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

175 x 1 x 8 180 x 1 x 2, 16 kg swing vo2 15:15 20 20 sets of 10, floor pushup 30,25 20, 15

 This went perfectly TAKE IT OFF WITH YOUR CHEST HOLD IT WITH YOUR CHEST Virtually every set the exact same and then swing vo2 ( which I hav...