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Memorial
We said goodbye to Kay yesterday. I got to speak and it was not easy. But I said my peace as a thrower, and gave my view of the man from our perspective. Was strange to be at the wake with some of the guys. What was missing was Kay. We sat around and had a couple and laughed about stories. The man is really going to be missed. What a vacuum.
What I am not pleased about, there were not more throwers there to honor him. One professional thrower was there, Kearney James Smith. Now I can list so many of them, and I realize many live so far. But many live not so far and could have honored the man. He was instrumental in them becoming a pro. We all are busy, gas is expensive, took me about 16 hours to get there and back. He deserved it. I am almost glad it was hard, he is worth it to me.
Character shows.
It is always so easy to be cool and true when things are going good. You really see the true person when things are sour. How do you handle adversity?
I am so sore from my Thursday workout. I am not sure what I am doing right now, but clearly I am hitting it good. My triceps are smoked. My chest hurts to push on it 4 days later? I hope it causes swelling. I am going to just eat and sleep today. And then more eat.
Jim Tressel is going to be fired and should. Attorney client he sites for why he did not speak? BS
Was a sham what Tennessee did to their basketball coach. They punish him and then fire him? Why punish him if your going to fire him? I don't get that. The AD needs to go. Lack of institutional control is coming. Bring back Phil. And why is not Phil coaching someplace. The guy won a lot of games and there were never any problems. These AD's are always looking for flavor of the month and should just go with a flavor that always works and tastes good. Dumb.
I am enjoying some March Madness. Some big names still in. The kid from BYU was insane good.
I will be hitting it hard this week. Plan to squat Monday. See how the wheels feel.
Yours in steel,
Myles
What I am not pleased about, there were not more throwers there to honor him. One professional thrower was there, Kearney James Smith. Now I can list so many of them, and I realize many live so far. But many live not so far and could have honored the man. He was instrumental in them becoming a pro. We all are busy, gas is expensive, took me about 16 hours to get there and back. He deserved it. I am almost glad it was hard, he is worth it to me.
Character shows.
It is always so easy to be cool and true when things are going good. You really see the true person when things are sour. How do you handle adversity?
I am so sore from my Thursday workout. I am not sure what I am doing right now, but clearly I am hitting it good. My triceps are smoked. My chest hurts to push on it 4 days later? I hope it causes swelling. I am going to just eat and sleep today. And then more eat.
Jim Tressel is going to be fired and should. Attorney client he sites for why he did not speak? BS
Was a sham what Tennessee did to their basketball coach. They punish him and then fire him? Why punish him if your going to fire him? I don't get that. The AD needs to go. Lack of institutional control is coming. Bring back Phil. And why is not Phil coaching someplace. The guy won a lot of games and there were never any problems. These AD's are always looking for flavor of the month and should just go with a flavor that always works and tastes good. Dumb.
I am enjoying some March Madness. Some big names still in. The kid from BYU was insane good.
I will be hitting it hard this week. Plan to squat Monday. See how the wheels feel.
Yours in steel,
Myles
Kay
We lost Kay this past Saturday. We all knew it was coming, but does not make it easier. The man asked his wife if he would be remembered. How could anyone ever forget the man. He was larger than life. 6'5 and 409 pounds. He was almost something out of a cartoon, he was such a figure. I loved Kay very much and was one of the lucky ones and I got to tell him. We will be at the memorial this Saturday to honor the man, the legend.
My training has been stressed to the max with my losses this past month. But I am still pounding it out. Hit a nice 335 incline last night and then got 275 for 7. Hit a nice shoulder and tri after that and really got after it. Right elbow is talking to me for some reason. Seems when I do heavy french curls that happens, but they make the arm large, so what ever. I can take the pain if it looks swole. I am going to work some bicep today while I am at the gym working.
