Results matching “Bird”

Sculpture by Pierre Puget.

• Holding out his hand and asking spectators to bend his little finger
• Placing a pomegranate in his hand and asking spectators to remove it
• Standing on a greased metal disc and asking spectators to push him off it

and the most famous

• Training each day between Olympic games with a live calf on his back. By the time of the games, he was lifting a 4 year old animal several times each day.

References

1. Milo of Croton
Wikipedia

Via Daily Motion: a slightly smaller Ron Coleman from 1994.

Martin 'Farmer' Burns, 1912.

References

1. Martin Burns
Wikipedia

2. Lessons in Wrestling and Physical Culture
Sandow Plus

Via Kettlebell Rob : Finnish kettlebell training, some interesting conditioning ideas (keep your eyes on the background) and great music [streaming, 10.7mb .flv download]. Enjoy.

A few snippets from this week's health news :

• First UK Study To Determine How General Practice Professionals Can Tackle Adolescent Obesity
  Academics at the University of Hertfordshire are conducting the first UK study to investigate how health professionals based in general practice can help adolescents who are obese to lose weight.
  
• Key-Hole Operation To Eliminate Back Pain / ECR 2007
  Today, technical progress allows us to remedy damage that was once virtually or completely inoperable. This can be done quite quickly and without undesirable side effects.
• Fear centre 'shrinks' in autism
  A part of the brain associated with emotional learning and fear shrinks in people with autism, research suggests.
• Rochester Study Connects Common Chemicals To Rising Obesity Rates
  Exposure to phthalates, a common chemical found in everything from plastics to soaps, already has been connected to reproductive problems and now, for the first time, is linked to abdominal obesity and insulin resistance in adult males, according to a study by the University of Rochester Medical Center.
• Anti-Epileptic Drugs Could Help Prevent And Treat Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
  On the battlefield, a soldier's hearing can be permanently damaged in an instant by the boom of an explosion, and thousands of soldiers returning from Iraq have some permanent hearing loss. But what if soldiers could take a pill before going on duty that would prevent damage to hearing?

Charles Staley has a great collection of videos demonstrating the many versions of Olympic pulls as part of his Deads vs Pulls article. Enjoy.

The 12th FINA World Swimming Championships officially got underway a few hours ago (although a few events managed to sneak in early). To get in the mood, take a look at some of the superb photographs from previous meets.

Although I'm not quite obsessive-compulsive over the deadlift (I'll draw the line at 'passionate'), I can certainly appreciate Nathan J. Polencheck's love of this great exercise. He's got some very good ideas here, and as they helped him add 100 lbs to his pull in 6 months, they're well worth a look.

This week saw more of the rack pull/chin-up work that forms the basis of my current routine, as well as a bit of dumbbell action (the kettlebell is still half-painted, waiting for the rain to stop long enough to finish it off). Not to mention the occasional set on the Total Gym.

I've been using a double overhand grip for the pulls for a few weeks now, and I've almost caught up to my previous alternate-grip levels. The humidity saw the chalk come out right from the start, but it was only at 200/440 that I was forced to don the belt, and mix up the grip. Nearly got there.

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