We had some work to do on a couple elevators down there.  While driving, I got a little hungry and needed diesel fuel so I pulled into a convenience store.  I grabbed some donuts, and was looking for the whole milk, when I noticed a small bottle “Cytosport Muscle Milk”.  I had heard good things about this drink.  One of your “ready-to-drink” protein shakes, in strawberry no less.  So, I took one and gave the woman my money.

The taste was pretty standard.  Not sure anyone’s ever going to figure out how to cover that aftertaste, but the aftermath was very much bad.

About 1.5 hours after consuming said nutritional supplement, I began to have some severe cramping and epic gas.  I found myself a restroom and vomited.  The cramping and gas are still lingering 3 days…you heard right…3 days later.

In my amateur opinion, Cytosport Muscle Milk….NO BUENO

My garage is a work in progress.  At the moment, I’ve got no room to lift.  My wife’s Jeep is inside getting prepped for sale.  The holidays have seen me doing simple training.  It’s simple really….

Stone lift or carry.  5 or 6 sets.

Club Swinging.  Indian clubs and gada swinging for high repetitions (100+)

Rope Climbing.  2 or 3 trips up my 25 ft rope without using foot brake.

Weighted walking or Run.  1 mile walk or 2.5 mile run.

Done in about 45 minutes.

I’ve done the above every 2-3 days for the past couple weeks.  Not worried about progressing really just getting out and doing.