Random Updates

Tons of great posts coming up including USAPL Meet update, Z-Health Review rolls on, more testimonials, TSC results, a top secret project, and much more so stay tuned here!

I will have an update to the last post below coming soon too!

Tight Hips? Stop Static Stretching!

If you are in Minnesota, you have to be watching the Green Bay Packers vs Minnesota Vikings game this Monday night too!  It is going to be a killer game, so Jodie and I will be watching the game after a nice dinner of salmon, veggies and a nice Blue Moon Harvest Moon pumpkin beer.   Tasty!

Testimonial for Mike T Nelson from uber strongman, grip athlete Adam Glass

For those on my newsletter list, you know I went over to Brad “No Relation” Nelson’s top secret location last Friday for a little talking shop pow wow that went into the wee hours of the AM.  As with most things, at some point in the night we end trying all sorts of stuff on each other especially after a few tasty adult style beverages.

Adam had some issues closing a gripper, so after some investigation I did some nerve glides on him and gave him a Z-Health joint mobility drill (fingers curled and perform finger circles).   Keep in mind that the body place a HUGE priority on the nerves and if it thinks that you will potentially damage them by a particular movement, it will start to neurologically shut down your performance as a survival mechanism.   For more info on nerve flossing, see the post below.

Nerve Flossing Z-Health Style

Fast forward a few days and Adam sends me this video.

In short, he did the drills and went on a complete terror and closed every #3 gripper in his gym!  Wow!  Very cool.   A HUGE shout out to Adam for being a great student (we are all students) and taking massive action (he did the drills).  If you know Adam, you also know that he tells it like it is and does not pull any punches.

Do you want to increase your performance?  Move better?  Get out of pain?

Contact Mike T. Nelson to set up an appointment today by clicking HERE.

Fitness Goals and Focus

I often getting the question of “What should I focus on for my fitness goals?”

It is a great question, and while the answer depends on your goals, a linear approach would be to focus on the following in this order.

1) mobility first

2) coordination (stability makes it sound like you don’t move)

3) strength (in what position?)

4) power/speed (everyone need to move fast since life is a full contact, fast paced sport)

5) CRF (cardio respiratory fitness)

I honestly can’t remember who I stole it from (Frankie F and Aaron S I think?),  but just thing about Quality over Quantity and you will have your answer.

Is it good to run 5 miles if your gait (walking motion) sucks?

Should you just keep pounding your joints to dust to increase your “cardio”?

If you want to get even simpler, you can just go with
1) mobility
2) coordination (unloaded, under load and at different speeds)

Again, this is a generalization as every individual athlete will have specifics needs that will vary from day to day; but if I had to pick I would go with the above.

Thoughts?

Rock on

Mike T Nelson

We have a special treat from “Unbreakable” Adam T Glass as the “Killer Grip” series rolls on.   As mentioned in the past, the Tactical Strength Challenge (TSC) is coming up in less than 8 weeks!

Be sure to check out Adam’s amazing blog at

Walk the Road Less Traveled 

Adam what would you recomend to me at the top 3 (or 5) grip exercises I should do?

My 2 main goals are
1) increase my raw DL from (current PR is 410 lbs)
2) increase my snatches (current PR 32 kg for 75 reps in 5 min)

Adam T Glasss

How about that for a conclusion to our gonzo grip series!  If there is something you want more from the extreme human himself, Adam, drop some comment love below and we will see if we can pull him from his cave in bumbletown North Dakota for a follow up!  Thanks again Adam for all the time on this!

Rock on

Mike N

The Killer Grip Series is winding down and here is Adam Glass destroying some phone books for you!

Take it away Adam

Rock on

Mike T Nelson

PS

I will be at the Dragon Door / Z Health 3 Day Seminar here in Minnesota this coming Friday – Sunday, so if anyone is interested in a private session, drop me an email ASAP at michaelTnelson@yahoo.com  I will be there Friday afternoon and most of the day Sunday.  My sister is leaving for a new job soon, so I will be with her, my family and Jodie on Saturday.  See ya there and please say hi!

Here is another great video in the Killer Grip Series.

You want to increase your crushing gip?  Want to lift more weight?  No more dead fish handshakes either!  More from that extreme human himself, Adam T Glass.

Check this out!

Rock on

Mike T Nelson

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

The killer grip series rolls on with that extreme human himself, Adam T Glass.

Below, Adam shows you some hammer lifts, and I even give it a go although I think my nervous system was still in a mess from the TSC just a few hours below as I could not understand a command from Adam to save my life!

Take it away Adam….

Thanks Adam!

More Extreme Human Feats from Adam T. Glass bending stuff!

The video is huge, so it may take a bit to load (still playing around with bitrates and video size).

Keep in mind, Adam did this AFTER competing in the TSC Elite style at B-Rad’s Torture Chamber (aka Kinetic Edge Performance).   You too are more capable than you think.  Time to remove the brakes.

Check it out!

What are your thoughts on this? Let me know in the comments!

Rock on

Mike T Nelson

Ok, so I thought I was a smart monkey and finally figuring out how to embed video in a new player, but there still seem to be a few glitches.  Grrrrrrr.   I also managed to vaporize a comment that was left too–bugger.  I feel like I am trying to learn a foreign language, but I will get this thing figured out.  Thanks for your patience on this and we will be rockin’ soon!

Below is a killer grip video from the one and only extreme human Adam T Glass.  This is some secret inside footage from the post Tactical Strength Challenge seminar that Adam did at B-Rad’s torture chamber (aka Kinetic Edge in Woodbury Minnesota).  If you are looking for a simple way to increase your pull up grip, check this out!

The key is to grip the bar tight with ONE hand and don’t spin around
like a top under the bar.  Overload can be added, but work to add time
first.

Rock on!

Mike T Nelson