Archive for April, 2005

Modified Marvins

29 April 2005

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Marvin Eder was a strongman of the mid-fifties who was light years ahead of his time. Weighing 195-pounds Eder could bench press 550, military press 330 and once did a full dip with 225-pounds strapped to his body. […]

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Not fit for human consumption

28 April 2005

I hit the super-steep fire trail on Wednesday. It was a bitch going up and a bitch coming down. It was a bitch. The climb up to the crest took 20-minutes on the nose and was as near to a Sherpa experience as Ive ever had. The ascent was near vertical, a thigh-singe, […]

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Whats cookingProgress is our most important product

27 April 2005

We have a lot of plans on the immediate horizon now that the shakedown cruise for this website is over. We have gotten Rehan Jalali to graciously agree to allow us to sequentially excerpt from his book The Six Pack Diet Plan. This is good news for you folks and you dont ever know […]

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Deepening the metabolic Fast-State within the Soft Machine

26 April 2005

What if I were to let you in on a training secret so profound that using it could cause you to drop ten pounds of body fat inside of three weeks? This trick-of-the-trade is used on a widespread basis among a definable segment of the athletic elite; a training tactic universally accepted as effective […]

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How to roast a bird Purposefully Primitive style

25 April 2005

Two bird cooking methods, one easy and one more elaborate. Whole chickens and turkeys are pretty dang easy to prepare. To roast a chicken or turkey, first defrost then wash inside and out with cold running water. Let it drain dry in the sink. Coat the outside of the dry bird with a light […]

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Chuck Deluxe strikes the pose

22 April 2005

Here are a couple of pictures of the purposefully primitive training lair of yet another old training partner; Chuck DeLuxe. Training alone in the wilds of West Virginia, Mr. DeLuxe has all the strength accoutrements a man could ask for. Plus the kitchen is only steps away and in order to maintain his mass […]

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To supplement or not to supplement; that is the question

21 April 2005

Some fitness adherents are supplement crazy and spend money like a Vegas drunk with a big roll trying to impress girls he barely knowsI know lots of folks who admit to spending hundreds of bucks each month on the newest, latest dietary or supplement craze. A subtler shade of this same affliction is the […]

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The big steep fire-trail from nowhere to nowhere

20 April 2005

I took this photo yesterday in the Catoction Mountains right by Camp DavidHave you ever seen a more inviting cardio hike path? I intend on hitting this impressive gradient inside of two weeks. This fire trail is 10-miles from the Mountain Compound. I am stiff and heavy coming off the winter hibernation and I […]

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