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BeastSkills.com A ton of seminars in the works. If you live on the East Coast of the USA, then chances are I'll be holding a seminar near you next year!

Tue at 7:51pm
Justin Kyle
Justin Kyle
Tennessee is the place my man...come on down
Wed at 7:04pm
Saif
Saif
Will u be in dc?
Wed at 8:13pm
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BeastSkills.com New seminar in Northern New Jersey! We're just figuring out the final
details for a seminar on SATURDAY FEB 6TH, at CrossFit Ignite!



Check out the sweet graphics on their gym walls!



http://crossfitignite.com/

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WOW! this has been a huge two weeks for all the athletes at CrossFit IGNITE!.. Almost everyone has hit a PR at some point if not 2 or 3 of them. Fight Gone Bad went awesome. 9 out of the 10 people that did it beat there old score. ...
John
John
See you there!!!!
December 13 at 12:07am
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BeastSkills.com Hello Everyone!

This year I am participating in "Movember", a charity in which you grow a mustache in the month of November. It's to raise money to fight Prostate and Testicular cancer a.k.a. the "guy cancers".

Click on the link below to support me and help the cause:

http://www.SweatTheStache.com/

If everyone on the fan l...ist just drops $5, that'll raise well over $7,000!!! Thanks guys for all the support.


And just in case you were wondering, yes I look ridiculous...

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The mo' does not add considerable weight when I'm squatting, but it does increase my power significantly (see http://70sbig.com/)
Andrew Ethridge
Andrew Ethridge
Haha, looks better than mine! In the last two weeks, I've grown enough just to see the reflection of light off the tiny strands of hair. Haha.
November 16 at 5:23pm
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I actually won "Man of Movember 2009" for Washington DC this past Friday by dressing up like Prefontaine and doing one arm pushups. Pictures of this event shall be destroyed.
December 11 at 7:39am
Andrew Ethridge
Andrew Ethridge
Haha! Oh come on! Post them!
December 12 at 5:40am
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BeastSkills.com My new favorite site: 70sbig.com

fav quote from the FAQ:

"I can’t eat all the food. Can’t I just train harder?"

Eating is training. Beowulf had Grendel. We have
Mongolian and Chinese buffets. If you don’t have at least one dining
experience every couple of weeks that resembles an epic struggle worthy
of telling over beers, y...ou’ll be putting from the rough for the
foreseeable future.

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I wanted to write an article that would inspire quality strength training and eating. The article will have to wait, because you all need to see these pictures that were sent to me today. And you need to see them immediately.I have a friend named Springer. ...
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BeastSkills.com New Seminar in New Jersey! At CrossFit Tribe in Pennsauken.

Full information on the home page - http://www.beastskills.com/

Also, here's the link to their registration page.
http://crossfittribe.blogspot.com/2009/09/beast-skills-gymnastics-seminar.html

Let me know if you have any questions!

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First, thanks to everyone for all the continued support of the site. When I started all this back in 2004 with a lowly blogspot site, it quickly outgrew itself and hence this website was created. Well the years have passed and it's time again to grow.
Michael DeLuca
Michael DeLuca
awesome job saturday. you need to come back sometime. we already have people asking.
October 26 at 6:13pm
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BeastSkills.com My rafter chin-up is back! Haven't trained this in years, but the heavy deads and rack pulls seemed to have strengthened up my fingers something fierce.
http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/blog/labels/Rafter%20Chinup.html

Managed a 40 lb hub lift too. Sooo close to the classic 45 lb lift.
http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/blog/2008/05/steve-stanko-and-hub-lift.html

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Labels: Al Berger, Bodybuilder, Finger Strength, Grip Feat, Grip Strength, Hand Strength, Oldtime Strongman Feat, Pinch Grip, Pinch Grip Chinup, Pinch Lift, Rafter Chinup, Reverse Curl, Thumb Strength
William Seth Walters
William Seth Walters
Not that I can do one, but I've always thought a good way to work up to it would be to make two artificial rafters that gradually get more incut as you go down them. So the most incut end would look like this
/_\ /_\
and would gradually get back to normal on the other end like this
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Of course, you could make them less than square
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in which case you would be a bad ass.
October 5 at 5:51pm
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BeastSkills.com While we're on the topic of Oly bars, something I posted up at my gym the other day. Good general gym rules to follow and words to think about, from someone who's probably a lot stronger than you.

http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/kono_article.html

www.oldtimestrongman.com
Need Description.
Daniel Poole
Daniel Poole
Thanks for the link. Respect for the dojo. Respect for the iron.
October 2 at 7:36am
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BeastSkills.com Email I got from Rick Hoole of Loadthebar.com - talking about a possible cause of Stafon Johnson's recent bench press accident.

" I want to make sure everyone knows about the risk of using an Olympic Lifting Bar when Bench Pressing.

This
may or may not be the case with Stafon Johnson's accident, but it
certainly sounds fam...iliar to me. In 1984 I was competing in a
Powerlifting competition in Indiana and we made an important
discovery!!

