First National Kettlebell Convention March 19 - March 20, 2005

First National Kettlebell Convention March 19 - March 20, 2005

Marky's goin to the convention! this should be fun.

Freshman year, 1975 U of Iowa

USAGO: USA Gymnastics Magazine Online: Dealing with Fear

USAGO: USA Gymnastics Magazine Online: Dealing with Fear

Gymnastics: now THIS brings back sweet memories.

Causes of local muscle twitching: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

Causes of local muscle twitching: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

Proper technique for the barbell rowing motion: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

Proper technique for the barbell rowing motion: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

The barbell row.

Powerlifting Outlaws - History of the squat, from Crain's newsletter

Powerlifting Outlaws - History of the squat, from Crain's newsletter

History of the Squat by Rickey Dale Crain.

�Relaxed Tension� for Fighters

�Relaxed Tension� for Fighters

Maxwell needs to write a book.

Learning how to form the 'virtual' belt: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

Learning how to form the 'virtual' belt: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

intra abdominal pressure explained by Master Maxwell.

Free Will Astrology : Pisces Horoscope

Free Will Astrology : Pisces Horoscope

This is a good horoscope for my new kettlebell career.

Articles by Kathleen

Articles by Kathleen

great article on the Art of Yoga.

Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery

I think Shannon is the best overall woman ironsport athlete that has lived! Just insane.

Chin-ups vs pull-ups: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

Chin-ups vs pull-ups: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

Another Steve Maxwell gem.

Testosterone Nation

Testosterone Nation

great article on rotator cuff training

U.S. Pharmacist Continuing Education - Stevens-Johnson Syndrome - Lesson

U.S. Pharmacist Continuing Education - Stevens-Johnson Syndrome - Lesson

Steven Johsnon syndrome is one serious disease! Luckily it seem smuch more rare than I had feared.Still, it snot something I would wish on anyone.

Lordosis / Hyperlordosis

Lordosis / Hyperlordosis

On Constant Weight Training

On Constant Weight Training

This is one training concept I HAVENT ever considered.Its actually very iteresting.I'll have to think about this one. I am almost doing this in the bench right now, with some minor fluctuations.

Gibson Powerlifting - Powerlifting Uncensored - More clear

Gibson Powerlifting - Powerlifting Uncensored - More clear

part two

Gibson Powerlifting - Powerlifting Uncensored - Me

Gibson Powerlifting - Powerlifting Uncensored - Me

Jay should have been a college professor. The man can think.

Guardian Unlimited | US elections 2004 | 'The liberal elite hasn't got a clue'

Guardian Unlimited | US elections 2004 | 'The liberal elite hasn't got a clue'

Got to read THIS book.

Shoulder anatomy

Shoulder anatomy

great shoulder anatomy page.

The New Republic Online: Risk Management

The New Republic Online: Risk Management

A brilliant analysis, in my opinion,of the current situation and why one should vote for John Kerry.

Nutrition Water Works: How Much is Enough? - New York Daily News

Nutrition Water Works: How Much is Enough? - New York Daily News

How much water do we really need? I am tired of peeing all day.

Logic behind the RPRKC Decathlon: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

Logic behind the RPRKC Decathlon: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

The Kettlebell Decathlon.Cool.

Varya Akulova

Varya Akulova

Check this young Russian Kettlebell kid out!

MSM, Arthritis, Joint Pain

MSM, Arthritis, Joint Pain

A study of MSM use and degenerative arthritis

msm, arthritis msm , msm supplement, msm powder, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

msm, arthritis msm , msm supplement, msm powder, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

And this on MSM. I think this has really been helping my pain, knees in particular.

Wiley InterScience: Journal: Abstract

Wiley InterScience: Journal: Abstract

Research on ginger extract as an anti inflamatory for knee pain.

Classifications of fatty tissue: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

Classifications of fatty tissue: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

The various types of FAT by Steve Maxwell

Protecting the lower back: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

Protecting the lower back: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

More gems from Steve Maxwell

Diet

Diet
This is it in a nutshell. How to eat for training, and for life.

Cardio Training - Paul Chek's Perspective 10/2/04

Cardio Training - Paul Chek's Perspective 10/2/04

Great article on how anaerobic training produces aerobic fitness and its evolutionary beginings.Chek is right on the money this time.

