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Synergy Athletics Strength CommunityREAD ME FIRST !!! - Your 3 Jobs At Synergy: 1. COMMENT, COMMENT, COMMENT on any and every post! 2. SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWSLETTER and get your free bonuses! 3. SHARE THE SITE WITH YOUR FRIENDS on Facebook, by email, etc. 26 Truths About….March 9, 2010 on 8:46 pm | In Strength Training | 43 CommentsLet’s lighten things up and get to a semi serious post. The truth is, I have a few things to get off my chest. 1. The truth is….those fingerless gloves look ridiculous…always. 2. The truth is….squats are an awesome lift. 3. The truth is….Bulgarian split squats are also awesome. 4. The truth is…curling should not be an Olympic sport… 5. The truth is….I’ll let curling be an Olympic sport if the agree never to make it a Wii game…too late. 6. The truth is….I would be NOWHERE without the support of the Synergy Readers. 7. The truth is….I was able to fill out Elitefts’ entire Arnold Bingo card in about 5 minutes on Saturday.
8. The truth is….If you come to me and say “I just need speed training” chances are you are too weak. 9. The truth is….If you come to me and say “I just want to lift and get strong” chances are you are too slow. 10. The truth is…If it was easy everyone would do it. 11. The truth is….If your primary exercise involves a ball of any sort, you probably need a new program. 12. The truth is….If you whip out that skinny man 6 pack, my athletes will be leaving with your girl.
13. The truth is….taking a picture of yourself in the mirror with your shirt pulled up, and you can still see the camera = weak. 14. The truth is….I love NFL combine numbers as much as the next guy, but how often does it actual equal the best football player? 15. The truth is….I would never be an MMA fighter. As soon as someone pulled my head down and kneed me in the face I’d be tapping. That’s just messed up.
16. The truth is….when I was younger I got my teeth stuck in a basketball net while dunking and got them pulled out. 17. The truth is….that’s just really weird. 18. The truth is….bad trainers don’t piss me off, but close minded trainers do. 19. The truth is….I was the best Golden Eye player ever on N64…Not sure if that was a good thing… 20. The truth is….looking for a trick to improve your lifts? Get stronger. 21. The truth is….the Garbage Can Lid workout is one of the videos I am most proud of. 22. The truth is….I watched the first season of the Real Housewives of Orange County..What of it?! 23. The truth is….I tear up during almost every sport movie, but sports are one of the only avenues where the real story is better than the Hollywood version. (errr, my allergies flair up….a bug in my eye or something..) 24. The truth is….I HATE text messaging. 25. The truth is….I am a lot of things, but one I am definitely a real person. I read your comments, emails, and even talk to many of you on the phone. That’s awesome for me. 26. The truth is….I want you to comment on your truth(s) POST UP YOUR TRUTH IN THE COMMENT!I’d like to get up over 50 total truths! I went over half way, add yours. - Joe Hashey, CSCS - PS. The truth is, the feedback on Bull Strength and Bull Strength Conditioning is pushing me come back out of my declared manual retirement earlier… PPS. The truth is – I’m going to hook up all my subscribers again soon. Make sure you get on the newsletter below for your bonuses.
Arnold Classic 2010 VideoMarch 8, 2010 on 8:47 pm | In Strength Training | No CommentsThe trip to the Arnold Classic was great – and it took 13 hours for me to convert all the videos from the trip! Here’s why I found it valuable:
I took very few clips from the actual events, I went to the Expo mostly to support Jedd in the “Mighty Mitts” competition. Don’t worry, I have some much better material coming shortly – these are just a little of what was going on at the Arnold, just showing how much stuff was going on at the same time! The Importance Of Strength CommunityMarch 5, 2010 on 6:26 am | In Strength Training | 4 CommentsAs I sit down to type this, it is 4:37 am and I’m rocking 5 hours of sleep in two days. Why? Because I can’t! I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve where I can’t wait for morning to come to see what awesome stuff is going to happen today! Like I mentioned in the last newsletter, I’m going to keep a quick running journal of my trip to Ohio and the Arnold Sports festival. I brought my friend Rob from the 13 Pull Up Variation Video. I’m trying to be quite so I don’t wake him up, but then again he had two jobs on this trip. Don’t forget things and don’t be a jerk. So what does he do? Leave our shirts at RMU and then flip the tire right into a puddle. What a jerk!!! (just busting his chops)
Day 1 was crazier than I had ever imagined (even though I had This Crazy Day – Police Chase Edition – In the fall) The Strength Training Community is Awesome.I put up a post on my facebook last week that I would be heading out and I instantly received messages and comments from people in the strength community about travel tips, getting workouts in, helping me with hotels, and much more. Sure there are some haters out there, but overall the strength community takes care of people and is packed with good men and women. I could have never imagined all the help people have given me in setting up this trip! Why Young Athletes Tear ACL’sMarch 2, 2010 on 10:10 am | In Strength Training | 30 Comments=>PLEASE READ THIS POST TO THE END – I’ll be asking for a little feedback!
Anterior Crucial Ligaments (ACLs) are getting torn more often and at a younger age than ever before. Just from observation, I went to a high school where there was 1 ACL tear in the entire school – a basketball player. Most recently I spent time at a larger school with 13 ACL and two of them double tears. Why are these kids tearing their ACL’s so much? And just as important, what can we do as preventative measures? Here is an alarming statistic on ACL injuries from Matthew Gammons, MD: An estimated 200,000 ACL-related injuries occur annually in the United States, with approximately 95,000 ACL ruptures. Approximately 100,000 ACL reconstructions are performed each year. The incidence of ACL injury is higher in people who participate in high-risk sports such as basketball, football, skiing, and soccer. When the frequency of participation is considered, a higher prevalence of injury is observed in females over males, at a rate 2.4-9.7 times greater for females.
Back Strength With The Thick RopeFebruary 28, 2010 on 11:22 am | In Strength Training | 9 CommentsThick ropes can be used for MUCH more than rope battling and conditioning (although that’s awesome). In this video we have 2 inch and 1 1/2 inch rope fastened to our power racks via my unbreakable knot (sarcasm). Exercises Performed:
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Thick Rope Training VideosThe Original OLD Video (plus one of my favorite songs) I have some great (cheap) places where you can get thick rope from and I’m incorporating it all into the Odd Object Encyclopedia coming out in a few months (possibly another sweet giveaway!?) HUGE POST COMING IN TWO DAY. I’m flipping over it! - Joe PS. If you aren’t subscribed on YouTube Yet – CLICK HERE and join us!
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