On my opening Bench with 380lbs on the bar, my wrists
collapsed forward and before I realized it the bar had slipped out of
my hands and landed on my chest. First time ever! I was so stunned I
couldn't even understand what happened.

Shockingly, the next two
lifters had exactly the same thing happen to them. The meet was
stopped and it was discovered that the problem was not the Lifters, but
the bar that was being used was an Olympic Lifting Bar. The Olympic
Lifting Bar was removed and a Standard Weightlifing Bar was then used
and there were no further incidents.

I
learned about this danger first-hand that day! I've never seen this
happen with a Standard Weightlifting Bar ever. A Standard Bar has a
stiffer drag and no free rotation like an Olympic Lifting Bar. The
more freely they spin, the more risk they pose for Bench Pressing due
to de-stabalizing the wrist area when pressing upward.We made an important discovery way back then, that may be overlooked today."

- Rick Hoole

Here's another article about the bench press incident:
http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/8711/uscs-johnson-expected-to-play-football-again

with the interesting note: "Doctors reported that the musculature of Johnson's neck saved his life."

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Robin - at Balance Gym the Oly bars are the shiny ones. You'll see the bar ends spin relatively freely. Also feel free to yell at people you see dropping those Oly bars from waist high with deadlift weights.
The standard bars are the black/brown ones that don't spin unless forced.

Drew - excellent point. And also why we should take care of the Oly bars so they still spin well.
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Eric - I think many gyms aren't lucky to even have any Oly bars.
October 2 at 7:05am
Nathan
Nathan
I am a teacher at a high school. The gym teachers and coaches teach the clean with a standard bar largely because we don't have any Oly bars. We need to get some.
October 26 at 7:19pm
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BeastSkills.com Old school head balancing by Eddie Colacicco

http://www.egidiocolacicco.com/images/Large%20photos/Head-Balance.jpg

Anyone know more information about him?

Also, check out some other awesome pics here:
http://www.egidiocolacicco.com/eddiesphotos.htm

www.egidiocolacicco.com
Kyle Marsh
Kyle Marsh
beautiful
September 15 at 11:19am
Dan Nix
Dan Nix
My head neck hurts just looking at this. :-)
September 15 at 6:56pm
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BeastSkills.com Fun during my 4th of July weekend in Philly -

Robert Rood
Robert Rood
i tried walking up the stairs at my high school, i thought it would be easy since i have the handstand down easy, alas... i fell
October 29 at 1:32pm
Brian Miller
Brian Miller
Wow, you are a great inspiration! Just recently achieved my Muscle-up because of your great site. Now this is on my list of things to accomplish as well. Just ordered some ROGUE Parallettes to help me out with HSPUs and Levers. FUN FUN Thanks again.
December 6 at 3:18pm
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BeastSkills.com New YouTube video! One arm muscle-up on rings??? (assisted though...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7adzzYvNt-o&feature=channel_page

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Inspired by Yury Tikhonovich and his one arm muscle-up in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj48SlxgU1Q I wanted to try a similar skill on the rings. As you see, I try various grips for the pulling and assisting hand. ...
Heather
Heather
damn! impressive!
September 15 at 5:18am
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BeastSkills.com Just wanted to let you know a last minute confirmation for a handstand workshop
this Saturday, July 25th from 9-10am at Lululemon Clarendon.

Here is the event page -
http://www.lululemon.com/arlington/clarendon/events/event-14119-2009-07-25

As with previous workshops, this one will be free! I will be on hand to help
every skill level with their handstands and headstands.

www.lululemon.com
Jim Bathurst is going to turn your world upside down...with handstands! All levels are welcome to join us as we plant our hands on the ground and toss our feet in the air.
Danielle
Danielle
this was so much fun! thanks for spending your saturday morning with us lulus!
July 29 at 7:21pm
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My pleasure!
July 31 at 3:59pm
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BeastSkills.com I don't ask for much, but my friend and client, Eric, is raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) by competing in the Nation's Triathlon this September. This is an organization and cause that is very close to Eric.

Please head on over to his fundraising page if you can help at all.
http://pages.teamintrain...ing.org/nca/nattri09/ecasper

Thanks for any and all help.

-Jim

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I'm training for the Nation's Triathlon as a member of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Team In Training. All of us on Team In Training are raising funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, and myeloma from taking more lives. ...
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BeastSkills.com Hey guys and gals! Check out my recent interview with strength training blog Flagmonkey.com!

Part 1
http://www.flagmonkey.com/2009/07/interview-with-jim-bathurst-part-i/


Part 2
http://www.flagmonkey.com/2009/07/interview-with-jim-bathurst-part-ii/

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One of the guys who can for sure tell you what bodyweight excersises, acrobatics and gymnastics can do for you and how to combine them with some se...
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Chris, that's awesome! Glad to hear your training has gone so well! I tell people it usually just takes time and persistence. Lots and lots of both.
August 2 at 8:05pm
Zach
Zach
Keep this information coming.
August 29 at 7:25pm
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