october 29, 2001
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1.....RICKEY DALE says.....

good day to all of you out there in iron land........
a beautiful day in the neighborhood........more and more of you are contacting me personally for info and routines...i will answer each of you, but at times it make take a day or two with the hundreds of e-mails i get everyday...so be patient.........

so much seems to have changed since september 11th.........people seem to be more worried...and maybe rightly so......but i have not changed anything in my life.......people seem more depressed.......not sure why?????......i guess time will tell as to how much of an impact this will continue to have.......stores are already putting items for christmas on sale and they just put the stuff out...seems like our economy is taking a hit for sure......so go out and spend some money for uncle sam.......

it has been very difficult at times for me over the past 10 years or so to see powerlifting fragmented as it has...but i really feel it is changing.....
i think it absolutely great the way most of the powerlifters around the country cooperate with each other despite belonging to different federations.......we have allowed our equipment to be used in four different federations and even non-sanctioned school meets in past years........ cooperation is the only way to allow the sport to carry forward........
i really believe as we continue on, that some of the cooperation between federations and individuals will result in some type of unity and/or merger between some of the groups involved...which would be to the advantage of everyone......
there is beginning to be more cooperation and crossover between judges....meet directors...and even qualifying totals in some federations being allowed in other federations.....a good sign of things to come........(for what is a qualifying total but a total which says you are of the quality to lift in a meet of a certain standard...)
as long as i have been involved in powerlifting i have seen it all........and over all it has been a good time........

keep up the good work all of you..............

2.....POWERLIFTING PARAPHERNALIA.....TRIVIA and STUPID QUESTION OF THE WEEK........

and the winning answer to last week's trivia question is david prowse alias darth vader...........and the winners of the three t-shirts are.....?????......al yodakis of neptune, new jersey...............christopher baldoni of hamden, connecticut.........and michael rodriquez of denver, colorado....congrats guys....

and this week's trivia question is.....?????......
What two pro wrestlers totalled 2400+ in actual powerlifting competitions?

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3.....FORM.....STYLE.....TECHNIQUE.....and ROUTINES.....

once again i would like to discuss the subject of overtraining....and tie it into routines...form and style and technique..........every week i receive numerous requests for routines.......and the answer i usually give is to go and write your own.............now some may think me mean and callous for that statement.......but........routines are not that important...or should i say not anywhere as near as important as the technique one must use in doing and performing the lift.......i wish people/lifters would spend 1/10th the amount of time on form as they do on routines and their gains would be much more in line with what they want: i.e than in worrying about what sets and reps someone is doing.......

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5.....PARTING THOUGHTS.....

congrats to all the lifters in all the biggee meets of the past few weeks.......we still have the best of the best in the usa.......

always encourage new lifters and help them at meets...make them feel wanted.......be a good rep for our sport.....

always looking for active participants who want to climb with a few of us......it is not as hard as you think...especially for those who are used to extensively hard training sessions over the years....

received an e-mail from an old workpout partner of my dad's as well as me and my brother, from denver, colorado...ron phillips.........denver was an incredible hot bed of lifting in the late 60's and early 70's...having one of the better teams in the country at the time.......big ron was the top guy on the totem pole.......thanks for all i learned about training...sportsmanship...intensity...and above all comraderie......those were the days..........

well it is time to close.......later....

IN HIS NAME
Rickey Dale Crain