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New Home.
Accurately summarizes my life right now. Throwing around ideas for a mural I can hang up in the new lifting area. What should I paint?
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American Open Info.
Hey everybody, this will hopefully be one of my last updates going into the weekend. HERE is a link to the USAW event page for the American Open. Here you will find the schedule and hopefully the link...
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Savasana for Shriners.
Attn local yogis: Check out this charitable event going on at Solfire Yoga studio in Midtown. Savasana for Shriners Yoga is difficult to implement into a high volume training schedule however it is...
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“Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal.”
Yeah, I know it’s a reference to a different Christmas movie. But we all know there is only ONE Christmas Movie. Diehard. Nakatomi Plaza 4 lyf. The American Open Video is uploading right meow. Merry...
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Coach Benji.
I “memeified” my roommate’s cat the other day for my team’s enjoyment. We’ve been living together for a while now, so he’s mastered the “coach’s face.” Although I’m sure he was fairly judgmental before...
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Old Soul.
November of this year will mark one decade of competition for my Olympic weightlifting career. This means that I’m essentially at the decade mark of training for the lifts. This essentially means...
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Leaving for OKC.
Sup. Elle and I leave for JR nationals this week and I gotta tell you, we’re both pretty excited. JR Nationals was the first national meet that I ever coached at way back in 2011. Actually, I coached...
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Snapshot in Time.
This picture represents a snapshot in time; not just for me, but for the entire USAW. Observe. I purchased this shirt at the Collegiate Nationals in 2007. I promptly cut it into the “nips exposed”...
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Birth of Occam Athletics.
If you’ve been wondering why I’ve been MIA lately . . . well . . . I’ve been a little bit busy. I’m starting my own business. The team and I have moved locations and we are now officially under the...
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How to Make Your Own Weightlifting Straps.
Yeah, I know. I already made this video. But I was way fatter back then and now I’m not so hopefully more people will listen and stop wasting money. So to clarify: If you like long straps (2 foot...
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