Happy July 4 to everyone in the USA.   To my foreign friends, it is just another day.  Either way, I trust you had a great weekend.

Jodie and I along with my parents and sister went to see the latest Cirque De Soleil Kooza on July 4 outside here in Minnesota.  WOW, is all I can say.  If you get the chance, you MUST see them-amazing performance and I will have more details soon.

Tactical Strength Challenge Fall 2009

Check those calendars and  the Tactical Strength Challenge is about only 8 weeks away!  Wow, time is flying by.

Are you ready?

Do you have a plan to be ready in 8 weeks?

Heck, are you even going to SHOW UP?

Your goals need deadlines and you need to be held accountable (that goes for me too).

Who is holding you accountable?

I will be there and I want to see all of you there too.

If you need a plan, drop me a line at michaelTnelson@yahoo.com and I will set you up.

Using some great techniques I picked up (thanks Frankie), I went from 39 reps with the 32 kg KB for the 5 min snatch test to only 4 weeks later cranking out 75 in 5 minutes.  I had managed to fall in a broomball game and bruise my sciatic nerve in mid January and was unable to do any snatches for about 6 weeks.

That is almost DOUBLE in 4 weeks and I can show YOU how to sky rocket your numbers too.  There is nothing special about me, just some well applied knowledge.

You would be shocked to learn that other than a few test days, my max number of snatches with the 32kg was about 8-10 reps at a time per hand.

Enter the Assisted Pullup

The common question is “What if I can’t do even one pull-up?”   No worries, as B-Rad, Adam T Glass, Mark Wilson, Myself and friends are here to the rescue with an exclusive video on some options for you.

Technique Note

Keep a nice tall/long spine and no crazy chicken maneuvers at the top just to get your darn chin to the bar.  Bring your body to the bar.  If you need another cue, think of bringing your elbows to your waist.   I would rather have athletes only go to the top of their head, eyes, nose and then chin rather than do some crazy-ass neck cranking at the top.

Find out what we really do with our free time…..

Rock on

Mike T Nelson