PRESS RELEASE: Kettlebells, the Ancient Russian Exercise Tool, May Provide Surprising Solution to America�s Growing Obesity Problem

PRESS RELEASE: Kettlebells, the Ancient Russian Exercise Tool, May Provide Surprising Solution to America�s Growing Obesity Problem

Kettlebells for Kids! Now we are talking!

Accept the Dallas Kettlebell Challenge!

Accept the Dallas Kettlebell Challenge!
Another great kettlebell site.

Some interesting GS history in Andrey's latest newsletter.: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

Some interesting GS history in Andrey's latest newsletter.: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

The evolution of Girevoy Sport.

Impingement Syndromes

Impingement Syndromes

great stuff on shoulder inpingement.an excellent resource site for shoulder info in general, too.

Teaching the Squat By Jim Wendler For EliteFTS� I have been going to Force Training Seminars

Teaching the Squat By Jim Wendler For EliteFTS� I have been going to Force Training Seminars

great article on how to squat correctly.Wish I had seen it years ago.

Article: The Next Big Thing . . .

Article: The Next Big Thing . . .

great article on Mike Mahler, a top Russian Kettlebell instructor. Excellent info on KB's in general.

Yahoo! News - War Making Headlines, but Peace Breaks Out

Yahoo! News - War Making Headlines, but Peace Breaks Out

ANd they say there are never any good headlines.

Kinematics

Kinematics

More great gait analysis stuff.

Training Articles Girya, the Art of Strength

Training Articles Girya, the Art of Strength

A link to some of my articles.

Sports Medicine Advisor 2002.1: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (Runner's Knee)

Sports Medicine Advisor 2002.1: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (Runner's Knee)

Knee pain no good. this is a very general article and I dont agree with all of it( the orthotic part, especially) but it is good reference material.

One Giant Lift for Mankind - The race for the 1,000-pound bench press. By Josh�Levin

One Giant Lift for Mankind - The race for the 1,000-pound bench press. By Josh�Levin

AH, powerlifting gets some mainstream print!

eMedicine - Gait Analysis : Article by Ross Bogey, DO

eMedicine - Gait Analysis : Article by Ross Bogey, DO

More great gait analysis information

Colin.....: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

Colin.....: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

Another Coach Reeve classic.

Last One Speaks

Last One Speaks

An interesting blog

Stressed Israeli soldiers to be treated with cannabis: report

Stressed Israeli soldiers to be treated with cannabis: report

Now we're talking! What took them so long?

PNF stretching: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

PNF stretching: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

ANother great article by Master trainer Steve Maxwell. He's writing the stuff I should be writing. :))

My personal formula for a pain free back and joints: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

My personal formula for a pain free back and joints: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

Some of the best back care advice I have ever read.

The New York Times > International > The Great Divide: Amid China's Boom, No Helping Hand for Young Qingming

The New York Times > International > The Great Divide: Amid China's Boom, No Helping Hand for Young Qingming
It never seems to change.

a long answer on RKC vs CST breathing: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

a long answer on RKC vs CST breathing: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

great info by Pavel on the different types of breathing required for different type exercises and intensity levels.

History of the Study of Locomotion Ancient to Modern

History of the Study of Locomotion Ancient to Modern

Observational Gait Analysis

Observational Gait Analysis

Walking as Art

Walking as Art

History of the Study of Locomotion Pt.1

History of the Study of Locomotion

History of the Study of Locomotion

History of the Study of Locomotion

Testosterone Nation

Testosterone Nation

this is a lot like the techniques I use in the studio and on myself.

WorldNetDaily: Our old friends in Kosovo

WorldNetDaily: Our old friends in Kosovo

More grist for the emill. Who to believe?

Forget the Fat-Burn Zone

Forget the Fat-Burn Zone

THIS is how one changes their metabolism. High intensity aerobics and anaerobic interval training with either weights, kb's or cardio.

Metal Militia - Strongest Benchers in the World!

Metal Militia - Strongest Benchers in the World!

My new approach to life as a bench press specialist. Had a great workout today and am back to 405 pounds weighting 181 and 47 years. Goal is 440 at a contest.For now.

The New York Times > Science > Fat: The Secret Life of a Potent Cell

The New York Times > Science > Fat: The Secret Life of a Potent Cell

They demystification of the fat cell. It is more than an inert storage facility, it seems. It has gland like properties like the adrenal or thymus.Intersting. Hormones change behavior VERY strongly.

