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by Scott Bird | January 12, 2007
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Bouldering in Petrohrad Another sweat-filled week here on Straight to the Bar (it reached 43C/109F yesterday). In between rounds of lifting and relaxing dips in the pool, the following appeared :

Several new training blogs : including Ken’s Kettlebell Blog and Tri-Geek Dreams.
Interview with Dr Yessis : Dr Michael Yessis has some fascinating ideas.
Bouldering in Petrohrad : watch the German Udini climbing team at work via this great podcast.
MMA product reviews : for the many MMA products you won’t find on Amazon, head over to Lockflow for owner reviews. Very handy.
Atlas Stone Training Handle : just one of the many Spud Inc offerings for powerlifters and budding Strongman athletes, the Atlas Stone Training Handle is put through its paces by none other than C.J. Murphy.

"Sonnon is without doubt one of the top conditioning coaches in the US, the thinking man's coach. He is the hologram man. Try and hit him and he disappears."
- Pavel Tsatsouline

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Breather - Scott Bird (Jan 03, 2009)

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How is your quest going for the one arm chin and pushup?

Posted by: Alberto Caraballo | January 12, 2007 4:13 PM

I’m not quite comfortable with the one-armed pushups yet (they’re a bit shaky for my liking), and the chins will take quite a lot more work. The second hand isn’t taking much of the weight, but I still need it for balance (and to stop twisting). Good fun though.

Posted by: Scott | January 13, 2007 2:39 PM

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