Kearney and I are doing well with the gym. Have a couple of new people joining up this past week. My regular people are doing very well. Progress is so intoxicating and it is real cool to see people making it. To see people get strong in the real lifts and it change them is cool. The people are supposed to be customers, but you build a relationship with them and it becomes more than that. You can see the development of them and remember back to when you were at that stage. It is cool.
Reading a new Dan Johns book on bulking. I think everyone knows my love for mass. Amazing how many things in the book I do, like I helped him write it. Dan is an excellent trainer and of course a highland game athlete. Very solid.
I had an idea of pulling 315 for 20 reps in the dead on Monday and then went and did sets of 50 with extensions. I about fell down. I was sore. You would think my thought process would be never again. Now I am wondering if I can do 365 for 20.
I saw Dr. Cain recently. Was great to see the man while I was standing and healthy. That is a change. This guy is the best in the world. No ortho on earth is better. He cut my dad for a nerve problem and typical Dr. Cain. I fixed it. And you know, he did. He had to look at his work on my quad of course. Told me he watches my videos. Loved it.
I have been throwing some. My feet are not good right now. Got to do some stairs as Petur G would say. So that and some dot drills are on the menu.
My fork is in this issue of Milo with the story of them giving it to me in P town last year. Very cool. Any time your in Milo, it does not get to any higher ground. This is 3 issues in a row for me being published there. Paid to write, am I now an author? Still a meathead.
Yours in steel,
Myles
My training has been stressed to the max with my losses this past month. But I am still pounding it out. Hit a nice 335 incline last night and then got 275 for 7. Hit a nice shoulder and tri after that and really got after it. Right elbow is talking to me for some reason. Seems when I do heavy french curls that happens, but they make the arm large, so what ever. I can take the pain if it looks swole. I am going to work some bicep today while I am at the gym working.
Kearney and I are doing well with the gym. Have a couple of new people joining up this past week. My regular people are doing very well. Progress is so intoxicating and it is real cool to see people making it. To see people get strong in the real lifts and it change them is cool. The people are supposed to be customers, but you build a relationship with them and it becomes more than that. You can see the development of them and remember back to when you were at that stage. It is cool.
Reading a new Dan Johns book on bulking. I think everyone knows my love for mass. Amazing how many things in the book I do, like I helped him write it. Dan is an excellent trainer and of course a highland game athlete. Very solid.
I had an idea of pulling 315 for 20 reps in the dead on Monday and then went and did sets of 50 with extensions. I about fell down. I was sore. You would think my thought process would be never again. Now I am wondering if I can do 365 for 20.
I saw Dr. Cain recently. Was great to see the man while I was standing and healthy. That is a change. This guy is the best in the world. No ortho on earth is better. He cut my dad for a nerve problem and typical Dr. Cain. I fixed it. And you know, he did. He had to look at his work on my quad of course. Told me he watches my videos. Loved it.
I have been throwing some. My feet are not good right now. Got to do some stairs as Petur G would say. So that and some dot drills are on the menu.
My fork is in this issue of Milo with the story of them giving it to me in P town last year. Very cool. Any time your in Milo, it does not get to any higher ground. This is 3 issues in a row for me being published there. Paid to write, am I now an author? Still a meathead.
Yours in steel,
Myles
Alan Hirchenson
Way back in the 70's and from then on I had a friend, Alan Hirchenson. He was a great guy and character. I knew him first from the gym and power lifting and became friends with him and he supported my lifting after he stopped. He was a pretty good lifter, but was funny about Alan, he always bragged so hard. I can remember him walking into a gym and saying in his huge loud voice he was too strong for that gym. I can remember him coming to a meet talking about benching 600 and he did not even get out of the 4's. But the fact was, he was a pretty good lifter. He did do a legit 550 bench at 220 when shirts were shirts. I mean that is pretty strong.