Elite Fitness

Elite FitnessMan I love this poster. And this site.I wish I had one of each of the items in this store.

Frankie, let's look at developing athleticism!: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

Frankie, let's look at developing athleticism!: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts

great letter on the difference between strength training for sport and for "looks'. Mainstream "fitness" training has missed this entirely.

Russian kettlebells for strength, conditioning and fat loss

Russian kettlebells for strength, conditioning and fat loss

Looks like I am going to get to teach some SWAT team members kettlebells. This should be fun!

Unfairenheit 9/11 - The lies of Michael Moore. By Christopher�Hitchens

Unfairenheit 9/11 - The lies of Michael Moore. By Christopher�Hitchens

I love this piece, by one of Moore's own party stalwarts. Leaden sarcasm indeed. Moore is an idiot.

The end of sleep?

The New York Times > Health > Wakefulness Finds a Powerful Ally

I think we need to sleep for real. This could be a very bad thing in the long run.

RKC Style Snatch vs GS Snatch - the difference is the purpose: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts, Nutrition, Fat Loss

RKC Style Snatch vs GS Snatch - the difference is the purpose: Kettlebells, Strength, Fitness, Martial Arts, Nutrition, Fat Loss

This is put so perfectly. Steve Maxwell is a World Champion Martial artist and an amazing trainer.Check out his website.

Stumptuous.com Women's Weight Training

Stumptuous.com Women's Weight TrainingThis is such a great site for Womens weight training. Krista is a riot!

Is Your Walking Style Helping or Hurting You

Is Your Walking Style Helping or Hurting You

It all starts with the feet. Having one really forked knee can mess up everything. Heres a primer on the basics of good walking mechanics.

Wall Squatting

Wall Squatting

this is way harder than it looks!

My best squat at 181.The year is 1995 and the weight is 545 lbs. Triple body weight. Age 38. I really miss being 38.

Free Iran Website

FREE IRAN NEWS [Project: Free Iran]

So is Iran next?

NexGen Legacy Posterior Stabilized Flex Fixed Bearing Knee Replacement

NexGen Legacy Posterior Stabilized Flex Fixed Bearing Knee Replacement

Yeah Baby, this looks like my kind of knee joint! 155 deg of flexion. Hell, I already have 110( on a good day :)).

My book.

Amazon.com: Books: Developing your chest (Getting strong)

My only published book. I wrote this in 1984 in two weeks. I had never written anything other than freelance magazine articles and this was quite a challenge. A great time in my life as well.I wrote two others for Bob Andersons Runner's World Series, a back training book and a legs and glutes book but he got divorced and sold the publishing company.

The History of Powerlifting

Introduction This is the best site on the evolution of Powerlifting as a sport.Great, great archival stuff.

Hydration calculator

calculator
this is an interesting little hydration calculator. I have been drinking much more water lately and can really feel the difference. Much less muscle pain and the knee is actually a little better as well.

Me, multi time World Champion Powerlifter Greg Jones( middle) and one of the strongest men I have ever known, Scott Waits. Scott was my training partner for many years. Smart smart guy and dedicated to the sport as much as anyone I have ever known. This is in San Luis Obispo at the Central Cal meet in 1995. Perhaps the best run meet ever.

Perhaps my favorite picture from high school gymnastics. This is called a Hecht vault. I later learned to do it with a full twist. Its almost never done anymore as its too easy. I loved the feeling of flying.

My first power meet

My first powerlifting meet,1985. Perhaps the longest running power meet in america, the San Jose Ironman, a combination of bodybuilding AND powerlifting. You powerlift first, then compete in a bodybuilding meet.I was a bodybuilder at the time but caught the power bug for real five years later. I believe the weight on the bar was 440.

Panasonic PJ-A3AH MicroStructured Water, Microclustered Water

Panasonic PJ-A3AH MicroStructured Water, Microclustered Water

Is this the answer to full hydration?

Kettlebell Sport by Andrey Kuzmin

Kettlebell Sport by Andrey Kuzmin

Great illustrations of proper kettlebell technique for the snatch. Pavel calls it "fluid and vicious" and it is that and more. On eof my all time favorite exercises. reminds me of my gymnastics days. Moving quickly and ballistically is so much different than heavy, slow lifting.

Orthopaedic Surgery - Role of the Total Knee Replacement in Unicompartmental Arthritis

Orthopaedic Surgery - Role of the Total Knee Replacement in Unicompartmental Arthritis

I'm going to have a total knee replacement next year and this sounds like a guy I want to know.

