http://www.legendarystrength.com/blog The Ultimate in Strength and Athleticism Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:13:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last night saw the closing ceremonies of the Olympics. And what a Games it was! Sad to say its all over now. But at least I’ll be getting more down now that I’m back to not watching several hours of TV every single day. Anyway, I was watching a bit of the ... http://www.legendarystrength.com/blog/impeccable-technique/ Just a few pictures left from the Oldetime Strongmen University. Have you ever tried to drive a nail through a board using your hand as the hammer? Dennis shows us how. I hadn’t really done this one before hand but if you want to learn how Dennis has got the DVD ... http://www.legendarystrength.com/blog/old-time-strongman-university-part-5/ Here’s a few other people from the seminar performing various feats of strength. First up, we have Aaron McKenzie doing one of the feats he’s best at. Tearing a deck of cards in two. It pretty amazing that he’s now one of the best, probably second only to Dennis, when not ... http://www.legendarystrength.com/blog/old-time-strongmen-seminar-part-3/ Something important in training is to do what you enjoy doing. You won’t make the same kind of progress you if you just go through the motions of a workout you dread, that’s if you train at all. But when you love what you do you’ll never miss a day plus ... http://www.legendarystrength.com/blog/having-fun-an-integral-piece-of-training/ Today we feature two rising stars in the small world of performing strongman. You may never have heard the name Chris Rider before. But you will now and definitely more in the future. In just over a year of practicing these feats he is already one of the top guys. Here ... http://www.legendarystrength.com/blog/old-time-strongmen-seminar-part-2/ Where do I begin? How about a brief synopsis. I was in Houston to learn from one of the strongest men in the world, Dennis Rogers. Even among the students there we had some very strong guys. Like 'The Human Vise' Pat Povilaitis, Mike ‘The Machine’ Bruce, and Chris ‘As of ... http://www.legendarystrength.com/blog/old-time-strongmen-university-seminar-part-1/ Just flew into Texas. Here to learn from one of the strongest men in world. Dennis Rogers is putting on a seminar to teach the art and business of strongman. He is labeled as pound-for-pound the strongest man in the world at the feats he performs. Having seen videos of many ... http://www.legendarystrength.com/blog/dennis-rogers-strongman-seminar/ People like to make things more complicated than they have to be, especially when it comes to training. I can understand calculating percentages and cycles and whatnot for the competitive athletes at the very top, but what about for the rest of us? In my opinion none of that’s necessary. All you ... http://www.legendarystrength.com/blog/double-progressive-training/ I’ve been reading the Purposeful Primitive, a newly released book by Marty Gallagher. Now before I go on, this book isn’t for everyone. Mainly it’s for power lifters and those people who want to follow a power lifting template to get strong and in shape. That being said, there is much of ... http://www.legendarystrength.com/blog/purposeful-primitive-conditioning/ Was on the phone with John Brookfield yesterday. We had an extremely interesting and enlightening conversation. If you don’t know who John Brookfield is let me fill you in. He’s strong. Really strong. And not just in his grip (though he’s written not THE but THE TWO books on hand strength) ... http://www.legendarystrength.com/blog/a-talk-with-john-brookfield/