EliteFTS.com

Check out this crazy bench press with rubber bands holding the weights! Some great videos on Youtube from the strength guys at EliteFTS.com. Check out all their vids!


More Videos - must see!

Motherwell Captain Dies!

Not that long ago I did a blog entry on Strongman Jesse Marunde passing away at just 27 and now yet another footballer has collapsed and died after a game. Phil ODonnell was just 35 years old!






For more information check the source link -

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Why footballers ?!?! - Is it just a numbers game and due to the fact that so many play and there are bound to be some guys with underlying heart issues etc ?!?

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Classic MMA Quotes!

My 4 personal favourites come first!

Ironic Boasts:














"They always say there is someone who is bigger, stronger, tougher. Well, I'm here to find him." -Andy Anderson before his loss to a much larger opponent.

"I come to kill or be killed. My plan is to rip his head off. If that dosen't work I rip his arms off. If that dosen't work I rip his legs off." -Tony Halme before losing to a first time MMA fighter in under thirty seconds.

"My breathing techniques make me impervious to chokes." -Joe Son before getting choked out in his first UFC match.

"I believe it, and I'm going to show the world why the rangers belong in the octagon." -Greg "The Ranger" Stott before getting KO'd in eighteen seconds.

"I'm already going in with a win." -Jerry Bohlander before losing to Tito Ortiz.

"...and I'm here to bust the ultimate fighting challenge." -Steve Jennum on participating in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

"I'm gonna break his arm." -Don Frye before losing his next match, nearly getting his arm broken.

"Last time is nothing compared to what i'm gonna do to him this time." -BJ Penn after KO'ing Uno in mere seconds in their first match and hearing of a re-match which ended in a draw.

"I have a high threshold for pain." -Patrick Smith before tapping out to an submission from Ken Shamrock.

"Tank has no style and needs to be taught a lesson!" -Hugo Duarte before his smashing loss to Tank.

"If I get a hold of something, I'm gonna break it!" -Ken Shamrock before losing his next match.

"I'm here to break people!" -Jon Hess before he breaks his wrist in his next match.

"“I am most dangerous in universe. Your time is over! In three seconds I’ll kick your ass." -Alexander Otsuka whose MMA record is three wins and twelve losses.

"I'm trained in the ancient art of breaking bones." -John Matua before his brutal loss to Tank Abbott.

"Tito is one dimensional, just a big wrestler." -Jerry Bohlander before his loss to Tito Ortiz.

"I'm gonna show Tito who Ken Shamrock is, was, and is now".-Ken Shamrock before his loss.

"I'm going to teach him a lesson in humility." -Ken Shamrock before his loss to Tito Ortiz.

"I'm gonna beat you down, like the punk you are, cause that's what you are is a punk!" -Ken Shamrock boasting before losing yet again.

"I plan on knocking him out and punishing him. Making him quit. Making him say, you know, "Phil, you're the better man. I'm sorry. I tapped out, please let me get out of here with my life." So, that's going to be the difference." -Phil Baroni before losing to Matt Lindland a second time.

Getting Greens!

I found a good chart there which shows the value of vegetables. I'm thinking of adding in smoothies to help bump up my veg count - nothing but veg and ice, maybe the odd scoop of Whey protein when I get some in again after crimbo.



Anyways check this link


I'm off to Tesco's soon to stock up on veg for my new range of veg smoothies -

lovely jubbly or sick bag full of carrots?

Rachael benching 60kg!

I still have to get the videos from the powerlifting event but until then check this out. Rach weighing 55kg and bench pressing 60kg! This is more than she lifted in competition just weeks ago.

Colin Moffett

Colin won the Irish Bantamweight Title in Dublin on Saturday night. His opponent, Eugene Heagney, had previously beaten Colin and was still ranked as undefeated.









Sounds like another Rocky script but it doesn't end there. Even after suffering a broken nose he fought on for three more rounds to win the title!

Congrats me old mate - You may have a less than perfect nose but you have big balls and an even bigger heart -

:-)

Chest N Tri's

The recent Back N Bi's post generated a bit of interest so I thought you may like this Chest N tri's combo! Again go for an isolation of the arms first before moving onto the more compound move to bring the chest and tris into play.

Here you have the skull crusher - the dogs balls for the triceps.








After 10 of those bad boys switch to 20 reps on your next lift - in this case the close grip bench press.



With the Close Grip Bench I prefer to touch the belly button and push away - ouch!






Enjoy!

Meaty Bites Diet!

I just got this in an email - I take no responsibility for its content. Thanks Matt.

Meaty Bites Diet

I have three dogs and I was buying a large bag of Meaty Bites at Big W and standing in line at the check out.

The woman behind me asked if I had a dog.

On impulse, I told her that no, I was starting The Meaty Bites Diet again, although I probably shouldn't because I'd ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 20 kilos before I woke up in intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.

I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pants pockets with Meaty Bites and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry and that the food is nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.

I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now enthralled with my story, particularly a guy who was behind her.

Horrified, she asked if I'd ended up in the hospital in that condition because I had been poisoned. I told her no; it was because I'd been sitting in the street licking my balls and a car hit me.

I thought one guy was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so hard as he staggered out the door.

Silly Bitch ... why else would I buy dog food?

He moves in mysterious ways

Check out the Weight Down Workshop - the faith based answer to losing weight!

Brilliant.






"What is beautiful about Weigh Down is that it teaches people to depend on and to turn back to their Creator for help. We all need hope, and we all need help. Another source of help has been encouraging people to turn to the Word of God and to Godly fellowship. There is a growing army of permanently thin people who are helping others to let go of the magnetic pull of food."

Back n Bi's

Many of you will have used a back and biceps routine. Many of you will also be on a push / pull routine or full body. This combination of two great exercises is one of my current favourites when working back and arms and can be incorporated into your routine regardless of which split you use. Full body guys can also benefit from doubling up exercises like this to squeeze some arm work in between their compound moves.

Start with a Barbell Curl.




Curl the weight up and down for a solid 10 repetitions. Use a pretty heavy weight which would make it difficult to get 11 or 12 reps with good form.





Then, without rest, keep an UNDERHAND grip and go to a Bent Over Barbell Row for 20 reps.


(This guy is dropping a bit too low and is using an overhand grip. Aim to keep technique a bit tighter)






There is nothing wrong with overhand grip but by staying with the underhand grip you keep the focus on your biceps - woohoo - disco muscles getting pumped - you saw it here first.

I was doing these one day and walked out of free weights room where the first guy I met said

'Look at the size of your arms!'

I shall say no more. Enjoy!

Rachael 'Pocket Rocket' Johnston

As many of you know, the missus was going for her first ever Power lifting competition today.

I would just like to say thanks to everyone who showed their support.

Rach lifted a total of 275 kg over three lifts today (she needed to beat 270kg) - this qualifies her for her next competition. This is when we see about really setting records.

As it was her first comp we didn't go 'balls out' on the weights and instead had Rach going for capable targets -

bench press - bodyweight - 55kg
squat - 92.5kg
dead lift - 127.5 kg

She set new records for all 3 lifts in the 56kg category and although she is still classed as a junior, set 2 new senior records at this weight.

I am waiting for some video footage to get mailed through to me and I will add that to the blog
when I get it.

Thanks again guys.