Alan was a very kind person to his friends, he was so giving. Now he was hard to be around sometimes with his bragart personality. But he was just so generous to you. He loved you in his way. Alan was very good at working and he turned a chiropractic office into a dynasty. The guy had it all. Just tons of money, all the cars, all the trappings of the life. Then Alan tried Nubain. It got him. He lost the business, house, money, kids, and a lot of friends. He over dosed a few times. Nobody could reach him. He pushed everyone away. The guy was a classic victim of his own excess. Well Alan died Friday. That crap got him. He was not even 50 years old. Rest in peace Alan. I will miss you and have for years. Your brother in steel,
Myles
Alan was a very kind person to his friends, he was so giving. Now he was hard to be around sometimes with his bragart personality. But he was just so generous to you. He loved you in his way. Alan was very good at working and he turned a chiropractic office into a dynasty. The guy had it all. Just tons of money, all the cars, all the trappings of the life. Then Alan tried Nubain. It got him. He lost the business, house, money, kids, and a lot of friends. He over dosed a few times. Nobody could reach him. He pushed everyone away. The guy was a classic victim of his own excess. Well Alan died Friday. That crap got him. He was not even 50 years old. Rest in peace Alan. I will miss you and have for years. Your brother in steel,
Myles
More pulling
OK first the good news. I pulled 585 Tuesday night. Was wonderful. I smoked it also. It is on you tube. Funny how the simple act of picking something up can stir so many emotions. Now I am very happy about it. I rode home from the gym like a king. The only way I would have been more king like is if I had a camel. Spectacular feeling that lasts for days. In fact it is still riding.
I had missed the lift 15 days prior. I filmed that one also. It was eating and eating at me. Now for the last 5 weeks I have had a nasty cough. I think it was from a sinus infection dripping down. I did not have a doctor as my last one flaked out and dropped me. Of course he also got arrested for hitting his wife. But anyway, I saw the new doctor this week. Tuesday in fact. He gave me some antibiotics, a shot and some pills, then a shot of decadron. I let that work for about 5 hours and pulled the 585. The cough is gone. Might have been the pull that did it. Talk about medicine.
The doctor thought I was doing great. My colesteral is high, ,so we are going to medicate it. OK.
Now the deadlift also stirred other emotions. My family. My wife and her side are worried I am going to die. And I am, just not soon. They don't exercise. Nothing. And I don't drink, well I do some wine for my heart, but that is all, I don't gamble, I don't drug, I don't run around, I am a good father and provider. But the fact I work out too hard makes them upset. Sorry. You will have to do better than that. I am not slowing down or backing off. It is one arguement after another and I am now just shutting the people out. They won't know what I do in the gym, that way they can be free of my worries. The doctors are happy, I am happy and now they will be happy. I will let them know I rode the bike.
I also had my machine in my chest call the heart doctor. I lay this pad over the machine in my chest and hook it up to the phone. It calls in and narcs me out on anything. They called back a while later and said all is great. So yea.
Last night I hit a 355 incline. Well I hit 335, then 345 and then needed a small nudge in the middle of my rep with 355, so really I missed it. I did do 275 for a smoking 8 reps. I mean killed it. I have to start thinking 10.
Jim McGlynn anybody? Miss my man.
Don Stewart had a heavy operation this week. Fantastic athlete. One of the best I have ever seen. Big, strong, agile. He had to have the ball cut off in the shoulder and a new one put on. Ouch. His throwing shoulder. The poor guy had not been able to lift his arm. He has tried and tried to avoid this. The big Boston man is a great guy once you get to know him. Tough son of a gun. We need more Don's in our world.
My main man Craig is doing well. He is frustrated that after a whole 6 days of rehab his knee is not ready. I mean not even a week. He is going to be real good. Tough as nails. So strong the rehab guys have no idea what they are really dealing with. I told Craig to just speak percentages to them, the numbers would blow them out of the water.
The godfather, big Paul has a new hip. The guy box squatted 535 with the last one they put in at 16 weeks. Is that the neatest thing ever? 535 at 16 weeks out with a titanium hip. Big yea baby for that.
