I am so excited!  I have a new trainer, Matt Major, and he is amazing!  He is teaching me some Olympic style lifting, the “snatch” and the “clean and jerk”.  We are going to take video every time I train with him, so come back to see me learn some new moves.

Check out Matt’s website here:  http://www.mattrmajor.com/

Check out the events at the CrossFit Games this weekend.  Brutal!!  See how fit these people are?!

http://games.crossfit.com/finals/workouts

Third one… my MMA friend Chris Bell is starting a “Training in the Park” class.  There are a bunch of locals from Thousand Oaks, California who come together and do crazy stuff!  Check out these pictures!  More to come.

Again, my MMA friend Chris Bell is starting a “Training in the Park” class.  There are a bunch of locals from Thousand Oaks, California who come together and do crazy stuff!  Check out these pictures!  More to come.

My MMA friend Chris Bell is starting a “Training in the Park” class.  There are a bunch of locals from Thousand Oaks, California who come together and do crazy stuff!  Check out these pictures!  More to come.

In the process of revamping my life over the last few years, one of the things I have taken time to do is change my account names and passwords.  It helps me feel current.  I am reinventing myself, so new user ID’s and passwords are in order.  I no longer want to be bigbecca00 at whatever dot com.  I made that ID ten years ago or so… boring!  Not any more!

Check me out on Linked In!!

I have always hated running… well, let’s be fair and call it jogging.  I would always make the excuse, “I am so big, I shouldn’t run that far.”  Truth be told, it felt like torture.  It felt like a lot of pain with a lot of effort…  UNTIL NOW!!

I learned how to run! It is called Pose Technique.  I went from trying to force this huge body off the ground, to falling forward and moving my legs correctly.  My hamstrings were sore after the first workout.  I feel so GOOD about this!!  Eventually, when I get the form down right, it will be “effortless” running… or ah… jogging.

Here is an introductory video via www.crossfit.com.  Click here.  Then click on Intro to Pose Technique Pt 2.

Fun article about weightlifting.  It states that our weightlifting mentality is from studies done years ago.  Time to upgrade!

The 5 Biggest Exercise Myths.

Here is a comment for Mark:

Hello:

I am a 46 (soon to be 47 year old!) powerlifter. In my two most recent competitions I benched 500 lbs. (equipped). I had several cortisone shots over the past two years and the pain continued…on March 30th I tore the tricep tendon. On April 13th I had reattachment surgery. I have a couple questions…I was told 6-8 months before I can even think about light lifting- is this true? I was also told that I would never be able to compete again and never be able to lift as heavy or the same way that I did in the past. Do you have any thoughts on these statements? Any suggestions? Thanks so much for your help!

Let me tell you first of all, longevity is at the top of my list when it comes to decisions I am making in the gym (so is sexiness, but that does not apply to this topic).  So, consider what you need for life functioning and adjust accordingly.

Both Jill Mills and I were benching 185 after ten weeks.  I didn’t do much of anything for 6 weeks.  Generally, it takes a tendon 6 weeks to heal into the bone.  But, I think tricep is so vulnerable being on the outside of a pointy joint.

Here is how it will go.  You will get doctors advise, but you will go by how well you know your body anyway.  It will come naturally when you choose limits and risks.  I was doing isometric contractions early on, light in the beginning.

Good luck, fellow powerlifter.  May the force be with you!!

(PS use the topics to the right and search for “tricep” blogs.  I wrote a two day blog on my injuries and recovery decisions)