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Man.  It has been a rough month for some of the lifters of the Monterey Bay Barbell Club.  Myself included.  Weightlifting may just be the m...

I really like weightlifting. I think about it entirely too much. It's weird, you guys, seriously. If weightlifting was a chick I wou...

The Storm Dedicated to Donny Shankle (no homo.) He does not need to speak He but stands And the room goes quiet He walks slowly He is patien...

It's no secret that my split jerk sucks. A lot. I mean, with a PR clean of a pretty easy 137, my best competition legal clean & j...

Welp, I'm not squatting heavy for the next 4-6 weeks, because it's beating the crap out of my knees, and adding 5kg to my squat isn...

I've been thinking about power lately. Specifically, the power variations of the lifts, i.e. the power snatch and power clean. This po...

Pretty regularly, someone will ask me to "write them a few workouts." I used to oblige - after all, a few workouts is only a few ...

I live in the spaces between the knurling. Where chalk collects and where my blood dries and flakes and eventually wears away, leaving behi...

i did a bunch of stuff. None of it notable. On Friday at Cal Strength I went straight from 90 to 100 in the snatch and proceeded to miss i...

I have nothing clever or funny to say so instead make fun of this picture. I think that's 270#. Yesterday I C&J'd 270# for a PR...

Last night Nathan and I sat down to dinner at Chili's and within 3 seconds our waitress was trolling him. It was real good. She asked...

Firstly, this: So, last night, I was at a table full of sunfish. No really. The Sunfish Face is a face originally implemented by Justin of...

Yeah I know it's only cold by Californian standards but get fucked I'm a Californian kthxbai. Yesterday my friend, who is a bald hea...

I guess I've been lifting weights and stuff. I snatched 102kg on Friday, for a 7kg PR, it's alright. I took about 20 maximal or nea...

Bite your lip, baby I wanna wonder What you're thinking Tell me with your fingertips

Here are some things I am forced to do on a daily basis which I believe are far too similar to cardio. 1. Coaching. Do you know how much w...

Let me tell you some funny things. Last night Mariah and I went to a bar with a few friends. Mariah and I are cooler than you, so instead ...

No one tells you about hands. I suppose it may be mentioned in passing, and it should probably seem obvious that in a sport that requires re...

...but apparently the message isn't getting through, so here we go again. This morning I dropped Brent off at the airbus station. Obvi...

The 70's Big Lifting Workshop is legit. We hosted one at CrossFit Monterey yesterday. Justin has one of the best eyes for movement I...