Tag Archives: strength training

I’m So Vain, I Probably Think This Blog Is About Me!

Posted on February 4, 2014 by tosabarbell

Mason Cooley wrote, “Vanity well fed is benevolent. Vanity hungry is spiteful.” Is Vanity taken as a whole a bad thing? There are many of us who commit to training and eating right for various reasons, but if we said that … Continue reading →

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Monday Bacon: K.I.S.S.

Posted on August 12, 2013 by tosabarbell

It seems to me, that many newer gym goers/strength athletes believe that the more complicated a program appears, the better off they are. After all, they’ve just paid hundreds of dollars to a globo gym; signed up for the special … Continue reading →

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Monday Bacon: Hidden Gems

Posted on July 22, 2013 by tosabarbell

I’ve been involved in sports for over forty years. Softball; swimming; a brief stint in soccer where I thankfully hurt my knee early enough to get out of the knee destroying sport; weightlifting and now Highland Games. There’s probably some … Continue reading →

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Friday Jams

Posted on July 19, 2013 by tosabarbell

Even though the BoDeans came out of the Milwaukee area, they still remind me of small town Minnesota. For the first six years of my Z’s lives, we lived in a very small Minnesota town filled with Lutherans and Finnlanders. … Continue reading →

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