MWR is doing well. He has to get his belly button put back in. It is now an out e. Yep he blew it out. He then did an 800 dead. Yep, after the herniation he pulled 800. Very sick wonderful man. I love this guy. Spoke to him last night. Can't wait to be on the field with him again. He has a wob world record on his mind. And I think he will do it.
K monster and I are working at building our gym up. I think we are doing great work with the people. We just have to move the old guy out as he is horrible training people. The guy does stuff so old and not thought out it is amazing. Just throws anything out there for people. Then calls himself coach. OK miestro.
I will be posting more here now. Getting ready for the season and my mind is very hungry. Yours in steel,
Myles
I had missed the lift 15 days prior. I filmed that one also. It was eating and eating at me. Now for the last 5 weeks I have had a nasty cough. I think it was from a sinus infection dripping down. I did not have a doctor as my last one flaked out and dropped me. Of course he also got arrested for hitting his wife. But anyway, I saw the new doctor this week. Tuesday in fact. He gave me some antibiotics, a shot and some pills, then a shot of decadron. I let that work for about 5 hours and pulled the 585. The cough is gone. Might have been the pull that did it. Talk about medicine.
The doctor thought I was doing great. My colesteral is high, ,so we are going to medicate it. OK.
Now the deadlift also stirred other emotions. My family. My wife and her side are worried I am going to die. And I am, just not soon. They don't exercise. Nothing. And I don't drink, well I do some wine for my heart, but that is all, I don't gamble, I don't drug, I don't run around, I am a good father and provider. But the fact I work out too hard makes them upset. Sorry. You will have to do better than that. I am not slowing down or backing off. It is one arguement after another and I am now just shutting the people out. They won't know what I do in the gym, that way they can be free of my worries. The doctors are happy, I am happy and now they will be happy. I will let them know I rode the bike.
I also had my machine in my chest call the heart doctor. I lay this pad over the machine in my chest and hook it up to the phone. It calls in and narcs me out on anything. They called back a while later and said all is great. So yea.
Last night I hit a 355 incline. Well I hit 335, then 345 and then needed a small nudge in the middle of my rep with 355, so really I missed it. I did do 275 for a smoking 8 reps. I mean killed it. I have to start thinking 10.
Jim McGlynn anybody? Miss my man.
Don Stewart had a heavy operation this week. Fantastic athlete. One of the best I have ever seen. Big, strong, agile. He had to have the ball cut off in the shoulder and a new one put on. Ouch. His throwing shoulder. The poor guy had not been able to lift his arm. He has tried and tried to avoid this. The big Boston man is a great guy once you get to know him. Tough son of a gun. We need more Don's in our world.
My main man Craig is doing well. He is frustrated that after a whole 6 days of rehab his knee is not ready. I mean not even a week. He is going to be real good. Tough as nails. So strong the rehab guys have no idea what they are really dealing with. I told Craig to just speak percentages to them, the numbers would blow them out of the water.
The godfather, big Paul has a new hip. The guy box squatted 535 with the last one they put in at 16 weeks. Is that the neatest thing ever? 535 at 16 weeks out with a titanium hip. Big yea baby for that.
MWR is doing well. He has to get his belly button put back in. It is now an out e. Yep he blew it out. He then did an 800 dead. Yep, after the herniation he pulled 800. Very sick wonderful man. I love this guy. Spoke to him last night. Can't wait to be on the field with him again. He has a wob world record on his mind. And I think he will do it.
K monster and I are working at building our gym up. I think we are doing great work with the people. We just have to move the old guy out as he is horrible training people. The guy does stuff so old and not thought out it is amazing. Just throws anything out there for people. Then calls himself coach. OK miestro.
I will be posting more here now. Getting ready for the season and my mind is very hungry. Yours in steel,
Myles
Train
Last week ended up a mixed bag. I had a great pull night and did well. Got a cough on Wednesday night and felt poor trying to train Thursday and had to cash in. Just frustrates me. I expect to always do well. No excuses.
