The Start of 2014 Nationals Preperation
After taking a week off from my last competition, I am starting to rebuild the foundation en route to the 2014 Canadian Weightlifting National Championships.Here are some recent meals:Wild cod…
Quick 12 with Olympian Tim Randall
Tim Randall 2014 Olympian 1- Ok, you are an Olympic Athlete, chosen to represent Canada at the 2014 Sochi games in Russia. How cool is that?TR: Being an Olympic athlete has…
Andrew Ott Supertotal 2014
My bro competed in his first Olympic Weightlifting competition this weekend at the A&R Memorial. Andrew went 6/6 making his debut a perfect outing with a Snatch, C&J, and Total…
Preparing for A&R Memorial 2014
Rack of Lamb with cauliflower, broccoli, carrots,avocado, and rice topped with grass fed butter.I am tapering this week for the 2014 A&R Memorial weightlifting competition. I have little tweaks and…
Quick 12 With Joshua Goldthorp
Highland Games(Heavy Events) is an unusual choice of pursuit, What inspired you to do it?My father started competing in it with his family when I was only 9. After watching…
Lamb Balls and Yams
Great meal yesterday. Grass fed lamb meat balls with yams and cucumber. Check out the recipe: http://stupideasypaleo.com/2013/05/29/lamb-kofta-meat-on-a-stick/ The sauce was excellent as well: http://stupideasypaleo.com/2013/06/03/paleo-cucumber-mint-raita/
Some recent meals and training
Yesterday was a good training session. I worked up to 145kg for triples in hip cleans. Then I drop snatched 140kg before doing my assistance work. I have also been…
6 Months on the Paleo diet
The Paleo diet has come under recent attack lately for reasons I can only guess about. It might be a conspiracy by the grain commision or corn mafia. Never the…
160kg x 2 cleans from block
Here are some highlights from yesterday's training session. 158kgx2, 160kgx2 cleans from blocks.Dinner was squash with hamburger and home made salsa:
How to add 50 percent to your lifts
No I am not talking about using performance enhancing drugs or other illicit means. I am talking about steady work, mindful nutrition, and proper rest over a long period of…