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Poll: The Great Plate Debate.

by Eugene Thong on February 17, 2009

Yesterday, a friend of mine sent me this clever picture:

Which reminded me of another mundane debate, this time weight room-based:
Do you load your plates facing out or facing in?
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Sorry, I’m Not Convinced.

by Eugene Thong on November 23, 2008

From allvoices.com:

    

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Crazy As a Fox.

November 7, 2008

With all the information nowadays on how cardio is not only an inefficient method of burning fat but potentially harmful to your health, you’d have to be crazy to be a jogger.
(Just a little Friday morning levity for you folks.)

    

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A Little Monday Morning Levity.

October 20, 2008

Sometimes, it’s hard to truly get your point across.

Thinking for yourself = being your own best counsel.  Question freely, everyone!

    

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A Personal Perspective, For a Change.

July 31, 2008

Are trainers expensive baby-sitters or cheap therapists?  Or neither?
The two (sadly) predominant stereotypes of trainers are The Baby-Sitter (AKA The Rep Counter) and The Therapist.  Go into any New York Sports Club (or, *insert name of your gym here*) and I’ll bet dimes to donuts you’ll find several examples of both.
The Rep Counter does just [...]

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Media Sighting: Eugene and Brazilian Jiujitsu.

April 15, 2008

Thanks to Chris Gethard for sending me this (just how many Chris’s do I know, anyway?) – for some odd reason, I somehow snuck onto some of the footage the NY Post shot on their feature on Mixed Martial Arts at Renzo Gracie’s Brazilian Jiujitsu Academy.
I’m the confused-looking fellow (about 1:29) sitting back to put [...]

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You’re Never Too Old, Too Young…

February 12, 2008

…or too small to start weight training. Just follow Aditya Dev’s example (courtesy Daily Mail UK):

Too bad his trainer has him lifting no more than 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) dumbbells, but I suppose it’s warranted as his total body weight is a mere 9kg (just under 20 lbs).
Let’s perform some calculations to see how [...]

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John Du Cane’s Really Reaching.

January 28, 2006

Today, one of my clients mentioned to me during our workout that she had received a catalog in the mail “that contained those kettleball things (sic) and other interesting Russian things.”
And I thought, “Why is Dragon Door Publications sending her a catalog?”
Of course, the answer is that her name is probably on a master mailing [...]

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Chinchilla. The Gym Face Version.

October 20, 2005

From the annals of my celebrated gym-face picture vault comes another county fair prizewinner:
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Michael Chinchilla.
Above: This is exactly how Chinchilla looks right before he’s about to deliver a spinning elbow to your noggin. Exactly.
Who knew seated biceps curls could inspire such concentration and focus?

    

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The Gym-Face Project. Continued.

October 6, 2005

Thought I’d add another to the list of good Gym-Face I’ve collected over the years. This one comes courtesy of the famous James Richard Christie:
Above: Bowel movement or bench press, it’s all Val-Salva to me.
Thanks, James. Your support is most appreciated.

    

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