The year is early and it seems we are seeing a lot of injuries. My man Craig Smith is hurt. Having a knee problem. He feels it will have to be operated on now. It is still early in the injury, so I am hopeful he is wrong. The guy has made such a push and done so well in the last couple years, it kills me to see this go down.
Kerry had a hammy a few weeks ago bothering him. Does not seem to have slowed him down. He re routed and kept on going. Nice.
Mutant White Rhino has blown out his belly button. Kerry did this a couple years ago and had to have his fixed. Did not take long and he had a great season. Hope this is the same for Gerrard.
We had snow Sunday, so the gym was closed on Monday? Less than an inch and they closed the gym. Not sure I follow that. So I am going to squat tonight instead.
Auburn is the national champion. They have the Heisman trophy winner and won it all. Just like Alabama did last year. Ran the table. I was really shocked in how well Oregon did. They were lucky to be in the game at the end. I thought Auburn really out played them. In the end they won, so another SEC championship. 5 in a row? Not bad.
I expect Alabama will be back very strong this next year. Saban is on a mission. Roll tide.
yours in steel,
Myles
The year is early and it seems we are seeing a lot of injuries. My man Craig Smith is hurt. Having a knee problem. He feels it will have to be operated on now. It is still early in the injury, so I am hopeful he is wrong. The guy has made such a push and done so well in the last couple years, it kills me to see this go down.
Kerry had a hammy a few weeks ago bothering him. Does not seem to have slowed him down. He re routed and kept on going. Nice.
Mutant White Rhino has blown out his belly button. Kerry did this a couple years ago and had to have his fixed. Did not take long and he had a great season. Hope this is the same for Gerrard.
We had snow Sunday, so the gym was closed on Monday? Less than an inch and they closed the gym. Not sure I follow that. So I am going to squat tonight instead.
Auburn is the national champion. They have the Heisman trophy winner and won it all. Just like Alabama did last year. Ran the table. I was really shocked in how well Oregon did. They were lucky to be in the game at the end. I thought Auburn really out played them. In the end they won, so another SEC championship. 5 in a row? Not bad.
I expect Alabama will be back very strong this next year. Saban is on a mission. Roll tide.
yours in steel,
Myles
Pulling
My pull has continued to improve. Not as fast as I expect, but it is coming. I pulled a 565 last night. That is a pretty good look on the bar. It is almost a 12 plate jingle, the jr version. Next stop is 12 plates. I really think I have this in the tank right now so I am confident about doing it. I am going to focus on doing it for a double in a couple of weeks. 585 will be nice to have, then a short jump over 600.
Jimmy McGlynn?
I had a good squat in me last week. Warmed up real good and the poundage felt super light. I mean real light. But I did not have the right sugar level and it hit me right before I hit my heavy set. Started to feel crapy and sweating a ton. What do you do? I sucked it up and went for it, but I had nothing. Was a shame and it still bothers me. My sinus has been real dry also and I made a mess on the platform. Blood went everyplace. Looked spectacular for nothing.
My incline last week was a nice 355. I killed that and have more in the tank. Will be nice to be back at a 365 incline soon. Solid number and within 20 of the figure I was doing around the time I got hurt. I am back in the hunt for the poundages from back then now with everything and it is showing. My face is round, but I like it. I sure don't want to turn up boney.
Had a great holiday season. My small ones enjoyed it all and that is what it is all about. I never saw a 4 year old boy enjoy a tree so much. He just stands in front of it and touches it. Great to see that spirit in him. He smiles at the tree and I sit there and smile at him. Win Win.
Broke off part of one of my back teeth last night with the big pull. Nice big chunk of it gone. Not good.
So I need dental and I need glasses. Knee, back and heart are cooking anyway. Yours in steel,
Myles
Jimmy McGlynn?
I had a good squat in me last week. Warmed up real good and the poundage felt super light. I mean real light. But I did not have the right sugar level and it hit me right before I hit my heavy set. Started to feel crapy and sweating a ton. What do you do? I sucked it up and went for it, but I had nothing. Was a shame and it still bothers me. My sinus has been real dry also and I made a mess on the platform. Blood went everyplace. Looked spectacular for nothing.