A recent picture of me.Combining two of my favorite toys, stability balls and kettlebells.They key is not to fall.

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: D-Day in Iraq

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: D-Day in Iraq

Thomas Friedman makes more sense of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the war in Iraq than anyone else I've read.

Now THIS is what real side horse looks like.

Another post knee injury, NMB high school gymnatics shot. Pommel horse was one of my favorite events. Its the only gymnastics events that swings in that plane. Everything else is front to back. Only side horse swings in the transverse plane.

Core Exercises for Ab strength- Exercise Ball

Core Exercises for Ab strength- Exercise Ball


great photos and videos of stability ball exercises. This is the warmup stuff I do with clients to increase back and core stabilization and strength.

Reflections on government

Thursday, May 20, 2004
Reflections on government
I am in such a political mood lately with the insanity of the world so very present in daily life.


this got messed up so I am re-posting it.

REFLECTIONS ON GOVERNMENT

1) Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself
Mark Twain

2) I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
Winston Churchill

3) A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
George Bernard Shaw

4) Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

5) Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
Douglas Casey,
Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University

6) Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian

7) Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)

8) Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan (1986)

9) I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Will Rogers

10) If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free.
P.J. O'Rourke

11) If you want government to intervene domestically, you're a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you're a conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere, you're a moderate. If you don't want government to intervene anywhere, you're an extremist.
Joseph Sobran, Former Editor of the National Review (1995)

12) In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
Voltaire (1764)

13) Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.
Pericles (430 B.C.)

14) No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session
Mark Twain (1866)

15) Talk is cheap ... except when Congress does it.
Unknown

16) The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.
Ronald Reagan

17) The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
Winston Churchill

18) The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
Mark Twain

19) The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)

20) There is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress.
Mark Twain

21) What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)

22) A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
Thomas Jefferson, Famous Revolutionary

23) A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.
G. Gordon Liddy

24) They're all liars.
Bob Thorne

www.AndrewSullivan.com - Daily Dish

www.AndrewSullivan.com - Daily Dish

Andrew Sullivan on Reagans passing. Very interesting email from a Czech ex-pat on the evils of socialism from one who has seen it firsthand.

What Reagan Got Wrong - Liberty is not the absence of government. By William�Saletan

What Reagan Got Wrong - Liberty is not the absence of government. By William�Saletan

a very interesting question and article about the proper role of government. It can't be that the absence of governments is the ultimate goal as that is just anarchy and rule by the strongest.

The Iron Cross.Done perfectly by Albert Azarian in the sixties. Probably the most recognizable gymnastics move for men there is.Never could do a decent cross, my arms were too long. Had a great planche though!

You just gotta be stable. This is a REAL maneuver, not a photoshop job. very impressive.

Me.flank vault, NMB High school, 1975 senior year.

side horse, 1975. after the knee injury.

Bart Conner. He and Kurt Thomas were my American role models and the best american gymnasts ever, IMO. Bart had the best form and bodyline I have ever seen.

Shigeru Kenmotsu. One of the Japanese gymnast/samurai's that got me started on my path towards the physical.They taught me how to train and compete.

Benching with Gabe

My first real workout with my 15 year old son Gabriel. He benched a solid 135 pounds weighing 145 pounds himself and having done little but pushups in the last year.And damn few of those to boot!

But I was SO proud of him and felt so connected to my boy,soon to be a man.It was a serious moment when I changed the weights from 128 of small plates to the one big plate that weighed 135 with the bar. He momentarily freaked out and doubted whether he could accomplish this huge feat, those giant plates.

But like I hoped he would, he dug down,focused in and made the lift.He HAS been paying attention.today was a very good day.Afterwards, we had mexican food and cokes and some great conversation.I will remember this day the rest of my life.

Girya, the Art of Strength

Girya, the Art of Strength Girya, the Art of Strength

Russian Kettlebells

Russian Kettlebells for Strength, Conditioning and Fat Loss

I love kettlebells as much as I love powerlifting and that says a lot. These little blobs of iron have a simple beauty to them that mesmerizes me. I have always sought the perfect training regimine and the perfect way to stay strong,enduring and fit. If I only could do one training method besides Powerlifting this would be it.

First post

This is the first post to my first blog. I am doing this totally on a whim, so I have no real idea how it will turn out, but it intrigues me.