Grade 2's and some Hot Rolled Steel

Great day of bending for me

Derek Poundstone 555lb Stone!

Some Bending!!!

Some bending PR's from a few weeks ago forgot to post!

Gruntman and Geek Comic

"This episode highlights the compulsive anger-response that often arises from unresolved guilt. It also provides a metaphor for the destructive social outcomes associated with the legion of insidious junk-food ideologies that permeate and distort western values, attitudes and life-choices. And finally, this episode accentuates how totally cool & bad-ass Gruntman and Geek really are ;)"

Check out this episode of Gruntman and Geek and the previous ones at Fight Geek.

ZYDRUNAS SAVICKAS

ZYDRUNAS SAVICKAS is my current brute strength winner of the week. He lacks some endurance but is one of the top Strongest men in the world. Most may have thought to have seen Mark Henry on here....I would have put him on here but I was looking at competing strongman. Mark did do the Arnold Classic but never the WSM, that is why he is not on here but...He is probably the current and all time strongest man ever.

Mariusz Pudzianowski

Mariusz Pudzianowski is an animal.

Paul Anderson

Paul Anderson...enough said!

Louis Cyr

Today you see Louis Cyr who has probably the most controversial records and feats of strength to date with his two ton back press and many more feats. He is with out a doubt a strongman for ever.

Twitter Chat

Tomorrow I will be live on the Social network Twitter discussing DIY grip tools. I have wrote a couple articles on this as well you can check those out here.

http://www.straighttothebar.com/2008/10/tgif_weekly_roundup_we_fri_31_1.html
http://www.straighttothebar.com/2009/01/training_with_block_weights.html

Check out how to sign up for twitter here!
http://www.straighttothebar.com/twitter/twitterchats.html
Its free and easy. Please join me at 9pm Central time Wednesday.

Bill Kazmaier

This week I will be showing some of the strongest men in the world of past and present. Today Bill Kazmaier, arguably the strongest of all time. Many more to come.

Zach Even-Esh's trip to DeFranco's gym

Check out Zach's blog here.

385lb seated press!

Are you a Soft or Hard target?

This is an important thing to look at for EVERYONE. People get robbed, murdered, mugged, beat up and all kinds of things everyday in the world. This post is some things to look at and think about how you look at life.


"Really and truly, you want to avoid situations that require self-defense skills. In everyday life, fighting is the action of last resort when all else within the realm of self-protection has failed. Those among us who have something to prove might disagree with me, and I say the fight on the street is a brutal testing ground. Though I do train my physical skills every week, I am keenly interested in target hardening. How do I make myself less desirable to the predators of society?"

To read the rest of this entry at Steven Mosley's blog go to GutterfightingUSA

After reading this you will want to purchase Combat Hard Self Defense.

Are you Combat Hard?

Steven Mosley has some good things going on over at Combat Hard and Gutterfighting USA. He combines Physical Fitness with Personal Protection providing you with the will to win!

Super Heavy Medicine Ball Training

Recently found this great blog by Marty Mitchell. What you see is a 130lb Medicine ball. I didn't know they made them this big. But they do, they go up to 200lbs!!! Soon to be 300lbs!! Check out this write up at Functional Training for Athletics.

The Prowler Challenge

More Underground work at Zach Even-Esh's Underground Compound Check out the Underground Strength Manual! Check it out and sign up to receive a FREE Underground Strength and Muscle building course. FREE!!!! NO STRINGS ATTACHED!

Back to the basics in Shooting

Found this great blog today and has some really useful information on it. This video is great as it shows you the basics of shooting. We all need to go back to the basics from time to time. Check out the blog here.

New stuff happening!!

Here is a quick picture of my home made Viking Press that I made a while ago been meaning to get it up on here just haven't done it. Video of it in action coming soon!

Also picked up a keg today...finally!! Training video's of that soon to come also!

Mike Bruce reviews BULL STRENGTH MANUAL

You can check out Mike's site Here. You should really jump on the chance to pick up this ebook this week while the price will go up a little bit on Sunday. So take advantage NOW!

Bull Strength Manual

Joe Hashey has just created the latest Strength training manual to date! I always try to keep you informed with the latest on strength and conditioning training and this one tops the charts. Joe lays out detailed training plans for you to conduct if your tired of your personal trainers same old sessions or your just looking for something new to do. This manual shows you how to conduct the exercises in detailed pictures by a step by step method. With lots of bonus features you can't miss! I have read and bought several strength manuals and I promise you this is top notch! Great work Joe. Check out Joe's site at Synergy-Athletics and check out this manual at Bull Strength.

Hammer Grip Pickups

Joe has been coming up with some innovative stuff lately! Check out his site. Synergy-Athletics.

200KG Snatch

For those of you wondering how much in lbs that is.....441 lbs!!!

Via You Tube.

405lb Stone!

Found this on You Tube. This guy has been training...Have you?

20 HUGE fat bar pullups

Pull ups are a great way to build your lats but are also a great upper body movement all together. Most people don't like to do them because they say "I am to heavy to do them" or "I lose my grip" well first of all you can't do them because you don't try. If you see a challenge you should accept it and attack it head on. This guy is obviously ripped and very muscular but look at the bar he is doing these pull ups on....Its HUGE!!! No excuses get after it!!!

Sandbag Power Cleans!!

Zach Even-Esh Shares some of his stuff from the Underground Strength Manual.

My favorite sandbag exercise is bar none, the Sandbag Power Clean.

Nothing like gripping and ripping into a sandbag to develop nasty hand and grip strength and full body power.

Squat over your sandbag and assume the bottom position of the squat:

flat back
chest high

Grab the sandbag and rip it straight up. You want to try to get the bag air born. Catch with your arms under the bag and make sure you stand straight up.

Squat the bag down rather than dropping it.
This saves wear and tear on the bag and gives extra work to your lower body.

Try hitting the sandbag power clean for 5 x 5 reps first in your workouts.

Don’t fear the heavy bags. It’s the wrestling of the bag that really tests your physical and mental drive.

See the video below….





You don’t have to dip under the bag as David Ellis does in this video. You can try to pull the bag faster to get it higher.

Kill it!

--Zach—



For the ultimate collection of Underground Sandbag Training go to http://UndergroundStrengthManual.com

Combative Skills Demonstration

Steven Mosley is conducting Combative Skills Demonstrations to all kinds of people. Most students and athletes are not mentally tough and some are not as physically tough as they should be. Giving your athletes some good mental toughness training will get them more in to the game and be more aggressive. If your looking to bring out the animal in your athletes check out one of Steven's blogs here.