My incline last week was a nice 355. I killed that and have more in the tank. Will be nice to be back at a 365 incline soon. Solid number and within 20 of the figure I was doing around the time I got hurt. I am back in the hunt for the poundages from back then now with everything and it is showing. My face is round, but I like it. I sure don't want to turn up boney.
Had a great holiday season. My small ones enjoyed it all and that is what it is all about. I never saw a 4 year old boy enjoy a tree so much. He just stands in front of it and touches it. Great to see that spirit in him. He smiles at the tree and I sit there and smile at him. Win Win.
Broke off part of one of my back teeth last night with the big pull. Nice big chunk of it gone. Not good.
So I need dental and I need glasses. Knee, back and heart are cooking anyway. Yours in steel,
Myles
Rebound
I have been struggling in the gym as of late. I have been having a tough time since I pulled heavy two weeks ago. I had a nice night pulling and then just went in the tank. The following workout I had a bad push day. My incline was down. When you get weaker there is a reason. Something was wrong. So of course I went in and squated heavy the following Monday. I was not on again. I forced the issue, but it just was a tough night. Now I still went up to 475 and hit that, but not what I wanted for sure. Again, when your not making progress, there is a reason why. So I rested the entire week until tonight.
If I don't want to train, something is way up. I always love training, so resting was an easy call. I wanted to train some Friday, but I held off. I wanted some Saturday, but waiting until today was my move. I pulled a 545 double. Yep, nasty, grind it out duece. I loved and enjoyed it. Talk about feeling fabulous. I am.
I did some stuff after that, but really after you dead lift and what you do between that and the truck, does it really matter?
Yours in steel,
Myles
If I don't want to train, something is way up. I always love training, so resting was an easy call. I wanted to train some Friday, but I held off. I wanted some Saturday, but waiting until today was my move. I pulled a 545 double. Yep, nasty, grind it out duece. I loved and enjoyed it. Talk about feeling fabulous. I am.
I did some stuff after that, but really after you dead lift and what you do between that and the truck, does it really matter?
Yours in steel,
Myles
Pulling
Had a great night Monday, pulled 530 for a double. Just smoked it and felt real powerful. Now tonight was a total different story, my incline just stunk. I hit a triple with 315 and it was hard. I just think with this sick I am not recovering. Real frustrating. I went to some push press after this and my chest felt ok. I was having some trouble as overhead things were pulling my chest apart in the place they put the bones back. Not good. But felt decent tonight as long as you don't look at the lack of power. I also am a spaz and have no body synergy pushing up the bar. I might as well be doing strict press as there is no leg drive. But I need to work on it and give it time.
The world of college football is going to look different next year. There are going to be some coaching changes. With the void at the top, someone is going to loose a top coach to Florida. Then the trickle down will start. Miami has also moved Shannon out. The problem I have with that move is, you have not heard of a player in trouble down there in years. He cleaned it up. They have one of the highest academic programs in the county. So you say academics and how the program is run is important, then you fire a guy who does it right and has a pretty good record. Sure, we all want to be national champion, but the guy does things right. When Dennis Erickson won two and his players were always in the news with problems, people complained about that, but he was not fired. So I guess it is just win baby.
Not much out of the program here in Tuscaloosa since the season ending loss to Auburn. I have a feeling Saban is stewing. Don't expect him to stand pat and accept that. The man is a competitor.
Speaking of Auburn. I just have a feeling the Cam Newton story is not complete. I think the final shoe has not dropped. I so hope I am wrong, but there is so much smoke there.
Anyone seen Jimmy McGlynn?
