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Vacation?

by Eugene Thong on January 23, 2009

Hey all, I apologize for the spotty postings as of late (insert lame excuse about the cyclical nature of the personal training business here) and unfortunately, it’s about to get a tad spottier.  I’m headed to Utah tomorrow morning for an 8-day snowboarding trip with the fam and friends.  It’s something we’d like to do [...]

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In Case You Read This Blog…

by Eugene Thong on November 27, 2008

…my sincere thanks for the (bunless) Five-Napkin Burger at Nice Matin yesterday.   And the conversation.

    

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October Surprise.

October 13, 2008

Apologies for the way things look around here.  My webmaster is kicking around some new design ideas and the layout may suffer slightly in the interim.  Posts and articles should still be completely readable, but there may be some funky stuff going on in the headers and widgets.
Bear with me.

    

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Your Workouts Aren’t Really That Bad.

June 9, 2008

It’s instructive to realize that some folks still have to live by the sweat of their brow (and keep smiling) the next time you think your workout is hard. Photo credit: Juliette Lasserre/BIPs/Getty Images
Monday bonus validation and link love: As the Hogans would say, have you been Eugenized yet? I don’t claim to [...]

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Quality Before Intensity.

March 24, 2008

With proper coaching, this should never happen.
Why does stupid stuff (like the “cleans” in the video linked above) happen on a routine basis?  Because you (or your coach) has chosen to emphasize intensity over quality.
Intensity (read: level of effort) is vitally important.  In fact, the main reason most people get absolutely nothing out of their workouts [...]

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Under Construction

January 27, 2008

Welcome. Please bear with me during this transition period.
All of my previous posts and articles can still be found on eugenization.wordpress.com
I hope to have everything transferred over by the end of the week.

    

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Merry Xmas Everyone.

December 25, 2007

To all, I wish you a happy holiday, whatever that holiday may be.
You can either take this day to rest, feed, and be merry with your loved ones, or take a cue from Santa and get a few reps in before tucking into that Figgy Pudding (I know which one I’ll be doing.  Dinner table, [...]

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A Quick Note…

August 31, 2007

I know some of you were wondering how I did:
(Sorry Corrie, next time I’ll avoid taking trips to China immediately before a competition.)
Thanks to everyone for all of your support. Currently training hard for October (My sempai Jin has a wicked Uchi Mata – ouch).

    

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Off To China!

July 21, 2007

I’ll be away for 10 days or so visiting my parents in our ancestral homeland, China. I don’t expect to have too much Internet access available to me so you’ll have to wait till I get back to hear what I thought of that breast cancer/fruits and veggies study that came out recently.
If I [...]

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NAGA Championships 2007 Pics – Thanks For Waiting.

May 6, 2007

I’ve just been informed that Sairalyn put up the pictures she took of my NAGA match. Here’s the link.
She commented that if you watch the slideshow with less than 2 seconds between each pic, it’s like watching the match again.
Strangely enough, she didn’t take a pic of me nearly getting my ankle ripped off. [...]

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