Tag Archives: strength training

Plan B

Posted on March 20, 2014 by tosabarbell

Or, what to do when you don’t inherit incredible genetics. I was getting a mani/pedi the other day when a woman sat down in the pedi seat next to me. She was somewhat trim but had aged, as in, aged … Continue reading →

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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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