Archive for September, 2005


Captains of Crush grippers for strength training

Chris D. over at Strength News has just received his Captains of Crush Trainer Gripper by IronMind Enterprises and seems well pleased with them. They are basically the same as grippers you would buy at a sporting goods store, except that they require a lot more effort to close. IronMind has them available in 60 [...]

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Lamon Brewster keeps heavyweight title over Luan Krasniqi

Lamon Brewster defeated Luan Krasniqi to retain his heavyweight belt. It was a fair on even match through 8 rounds, when Brewster floored Krasniqi. Brewster is now 33-2. (Brewster’s home page)

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Alex Bogomolov Jr suspended by ITF

Alex Bogomolov Jr has recently been suspended for taking illegal drugs by the ITF. The drug that he took, Salbutamol, is allowed with a therapeutic use exemption, but Bogomolov did not have one. He has only been suspended for a month and a half, however, since he was taking it to treat asthma rather than [...]

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Core Fitness with a Swiss Ball

The Health and Fitness Blog has a great animated gif of a core fitness routine using a swiss ball. I have worked this into my workout regimens at times and it is a nice break from just doing situps and crunches.

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DNA tests can determine your athletic inclinations

If there was a DNA test that determined what kind of sports you could excel at, would you take it? The Australian Institute of Sport has developed a few and is testing whether or not they can be used to help train their athletes.

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Sore Muscles

Sore muscles plague everybody at some point in their lives; athletes just tend to control when it happens a little easier. Two days ago, I hiked up Mount Washington and then back down. Yesterday morning I was a bit sore, but I felt fine on my four mile jig jog (I would have gone further, [...]

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Mount Washington

Mount Washington stands almost 2 kilometers above sea level and is the tallest mountain in the north eastern US. Yesterday, I hiked up and down Mount Washington.

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Minnesota Vikings are building a new stadium

The Minnesota Vikings are going to build themselves a new stadium. This was announced right around the same time that ownership was going on about how safe their head coach’s job is, right now. My guess is: Out with the old, in with the new!

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Mike Tice: Your Job is Safe (Yeah, right…)

Mike Tice‘s job is safe, says Vikings owner Zygi Wilf. The Vikings had just lost their second game, getting crushed by the Cincinnati Bengals 31-7. “We’re going to turn it around,” Wilf said. “We spoke in detail with the coach and coaching staff and we know what we have to do. We have to get [...]

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Leavander Johnson dies five days after his fight

Leavander Johnson faced off against Jesus Chavez last weekend, where he sustained a subdural hematoma. Johnson died Thursday at 4:23 pm. You hate to see anybody in any sport die, especially due to their athletic contest. Whether it be a football player or a Nascar driver (no matter how you define sports), it just is [...]

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