Sunday, August 15, 2010

Strong is strong.

No matter what form it takes.How cool is this stuff?
Think these guys are worried about the tension in their faces at the sticking point of each lift?

10 comments:

Howie B said...

Sweet! I'll be attending my first USAW workshop this coming weekend. I'm looking forward to learning these lifts.

Mark Reifkind said...

good for you Howie, there is much to be learned from the practice of Olympic lifting.let me know how it goes.
I had the honor and privilege of spending nine years around some of the best olympic lifters in the county and from around the world when Tracy and I owned World Gym Campbell. For 10 year previous it had been IronWorks gym, the oldest gym in San Jose and home to many great OL powerlifters and throwers( including Gold medal decathalete Bruce Jenner, World Champion discus thrower Ben Plunknett and Five time Highland Games world Champion Jim McGoldrick).

watching these guys train was amazing.

Howie B said...

Damn Rif, that's some serious lifting! And here all I'm interested at the moment is finding an inexpensive set of bumper plates! =)

I'll be sure to let you know how I survive the weekend.

Mark Reifkind said...

I'm old Howie and have been doing basically the same thing for 40 years.It accumulates,lol.

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Unknown said...

Rif, will you be at the Pavel / Dan John Workshop in Philly?

Mark Reifkind said...

tim

good to hear from you! unfortunately I can't make it.

Mark Reifkind said...

tim

good to hear from you! unfortunately I can't make it.

Unknown said...

Dang it! I'd love to see you again. Your input on the rkc forum today is gold. Great stuff.

Any chance you're going to the ck-fms in October? If not, I'll see you eventually. Take care buddy.

Mark Reifkind said...

tim

no already did ck fms last year. we'll see each other again soon,it's a small world and an even smaller kb community.

glad you liked the info on the forum I am so excited to be able to press strongly again!

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