Yours in steel,
Myles
The world of college football is going to look different next year. There are going to be some coaching changes. With the void at the top, someone is going to loose a top coach to Florida. Then the trickle down will start. Miami has also moved Shannon out. The problem I have with that move is, you have not heard of a player in trouble down there in years. He cleaned it up. They have one of the highest academic programs in the county. So you say academics and how the program is run is important, then you fire a guy who does it right and has a pretty good record. Sure, we all want to be national champion, but the guy does things right. When Dennis Erickson won two and his players were always in the news with problems, people complained about that, but he was not fired. So I guess it is just win baby.
Not much out of the program here in Tuscaloosa since the season ending loss to Auburn. I have a feeling Saban is stewing. Don't expect him to stand pat and accept that. The man is a competitor.
Speaking of Auburn. I just have a feeling the Cam Newton story is not complete. I think the final shoe has not dropped. I so hope I am wrong, but there is so much smoke there.
Anyone seen Jimmy McGlynn?
Yours in steel,
Myles
Training
The past two weeks have been sick, the cold has migrated into my chest and a bad cough. Seems I am on the up swing now, but the rest of the family is about a week behind me.
I have been back in the gym since last Wednesday from my deload week. A lot of people go to the gym and train real light on the deload. I train real hard on the training weeks and sit and eat on the deload weeks. I do both to the extreme.
Wednesday I was on schedule to incline 315 for 5. Well being sick the cards did not go that way. I had not slept a night in days. Just up coughing and I got 3 and missed a close 4th. So I went backwards part of a rep. Not happy. Then I close missed 355. Just not good.
I went in Friday and worked my lats and biceps. Not a ton, just got the blood moving nice. I did some standing alternating curls with the 75's and just killed them. Felt strong again. Nice to have some power back.
So yesterday was my pull day. I went in and had to do 530. Well I not only killed it, I did it for a double. I mean killed the double. Now thinking back I should have done 3. But I was locked in with the mind and you don't change mid set.
I did some power cleans after. My form is horrible. Not using my body with each other. Just awkward. I did a 245, but ugly and felt bad. I then went over and did the leg curl stack for a bunch of reps. Then went home and had some nice pork roast Cheryl cooked up with black beans and rice and plantains. Yummy Cuban food.
I am in the low 290's right now. Feels good to have some weight back and get some power back. Not all there yet, but sure much better than the weak sauce on the field this past year. I can't wait to make something fly again. Did some turns the other day and felt strong and fast. I am going to jerk the chain out of something.
Football is painful here in Tuscaloosa. The tide lost three games this year. Would you have bet prior to the year Florida and Alabama would have so many losses. Nice to see AU going to the championship game. They are going to kill Oregon. They are so much bigger and just as fast. Oregon has not seen anyone like Au this year and it is going to shock them. They can run plays as fast as they want, but they won't run on AU. Big boys with speed that kills. AU practices against a much better QB than Oregon has, so there won't be any surprises.
Don't want to hear any complaining from TCU and Boise. Get your schedule up boys. You are not worthy of teams playing a home and home so don't say you can't get people to play you. Just go there and play. Just like FSU did to make their club one of the best. You start winning some of those and you can have some home and homes with big teams. But not now, your small potatoes in the big picture. Look at the clubs the SEC plays week in and week out. Not just get up for one big game in the year, no it is a weekly thing. Get past LSU one week and get Alabama the next. Arkansas and AU are there as is South Carolina. All top 20 schools and most were top 10 a lot of the year. Oh yea, Mississippi State was top 25 also. Florida was in the top 10 for a while till they had to play in the SEC and lost to these teams. Tennessee and Georgia are also going to bowls. Just a tough road there.
Jimmy V speach has to be one of the best ever. Everyone needs to see it. Should be shown in schools. I tear up every time I see the thing. Watch it.
Yours in steel,
Myles
I have been back in the gym since last Wednesday from my deload week. A lot of people go to the gym and train real light on the deload. I train real hard on the training weeks and sit and eat on the deload weeks. I do both to the extreme.
