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Great Job Caleb

Caleb placed First again this weekend, and is one step closer to States, winning the Distric 10 championship and bringing this years record to 32-3. News Article

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Now I will preceed this article by saying this is suppose to be funny.

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Curls are DUMB

This proves it, but the best part is the "its all you" while helping to lift the weight.

NATS Combine Testing

From what I have found this is one of the biggest organizations for high school athletes, and you will get more recognition than at a combine hosted by some random school. If you have the ability to play at a DII or DI school I would go this route for testing.

Here is the National schedule, there are 2 test sites in MI.
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For those of you going, or interested in going let me know and we can begin working on combine training. Training for these test is different than training for sports.

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Teen 1 165

I've Been Saying this for years

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Everyone wants a six pack, but the truth is it has nothing to do with sports. "I would rather be able to pick heavy stuff up than look good trying to." Also, when you train your "core," it is important to train it the way you need it to function when you compete, TO STABILIZE! This is why doing squats, O-lifts, and the like trains the "core" better than leg lifts or whatever is the in ab workout is right now.

This one hits close to home. Matt Kroczaleski one of MI's best powerlifters tore his quad during training for the March APF meet in Taylor, MI. On rep 10 of 545 it goes. Hopeing for a speedy recovery Matt.

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Training is Water

I was chatting today about training, and specifically overtraining when a colleague mentioned two separate analogies for overtraining.

1- you are a glass and as you add water the glass fills once it reaches a certain point water starts to spill.

2- you are a balloon around a faucet and expand as you fill with water, once it reaches a certain point, pop.

Now the second analogy is much more accurate to what occurs with overtraining, when it gets to be to much its not a spill, its a pop that occurs. Tissue is damaged and cannot recover, systems of the body do not function properly, constant fatigue, and injuries occur.

Every balloon is different and can be filled to a different size, and remember a workout doesn't have to make you want to puke to be effective, but it is a good way to fool someone into thinking you know what your doing.

USAPL

State Record Squat 430

Bench Press 270

Dead Lift 430 20lb PR

Total 1130- State Record Teen 1 165


This weekend James had a USAPL meet south of Grand Rapids. No real expectations, just wanted to get another meet in. Turns out he set 2 state records and really should have had a third. The meet started the usual way, nervousness and excitement, but that was me, James was his normal cool and collected self. Squat warm ups went well and I knew that we had opened him to low at 385 but we decided to stay with it and nail the first lift of the meet. He did and we went to 415 and again was easy, knowing the state record was 429, we went 430 and had the first record of the day. We were both high as a kite and couldn't wait for the bench. The state record here was 275.5 and this is no problem at all for James. I opened him at 270 and he was red lighted for lifting his head, and then again on his second attempt for lifting his head and moving his foot. Now here is my problem, I can understand a long hold for the press command, but if you do it for one lifter, you need to do it for all lifters. Anyway he destroyed 270 on his third attempt and was still in the meet, although we thought that the total record was out of reach considering his DL PR is only 410 and it has been a while since he has hit that. He opened at 350 and killed it, so then went to 400, my mind was already doing the math. He nailed that one too and so he would need 430 for the record. I know he could have done at least 450-70 and the DL record was 490 so maybe he could have gotten that, but we opted for the guarantee and he smoked 430.

I was a great meet for James and I couldn't be prouder, he qualified for the national meet and set 2 state records. We will be traveling to Flint in a few weeks where he should get at least one more record if not break is own squat and total record and if it is a good day, may capture the dead as well.

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