january 28, 2002
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1.....RICKEY DALE says.....
good day to all.......as i write this oklahoma is digging out from one of the worst ice storms in it's history.......it reminds me as i look at the ice on the trees and houses and such....how beautiful it looks but how destructive it can be.......looks are not everything.....
i appreciate all the comments every week...all the phone calls...all the e-mails.....both positive and negative..........we learn from them all............
2.....POWERLIFTING PARAPHERNALIA.....TRIVIA and STUPID QUESTION OF THE WEEK........
last week's trivia question was a keeper...no correct answers yet.......it is below one more time for one more week......
who was the powerlifter that continued to train even if there were no weights around, by leg pressing cargo trailers, deadlifting jeeps and doing pushups with big guys on his back. This has lead this person to break hundreds of records in powerlifting and in other sports. Other accomplishments are lifting a 582 LB stone (at that time he broke a 77 year old record), running a mile in 4:19 (4:58 in combat boots), 85 pushups in one minute, 54 sit-ups in 45 seconds, bowled a 287 and 702 series, and he has hitch-hiked across the country to compete in national meets.
hint********he was in the army and also served as a coach to the uspf/usa world teams to the ipf world's in the 80's?????
we till have a few...very few, of the powerlifting video magazines left...and then that will be it...10.00 while they still last.....
3.....FORM.....STYLE.....TECHNIQUE.....and ROUTINES.....
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a message from jamie harris is below......
On Monday I was going for 612 for 4 with no shirt when on the 4th yep, my pec tore. I went and had an MRI done yesterdayand will have the results back today. I would like to thabk everyone at this time for there support.
again thanks
JAMIE HARRIS
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i would like to touch on a subject again.......for we have new readers constantly and many of the old ones are a bit thick headed............that is, should one do a light workout day????.........for many years i did them......after much research i finally came to the conclusion logically and scientifically; there is really very little reason to do them......a complete waste of time........first...they are not productive in building strength......or endurance.......second...if you are using them to work on form, style and technique......i would suggest you do this on your heavy day.......while you are warming up with the empty bar and the lighter weights......this is also a good time to do any speed work...killing literally 3 birds with one stone (workout)....
light workouts are o.k. to do if they are in place of the heavy one because of injuries and/or overtraining......but.........if you are training heavy 3-4 days a week already.....i can find little reason to burn up a couple of more days if you do not have to.....my reasoning and my logic...
*********************as i wander through all of the different weightlifting....powerlifting and strength training forums one item seems to prevail.......the non-existence of a well thought out plan of attack on achieving the goals one has a desire for....but then it may be because there are no specific goals that have been set forth.......
first one has to define the goals.......gain weight....lose weight.....gain strength.......gain mass......are you training for a specific sport......maintain weight........ after you decide what your goals are.....find through searching books....searching the forums...searching the magazines......searching the internet......search everywhere you can possibly think, would be what you need to achieve that goal........now the hardest part is yet to come.......be patient with the routine...be patient ...be patient........stick with it for at least 6 months......and follow it exactly.......when you start interjecting your own ideas....you buddies ideas.....and everyone else's ideas you take away from the goal and research done by the person who wrote it......to get the desired results give it a chance exactly as it was intended to be done.......if you change it...you are in effect making it your ideas and maybe that is why you are not making the gains or reaching the goals you have longed for.....after all....persistence.......patience........and dedication to a conformity of exactness is what accomplishes the end results..........go get'em.......and combining two workouts/routines does not make it twice as good....it might even make it twice as bad.......
4.....NUTRITION and SUPPLEMENTS.....you are what you eat.....
it is time again for this bit of wisdom.........it still bothers me to see how many athletes do not even bother to use the basic minimum supplements......vitamins and minerals......20 years ago when there were very few supplements to choose from, anybody who was serious in powerlifting (or other sports) always took them.....now that we know more and how they work and how we need them...it seems less of the basics are being used..........do not lose the edge....use them........................
we are in the process of doing inventory right now and we have some closeout specials on a few products.......protein bars.....and a few drinks.......... also we have on special some pittbull sweat shirts and sweat pants at half price...so i do not have to count them and pay tax on them to uncle sam....
and we now have a video available on sergio oliva and frank zane from 1972......both on one tape.......very inspiring footage......of two of the greatest bodybuilders of all time....29.95 plus shipping......
oat bars....oat bars.......still on sale......1.00 each or a case of 48 for 36.00 (i.e. .75 each)
.....and check out the incredible supplement specials at
www.crainsmuscleworld.com/supplements.html
5.....PARTING THOUGHTS.....
think long term in your training......
think smart.....
think reasonable......
think practible......
but never quit thinking you can achieve whatever you want to and always set your goals high.....it is better to set them a bit high and not quite get there, than to set them so low you never reach your potential....
IN HIS NAME
Rickey Dale Crain
5 time world champion
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