Well, our testing week has wrapped up. Watching the PR board fill up, and members fire off double pistols day in and day out, has me very excited. I am a pretty balanced guy when it comes to my emotions, and it takes some substantial news to get me excited. Something along the lines of a Rage Against The Machine reunion tour, or a phone call from Eva Mendes. The excitement from the PR board ranks third, just slightly below that phone call I am waiting on. Yes I love Rage Against The Machine that much.
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It is rather easy for me to get motivated for my own workouts after coaching this group we have. It’s tough watching our members put in work, sweat through nasty Met Cons and throw around heavy barbells, because all I want to do is join in. I am inspired by all of you. I’m looking at Luke front squat 300lbs for 2!!! 2 Reps!!! The crazy part is we have guys that are close behind that… Tim, Jeff, Mark(big nasty), Kevin, Andy, Troy, Gail, and Rob are all putting up 2 rep front squats in the 255-285lb range. We’ve only just begun implementing back squats into our program, needless to say I am excited (did I mention I am excited?) to see where those numbers progress to. A lot of the guys mentioned above put up those numbers or heavier for 5RM back squat. I’m not even going to get into the deadlift(Gail did 345 for 5!!!) or push press numbers(Jeff with a solid 205), or this would turn into an essay.
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The ladies…. Ohhhhh the ladies of Sublime. You’ve probably heard someone say, ‘that’s pretty heavy weight for a girl.’ Well, you use that kind of talk in our home and you will likely get your ass kicked. I watched Nic deadlift 295lbs…TWICE! Nicole S did that weight for a 1RM, crushing her previous by 40lbs. Irene put 175lbs on her back for 5 reps and a 275lb deadlift. Erika, Caitlin, Leslie, Emily, Amanda, and Shenan hitting deadlifts of 200lbs and up! Leslie with an impressive 245lbs. Marlo, Claudia, Meagan, Mel C, Brittany, Rose, Gabby and Tara all making huge improvements as they close in on a 200lb deadlift. Cristy comes in and chucks barbells around like they owe her money, sporting a 135lb clean and jerk and a 155lb bench press. Regan putting up a 200lbs back squat and also a 135lb clean. A group of ladies that truly float like butterflies but sting like bees.
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It is so easy to just focus on the big numbers put up on the board, but, I am equally excited about those who have come so far in terms of proper movement. I look at Antony, when he started it was nearly impossible for him to get into a proper and safe front rack position. We worked with goblet squats, and mobility work. I say ‘we’ but the credit goes to him, he stuck with it. He worked so hard, he was patient and understood that proper movement patterns trumped loading up a heavy barbell. After all his hard work and persistence I watched him beautifully squat 200lbs. Same goes for Shenan, Lexi, Scott M, Joanna, Reigh, Tara, JT, and Michelle. They are all examples of people who show patience and dedication to proper movement, and understand that there is a time and place to add intensity. It can be frustrating watching others do the ‘cool’ movements. But I would much rather have a frustrated client than an injured one.
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This was supposed to be a short little blurb, but did I mention how excited I am? You are all a pleasure to coach and I couldn’t ask for a better group of athletes.
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Lets keep the double pistols firing.
Kyle.
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