A week without chin-ups is a long one indeed. Although the shoulder isn't feeling too bad when it isn't lifting any real weight, I decided to give it another week to heal.
I did, however, sneak a few deadlifts in there. Fairly light (up to 100kg - certainly nowhere near max).
Other than that, the grip, hand and wrist training continued. More plate pinching, bar hangs, fingertip push-ups, wrist curls and similarly fun things. Oh, and copious amounts of chalk. Long live the home gym.
A bit of video [3.8mb .wmv download] of Ano Turtiainen performing a few heavy box squats. Fast.
Last week a couple of old computers found a new home; no longer used here following two disastrous hard drive crashes last year. The upshot is that I've switched over to using a Mac (and I'm wondering why I didn't make the change sooner), and I'm sorting through a couple of old backup CDs which contain various snippets from the old site.
To top it all off, I've renamed the site, switched to a new host and tweaked a few things here and there.
Currently I'm looking through the various genealogy programs and utilities available for OS X, and I'll put a version of the tree up as soon as I find something reasonable. Suggestions are always welcome.
In the meantime, take a look through some of the photos uncovered here a while back. I'm sure most of them feature relatives, but there are a few mysteries in there. I'd love to find out who they are.
Last week a couple of old computers found a new home; no longer used here following two disastrous hard drive crashes last year. The upshot is that I've switched over to using a Mac (and I'm wondering why I didn't make the change sooner), and I'm sorting through a couple of old backup CDs which contain various snippets from the old site.
To top it all off, I've renamed the site, switched to a new host and tweaked a few things here and there.
Currently I'm looking through the various genealogy programs and utilities available for OS X, and I'll put a version of the tree up as soon as I find something reasonable. Suggestions are always welcome.
In the meantime, take a look through some of the photos uncovered here a while back. I'm sure most of them feature relatives, but there are a few mysteries in there. I'd love to find out who they are.
As noted by Mike, this week seems to have started as a 'Pimp my swing' special here at Straight to the Bar. In the madness came these :
Somewhere between kettlebell training, CrossFit-style mixes and Olympic lifting lies Berserker Kettlebell. Looks promising.
Via Physical Strategies : a very interesting documentary [streaming, 272.5mb .avi download] - hosted by Michael Johnson - on the history of the 100m sprint. Good stuff.
In addition to grabbing an Inch Dumbbell replica (once I can actually lift the thing), several of the other items on my long-term home gym shopping list are here : Vintage Barbell.
More Diesel Crew goodness - rows beginning with an Inch dumbbell replica [streaming, 12.6mb .flv download]. Very nice.
