Archive for June, 2009
Monday began with waking up to an uneasy dread and sadness. I know a lot of people start Mondays this way but this was much different. This Monday was the day I had to take the oldest of our three dachshunds to the vets to be put down.
Spunky was 15 years old, very frail, blind and deaf. Since winter, it seems that he deteriorated at lightening speed. With each passing day, he became weaker and less responsive to the world around him, withdrawn into a dark and silent world that my wife and I could not comprehend or reach through to the spirit that was once a very active, loving dog. Read the rest of this entry »
Shortly after 9/11, Pavel Tsatsouline wrote an article for Muscle Media magazine which focused on the strength and conditioning workout of the Russian Special Forces. It centered on the use of kettlebells and body weight exercises because of the need to be both portable and highly effective. While on maneuvers, kettlebells were thrown in the back of a truck and when camp was made, they would drag out the kettlebells and rig up something for doing pull-ups. When camp was broken, the kettlebells were thrown in the back of truck and taken to the next location. As interesting as this use might be to current and potential kettlebell users, the most important concept of this article was not necessarily the use of kettlebells but rather was the workout structure and the rationale behind it. Read the rest of this entry »