ZOOT COMPRESSION APPAREL REVIEWED

Have been rocking the full tops and bottoms, but only after super crushing workouts.

Why only then? Because in my experience wearing these over the course of several months, they work. Big time. But they're such a pain in the ass to pu

THE MACHINES NEVER STOP IN SILVER LAKE

TRX WEST COAST STYLE

Protect ya neck.

Bassnectar, Henry Fonda, LA

Functional Strength Training Workout

TOTAL TIME: 2 hrs 50 min
DETAILS:

-Humped 50 lb sandbag, trx and gear to park (15 min)

(note: all exercises below performed in sequence with active recovery
walking as needed, no static rest)

10-1: (55 reps per exercise total)
-pushups
-wide grip kipping pullups

1-10: (55 reps per exercise total)
-pushups
-wide grip kipping pullups
-assisted dip on parallettes
-45 degree standing row on low bar

10-1: (55 reps per exercise total)
-wide grip kipping pullups
-45 degree row on low bar
-assisted dips on parallettes
-pushups
-bodyweight squats (major shunting action from squats made this round even harder than normal

THEN (without rest):

TRX Core Essentials A and B sequences + 1 set TRX postural squats
-15 reps per exercise (15 reps per exercise per side on side-specific
movements)
-alternated sets on TRX with sandbag carries while Training Partner was doing his sets

So every time i finished a set on TRX i would:
-shouldered or cleaned and bearhugged sandbag
-50 yard sandbag carry w/a sandbag shoulder after 1st 25 yards plus 2x
shoulder at end of carry
(4 shoulders total +50 yard carry per round varying grips/carries on
sandbag)
+
-10 reps straight legged deadlift
-20 pushups
(10 rounds of sandbag 50 yard carries + sandbag exercises total. supersetted some TRX movements)

THEN:
10 more pullups

THEN:
-Humped pack home (15 minutes)

The Rig

Tire Flys

Trial run, so far so good.

First . . .

First jersey I ever bought when I joined the Kansas City Bicycle Club racing team at age 13 in 1988. Twenty years ago, still got it, was stoked it was a Tommasso jersey because that's the brand LeMond wore when he rode for ADR and Z. Good times.

busyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Pro Cycling Helmet Straps: a Closer Look

Pros wear their helmet straps ultra loose for better ventilation and less facial tension/irritation. They don't seem to lose their helmets in crashes but these straps don't look like they'd keep a baseball cap on your head in a stiff wind.

Doubtlessly this will soon be the dominant helmet strap paradigm for riders of the sort that go all-in for the full pro team kit with matching bike and cap, until now worn in lieu of helmets even on group rides.

Lance overkill reigns on Universal Sports coverage, but at least he's helping modernize pro cycling pr. Some of these pros are so wooden on camera and so poorly spoken that they'd be too lifeless to pass as ventriloquist dummies. Even Lance's teammates at dinner on his video blog look scared shitless while The Man is speaking.

Still a hell of a lot better than the cycling coverage VS diarrheas out all too often.

A New Radical, Simple Training Tool: Keg Lifting

ASSOS GUY

Assos ads always crack me up with the early 40's Euro guy helmetless but in a glans-like cap on a virginal white logo-free steed so immaculate and badass it even has a one-piece carbon bar/stem.

But this particular ad in the series takes the cake. Is he doing yoga? About to give his $400 saddle some deep, pounding love from behind? Or is he about to go ride?

And when he rides, does this mystery man even sweat? Doubtful.

New Formula: Just Call It Blowout

4 grams of dietary fiber y'all, respect it.

UFC 98: Evans vs Machida, Got Any Gum?

Yawn. Zero interest on dropping $50 on the PPV for this. Especially after ordering the last UFC PPV and having to sit through what seemed to be an hour of commercials ON THE PPV I'D JUST DROPPED $50 ON. Fuck that noise. I guarantee some UFC dude thought he was a fuckin' genius for that move, stick it in your ear bozo.

Big News

6 lbs of protein ordered last week has arrived. Let the imposition of will begin.

New pullup pr

165 in one workout (trx core essentials A and B plus pullups before, between, and after core exercises for 165 pullups total).

If only i'd been able to do this when i had to take the humiliating presidential fitness test in grade school. . .

NBC Universal Sports, Thumbs Up

US Giro coverage, wow, they treat the race like a real sport and offer in depth commentary and don't invent fake drama or spin yarns about breakaways fated to become road kill from the gun.

Chapeau, kicking VS into the gutter.

Basil Chesterton Sinclair, ESQ.

 

 

BONES SNAPPING LIKE MATCH STICKS

The median on Ward Parkway near Gregory. There didn’t used to be trees growing anywhere except the northern and southern borders of the rectangle of turf and the neighborhood kids would play football here. I broke my left ulna severely in a football game when I was 12 about 20 yards north of where I shot this photo.

 

 

 

 

April 2009 Cycle Sport Tom Boonen Cover Story and Tag Line Unintentionally Hilarious

Somewhere someone is pulling a carbon fiber-soled Sidi out of his mouth and wiping the chamois-butter off his lips right about now. . .

Here's to the 'new' cycling!

Hats off, straws and razor blades out!

Basil Chesterton Sinclair

Salomon Regains Its Euro Edge

Salomon XA Pro, my favorite shoe for non-bike offroad activities, urban hiking, and travel. Well ventilated, comfortable, speed lacing system that actually works and holds its adjustment, long-wearing soles and sturdy enough to use as an approach shoe or for any outings that require long periods of walking, standing, or humping gear (like sandbags, etc when heading to the pullup bar at the local park to TRX).

Thumbs up. And a second thumbs up for bringing the loud neon colors back into the XA Pro line after several years of more neutral, organic offerings. You'll feel faster in neon yellow shoes, it's the color of lightning and cream of wheat.

Product impression

Zoot compression socks are a complete and total pain in the ass to put on but they truly work. More details tk, i recommend buying a pair.

Katusha, Astana Payroll Woes Explained by Way of Harper's Index, May 2009

'Percentage change last year in the total net worth of Russia's ten wealthiest individuals: -68%.'

Even journalist-murdering oligarchs get the blues.

Yeah, but how do you fit a teardrop TT helmet over those delicate tresses without negatively impacting their distinctive volume?

 

Steppin’ hard and throwin’ a West Coast with the Michelin Man inside Costco.