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They'll never take us alive
Matt Foreman
| November 30 2011 |
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Does anybody here ever feel like they suffer from paranoia?
I guess before you all start answering yes or no, let’s get an actual definition of what paranoia is. Paranoid thinking is when a person is heavily influenced by the fear that there is some kind of threat against them, and this fear can become so intense that the person becomes delusional. Basically, being paranoid means that you think everybody (or everything) is out to get you. You walk around freaked out becau......
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Some nice soothing music to piss us all off
Matt Foreman
| November 15 2011 |
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You all like music, right?
I’m going to assume the answer to that question is yes, and I’ll also wager that you probably like to have music playing when you train. Many of you have probably shopped around on I-Tunes and set up some playlists that are specifically for the gym. You picked music that makes you feel good, the type of stuff that gets your motor running and builds up some energy for your workouts.
I don’t think there’s any question that musi......
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Assistance Exercises With Cool Freaky Names
Matt Foreman
| November 8 2011 |
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I was inspired by Greg’s recent blog post about the heaving snatch balance. What an idea…doing a quick write-up on a specific exercise instead of training philosophy, etc. Also, I always thought the name “heaving snatch balance” was interesting. I wonder who named it that. Having the word “heaving” attached to a barbell exercise is pretty unique, and it makes me wonder about how many other creative words we can add to the names of lifts.&n......
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Peer Pressure Is a Good Thing
Matt Foreman
| November 2 2011 |
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Remember when you learned about peer pressure for the first time? You were probably in high school, or maybe junior high. A teacher showed you a video where a juvenile delinquent kid with a motorcycle offers drugs to a little straight-laced kid that looks like a church missionary. As the missionary kid tries the drugs for the first time, Inna Gadda Da Vida starts playing in the background and some kind of kaleidoscope effect starts happening on the screen. Three minutes later......
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Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel
Matt Foreman
| October 25 2011 |
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MULTI-TASKING!! Everybody knows what this is, right? I’m sure you do, because our society is obsessed with it. We’re all expected to be able to juggle several jobs at the same time, making every one perfect and not showing any fatigue or frazzle. That’s the way of the world nowadays. No wonder you can’t watch TV for more than ten minutes anymore without seeing a commercial for anti-anxiety medication. I think I’m going to officially nam......
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Don't let my patella hit you in the face
Matt Foreman
| October 18 2011 |
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“Ouch, that looks like it really hurts your knees!”
If you’re a weightlifter, try to make a mental list of how many times you’ve heard somebody say this to you. Irritating, isn’t it? Civilians have always seemed to have this perception that weightlifting is a bone snapping slaughterhouse where it’s just a matter of time before you jump into the bottom position of a clean and your patella will fire out of your body and shoot across the room. I guess it......
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I lost my technique, and now I'm upset
Matt Foreman
| October 10 2011 |
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I’ve always thought that one of the most frustrating things about being a weightlifter is that you can lose your technique.
Let me explain what I mean when I say “lose your technique,” although anybody who has been an Olympic lifter for any extended time period already knows exactly what I’m talking about. So…you’re learning the snatch and the clean and jerk, which are probably two of the most difficult skills in any branch of athletics. Yo......
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Positive thinking, and other crap like that
Matt Foreman
| September 26 2011 |
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Ever have one of those moments that just makes your whole mood sour and pissy? I had one at the 2000 Olympic Trials in New Orleans. I was standing in the warm-up room, watching the best lifters in the country getting ready for battle. It was pretty hardcore being back there, let me tell you. Years earlier, a coach had told me that the intensity in the warm-up room at the Olympic Trials was so thick you could cut it with a knife. He wasn’t kidding, jack. So I should have been feeling great,......
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High school kids aren't all idiots
Matt Foreman
| September 18 2011 |
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Man...it never ceases to amaze me how I seem to hear some of the smartest, deepest ideas from some of the most unlikely people.
I'm a high school English teacher. Last week, my students turned in a personal narrative essay I assigned them. One of the essays I read was from a student who will never, ever be confused with Ernest Hemingway. Initially, I had this kid pegged as one of those types who will probably spend a lot of time with his ha......
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Love the one you're with
Matt Foreman
| September 11 2011 |
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I'm writing this blog entry on September 11th, 2011. As the whole world is aware of, this is the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 World Trade Center terrorist attacks. Ten years ago, we all found out that you can lose everything you have in an instant.
Two years ago, my wife and I took a trip to New York City. The first place we went when we got to the city was Ground Zero (site where the WTC used to be). It was pretty intense to walk around the area and think about what h......
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