Last Strongman of 2012

Last Strongman of 2012. 10 am. 23 degrees. Snow on the ground. What better weather for a Strongman Workout. Just me and Arthur, but I know you all would have rather been with us than ANYWHERE else you were holed up being a puska...

Am I right?

Heh. Just kidding. See you all Next Year!

CAPSTRONG.COM, BABY!

PS. See the movie "LIFE of PI" Please. For those of you who do realize that Strongman is also a spiritual quest, see Life of Pi.

Happy New Year.

Okay Sunday Bad Weather...But SCREW IT! LET'S GO!

Bad weather be damned! LEt's run the stairs and do push hands for 45 minutes from 10-10:45. Be there for the last hooorah of 2012.

No Strongman Thursday

Too WET for Strongman today girlies... Let's look to Sunday...maybe Saturday? Maybe Tomorrow!

Truly Live & Truly Love!

Happy Holidays

I woke up this morning with the great saying of: "It's what you do when no one is looking that defines you as a person." So I decided to go to Strongman today, no matter who was there, and flip the 650 lb. Tire for 100 yards. No Cameras, no having anyone cheer me on, or whatever, no fanfare. Just doing it for me. My record from a few years ago was 200 yards, down and back the football field, but I figured this was a good start as I am still making sure I don't shred my pigskin:) I did it, I succeeded. I gave the gift of achievement to me for the holidays. It is what makes us feel alive when no one is looking. I seem to surround myself with people who train like freaks when no one is around, and/or who would save people from burning buildings even if it meant their lives, if it meant no fanfare or thanks, they live this way. I am very fortunate and this Holiday Season I am thankful for all of you, and for me and my quiet resolve. I hope all of you are heroes to yourselves. It makes it so much easier to be good to others and to not be judgmental of them, to just be there for them. Be who you want to be. Happy Holidays.

Now watch what we do when people are watching and laugh your ass off.

Sunday 12/23 10 am Strongman.

Sunday 10 am Strongman! Outside...dress warm!

The Day Before the End...No Way!

Our Strongman Mojo keeps the End of All Things at Bay.

Strongman Tomorrow 2:30 PM OUTSIDE!

Yeah, Out on the field! Dress warm. With all the security over the shootings we are going to stay outside. If no one is there I will leave by 3:00. So if you want your shirt get there. Otherwise we will go on Sunday @ 10 am. OUTSIDE.

T-SHIRTS are in! Be @ Strongman on Sunday to gettem!

SHIRTS are IN!
Be at Strongman on Sunday 12/12 @ 10:00 am to pick em up.

SHS Weight Room w Fabian Old-School 12/13/12

Fabian and I got after it at SHS dead-lifting 405 for the first time since we both got hurt...Eaaaazzzzy! And an old school superset of mine incline bench/curls.
Shout out to Big Paul who hit got hit by a Mini-van and made it cry!

Strongman in SHS Weight Room Tomorrow...I hope

Okay. Meet in SHS Weight room tomorrow after school @ 2:30. We'll try and lift inside on Thursdays from now on til it warms up. For those of you who don't know where that is... Go in the back entrance, up the stairs and turn right, 3rd door on your right. If we get kicked out we will be on the football field as always. If you get hurt I am tossing you in the woods:)

No Strongman Tomorrow!

Sorry gang, no strongman tomorrow. My Niece is being Baptized and it's gonna rain... So go lift Grandma's fat butt up and take her out for lunch or do som'n nice for someone...That's Strongman too.

Strongman'ssss Tomorrow @ 2:30 SHS

Strongman tomorrow 2:30 SHS where my Snake Style will defeat your Lazy-Ass style

Strongman Engineering Achievement

http://news.yahoo.com/voyager-1-probe-leaving-solar-system-reaches-magnetic-023825204.html

This is one of the coolest feats of human achievements ever, and it's buried in Yahoo news. For 35 years, this little engine that could has been trekking through the stars. Why can't all our appliances be this good. Leaving the solar system for what? "The undiscovered country", as Shakespeare said. What a marvel. A true Strongman; both the machine and those who dreamed and built it. And where are our dreams now? Where is NASA now? But hey, we have a lot of TV channels and Twitter. 

 

"Go, baby, go! The Strongman Team Captain wishes you well!" 

 

 

"Flowing with Punches"

"Flowing with Punches"

by Shu-Shu 1576 A.D.
(Translated from the Japanese Text:
  Buddha's Sister's Name was Cow)

Into the gray world of life should come a water-mind discipline of: "Flowing with the Punches--"
with love and any insanity life throws into our path.
But do not forget that waves also crash and make beautiful monuments of stone
and that frigid ice can make bridges to new lands.
Love! Run! See! Fly! Create!
Lift your voice and your spirit every day to anyone who will hear!
And to your self if no one else is around.
(There is always someone listening.)
Love it all, this life.
Stop and look at the sky for awe and wonder and guidance,
look to the mountains, the blue oceans,
the green seas, to the eyes of hawks and dogs and ravens too,
to the lion's tooth and the butterfly's wing. They are all mirrored places within--
Flowing.
And most of all, never loose the faith in whatever you kneel or bow to
even if it's only stubbornness.
After all, we are the breath of stars,
And the stars--a reflection mirrored in our eyes.

12/2/12 Circ des Strongman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2pYeVrctuw&list=UUXNTd70v15O3r_NLKaN9N6A&index=1&feature=plpp_video&safe=active

Dry enough! Let's Go!

Dry enough! Let's Go! Sunday 10:00 am! Get yer butt's in gear!

Chillin,Steven Segal Documentary

Chillin, watchin Steven Segal Documentary. He flows like water. Cole (Student) asked me the difference between Aikido and Wing Tsun. My response, and I am no expert, was: "Wing Tsun is Aikido in  a small space; the principals are very similar, soft, giving way, using other's force, etc. What Aikido does with the whole body, Wing Tsun does with one arm as in a 'bong' or 'tan'." I love both styles. One was invented by armored Samurai against many armored, sword-bearing opponents. The other as hand to hand (basically) and to finish as fast as possible. Both can be performed effectively by a small person, or woman against a bigger assailant. Huge fan of both and Mr. Segal, though his cheese has slid off his cracker a bit in his later years, he was one of the only "Anglos" to ever be allowed to teach in Japan, he was--and still is nasty. He helps train arguably the best fighter in the world: Anderson Silva, so let the facts speak for themselves if you don't like him. For a true appreciation of his style watch his first two or three movies when he was just doing his Aikido. Brutal, fast, and beautiful... like me-- Ha!

This Little Old Lady is Stronger than You, So...

This Little Old Lady is Stronger Than You...So Get to Strongman on Sunday December 2, 2012 @ 10:00 am.