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By: Strength revelations: what I’ve learned from strongman | Hard Sweat

Strength revelations: what I’ve learned from strongman | Hard Sweat — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:16:31 +0000

[...] is something I discovered while training for this event and I’ve mentioned it recently. Moving from A to B with a heavy load is an awesome workout. What it does to your heart and lungs [...]

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:52:56 +0000

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Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:07:46 +0000

[...] is something I discovered while training for this event and I’ve mentioned it recently. Moving from A to B with a heavy load is an awesome workout. What it does to your heart and lungs [...]

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Why do women start weight training? — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:04:27 +0000

[...] everything in life I never take the obvious route and a recent post by Gubernatrix brought back memories of why I first got into [...]

By: gubernatrix

gubernatrix — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:02:59 +0000

@ Steven: Interesting nomenclature. I have a weak supraspinatus according to my physio, but I am dutifully doing my shoulder exercises to try to correct this.

By: gubernatrix

gubernatrix — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:00:48 +0000

@ Ammi: The sleeper belongs to a guy who runs a strongman contest down in west Cornwall (Celtic Strongman). I would have made off with it if I could carry it far enough!

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:27:35 +0000

Mea culpa. I misspelled “supraspinatus.”

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:23:03 +0000

Anatomy trivia: The muscle responsible for initiating arm abduction is the supraspinatous, nicknamed the “suitcase muscle.”

And, yeah, go Granny Olga!

By: Ammi

Ammi — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:23:31 +0000

Go Aunty Olga!

I absolutely love the sleepers – where did you find them? I’m trying to get hold of a tractor tyre at the moment as a Christmas present for my partner and I for a bit of tyre flipping/sledge hammering, but a 100kg railway sleeper looks incredibly cool!

Your comments on one-arm deadlifts took me back to when I first started training. I broke my elbow half a week into starting weight training (unrelated accident) but I was determined not to stop the new “hobby” (it wasn’t an addiction at that point) so I spent the first 2 months of my training life doing one-arm deadlifts, single-leg deadlifts and one-hand dumbbell front squats. It gave me a real appreciation for them and I always go back to one-arm/leg training when I’m struggling. It’s seriously underrated.