Wednesday I was on schedule to incline 315 for 5. Well being sick the cards did not go that way. I had not slept a night in days. Just up coughing and I got 3 and missed a close 4th. So I went backwards part of a rep. Not happy. Then I close missed 355. Just not good.
I went in Friday and worked my lats and biceps. Not a ton, just got the blood moving nice. I did some standing alternating curls with the 75's and just killed them. Felt strong again. Nice to have some power back.
So yesterday was my pull day. I went in and had to do 530. Well I not only killed it, I did it for a double. I mean killed the double. Now thinking back I should have done 3. But I was locked in with the mind and you don't change mid set.
I did some power cleans after. My form is horrible. Not using my body with each other. Just awkward. I did a 245, but ugly and felt bad. I then went over and did the leg curl stack for a bunch of reps. Then went home and had some nice pork roast Cheryl cooked up with black beans and rice and plantains. Yummy Cuban food.
I am in the low 290's right now. Feels good to have some weight back and get some power back. Not all there yet, but sure much better than the weak sauce on the field this past year. I can't wait to make something fly again. Did some turns the other day and felt strong and fast. I am going to jerk the chain out of something.
Football is painful here in Tuscaloosa. The tide lost three games this year. Would you have bet prior to the year Florida and Alabama would have so many losses. Nice to see AU going to the championship game. They are going to kill Oregon. They are so much bigger and just as fast. Oregon has not seen anyone like Au this year and it is going to shock them. They can run plays as fast as they want, but they won't run on AU. Big boys with speed that kills. AU practices against a much better QB than Oregon has, so there won't be any surprises.
Don't want to hear any complaining from TCU and Boise. Get your schedule up boys. You are not worthy of teams playing a home and home so don't say you can't get people to play you. Just go there and play. Just like FSU did to make their club one of the best. You start winning some of those and you can have some home and homes with big teams. But not now, your small potatoes in the big picture. Look at the clubs the SEC plays week in and week out. Not just get up for one big game in the year, no it is a weekly thing. Get past LSU one week and get Alabama the next. Arkansas and AU are there as is South Carolina. All top 20 schools and most were top 10 a lot of the year. Oh yea, Mississippi State was top 25 also. Florida was in the top 10 for a while till they had to play in the SEC and lost to these teams. Tennessee and Georgia are also going to bowls. Just a tough road there.
Jimmy V speach has to be one of the best ever. Everyone needs to see it. Should be shown in schools. I tear up every time I see the thing. Watch it.
Yours in steel,
Myles
500 squat
Last night I hit the 500 squat. I have been wanting and working for this for months since the injury. I can remember being in rehab thinking of when I used to be strong and learning to squat down partial with my body weight. I have come so far, I mean you just don't understand how low I was. But now back to some power. It is coming and it is decent now. I can walk the earth again like a man with some power. What a feeling. Happy Birthday to me. I gave myself the gift of steel.
Jimmy McGlynn, if your out there someplace, please call me.
I have not posted for a while as I wanted to leave the interview with Petur on top. I really enjoyed seeing the man again this year. He is just more than a friend to me. He is like family. I am so blessed to have people like this in my life. They give me so much joy.
Just a quick snap shot of the past week. Did a 315 x 4 incline. I then did a nice 345. Not bad, again some power. I also pulled a 520. Wow was it hard. I was still fazed by the last squat day and it took a legit 15 seconds to pull it up. No way was it near legal, but I did get it.
Yours in steel,
Myles
Jimmy McGlynn, if your out there someplace, please call me.
I have not posted for a while as I wanted to leave the interview with Petur on top. I really enjoyed seeing the man again this year. He is just more than a friend to me. He is like family. I am so blessed to have people like this in my life. They give me so much joy.
Just a quick snap shot of the past week. Did a 315 x 4 incline. I then did a nice 345. Not bad, again some power. I also pulled a 520. Wow was it hard. I was still fazed by the last squat day and it took a legit 15 seconds to pull it up. No way was it near legal, but I did get it.
Yours in steel,
Myles
