Tuesday, June 27, 2006

The old days

Used to stand and squat on stability balls all the time. way fun but pretty dangerous at times. Posted by Picasa

4 comments:

Franz Snideman said...

I used to do the same Rif. I once squatted holding onto an 85 pound DB on a Swiss Ball, fun but way stupid!

If you have ever watched Paul Chek's CORE CONDITIONING, there is a shot of me jumping on a swiss ball and then squatting on it while I'm using the Bodyblade. Kind of fun although I'm not sure it ever made me a better athlete.

Mark Reifkind said...

YES! I remember that shot! cool.its a hard skill whatevers that worth as an athlete.

Royce said...

That's seriously impressive Rif, especially to a guy like me who can't walk into the next room without tripping!

Mark Reifkind said...

franz you are one functioanlly strong dude! 85 pounds in nuts! but so is jumping up to that bad boy! I wish I would have know about it when I was a gymnasts :))

royce, thanks man. actually I am not naturally coordinated. never have been. just very determined to not suck.The only thing that really needs to be trained is the will. everything else will fall into place if that is in shape.

190 x 1 x 12, 210/225 static holds, 24 kg goblet squats, floor pushups 30, 20

 This went VERY well almost all reps identical. Realized I get better drive AND minimize shoulder stress if I unrack it with more weight on ...