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Only when I started running again did I realize what I was missing during my three-year break. I didn’t remember at first, though. Those first months of trying to regain what I had lost, of trying to remember what it was I used to love–I made it through those months on discipline alone. Discipline motivated … Continue reading
My wife and her running buddies train in the early morning while it is still dark. I do not go with them, nor am I up to witness it, but I hear about it from others. Here are the reasons I don’t run until the sun comes up. These are all based upon true science … Continue reading
Despite a cold front and hard rain this morning, my ten-year-old running buddy was eager to get up when the alarm went off. We were going to a 5 k mud/obstacle race on a ranch in the next town. It was his first full 5 k, and he was ready. After registration we shivered in … Continue reading
Timothy Caso has lifted weights for decades. When he was younger, he trained in an Olympic gym, and his lifting partner made the 1980 Olympic team. With a 297 pound snatch and a 391 pound clean and jerk, Caso himself is no weakling. Though Caso isn’t training for the Olympics today, he still lifts, and … Continue reading
Abilene, Texas: A young Abilene man spent the night in a local emergency room after receiving a thrashing from a female gym goer last Wednesday. According to eye witnesses, Shelby Stewart, a regular Bro at the Crusty Crab Weight Shack on South 14th street, had it coming. “The guy is obnoxious,” said an older gentleman … Continue reading
A local CrossFit competitor is in the hospital after last Saturday’s games in Dallas. According to Sally Shortcake, things went south when she remembered a bit of advice from her coach. “I was in the snatch part of the contest,” said Sally. “I had the barbell overhead. It was my PR. (Yay!) Just then, I … Continue reading
My degree isn’t in exercise science, but I have had thirty years’ experience, off and on, to learn from. When I was 12, I got one of the weight sets with the plastic covered concrete plates and a hollow metal bar. I knew three lifts: military press, curls, and reverse curls. A classmate told me … Continue reading
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