Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Rope Climb








David Weck, Pavel, Mike Castro climb the Santa Monica ropes last year.

4 comments:

Tom Furman said...

So few are aware of Mike Castrogiovanni's strength level. Care to share his workout PR's??

Mark Reifkind said...

wow. mike is a mutant for sure. cant remember all but he did 1000 swings with a 97 lb kb in less than an hour. snatched the 88 for 10 sets of 10/10, did 10/10 windmills with the 88.have to recheck some blog entries for the rest.

Franz Snideman said...

Nice pics Rif. Wow, Mike is a total mutant.

How did those rope climbs feel on your elbows and shoulders?

Mark Reifkind said...

my elbows and shoulders felt fine franz as I couldnt even HANG on the chin bar much less climb a rope last year when those photos were taken.

things have come a long way since then

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