All Things Gym

Of course sugar comes in different forms, but this is just to get the point across.

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And while we're talking sugar...
Check out Robert Lustig's Talk "The Trouble with Fructose: a Darwinian Perspective".

Stumbled across this slopy grip training toy. Tickle me GripMo.



Looks like fun, but it comes at a hefty $140. So much for that.

I like the idea of using odd objects to challenge your grip. But I would probably settle for the Elite FTS Grenades or the good ol' DIY baseball pull up grips.

So the moral of the story is: Look around you and see if you can improvise and build training equipment yourself (or know somebody who's got the skills).

Do you have a DIY grip training tool? I'd love to see it.

Here is Jarlo with some very useful hip mobility stretches.

As always, flexible people make it look way too easy.


via Bret Contreras

Here are recordings of the 2007 European Weightlifting Championships.

+105 kg



Results:

Place	Name	Born	Nation	B.Weight	Snatch	C&J	Result
1	SCERBATIHS Viktors	06-10-1974	LAT	143.56	202	245	447
2	CHIGISHEV Evgeny	28-05-1979	RUS	125.07	205	230	435
3	NAJDEK Pawel	09-04-1973	POL	139.09	180	241	421
4	KLESZCZ Gregorz	12-11-1977	POL	126.01	188	232	420
5	PAPAGERIDIS Dimitrios	11-04-1986	GRE	139.95	192	220	412
6	VELAGIC Almir	22-08-1981	GER	128.64	177	215	392
7	SOBOTKA Petr	30-04-1975	CZE	155.03	175	210	385
8	NAGY Péter	16-01-1986	HUN	133.30	172	203	376
9	EVERI Antti	22-12-1981	FIN	128.32	168	203	371
10	WALZER Libor	08-12-1975	CZE	108.48	163	205	368
11	JAKOVLJEVIC Veselin	01-09-1977	SRB	128.73	173	195	368
12	CHEEMA Gurbinder	14-11-1978	GBR	111.65	152	181	333
--	SODERHOLM John	11-01-1982	SWE	113.91	157	---	---
--	BALA Isa	11-08-1984	ALB	116.52	---	205	---

105 kg




Results:

Place	Name	Born	Nation	B.Weight	Snatch	C&J	Total
1	TESOVIC Martin	26-10-1974	SVK	104.26	187	224	411
2	PISAREVSKIY Gleb	28-06-1976	RUS	103.98	186	221	407
3	LAPIKOV Dmitry	04-06-1982	RUS	104.50	185	217	402
4	NANIYEV Alan	03-10-1978	AZE	104.89	182	220	402
5	LOBAN Aleh	15-01-1985	BLR	103.94	181	217	398
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