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The continuing gamification of life

the man of twists and turns — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:03:38 -0800

Fitocracy is a social game that harnesses the power of feedback loops to promote fitness. Founded by two RPG-loving gamers, Brian Wang and Richard Talens, as a way to track their own progress. Slate's Farhad Manjoo does a video review, and Daniel Spelzmann at Ppen Salon has a profile as well. The tracking site has also appeared in XKCD and Penny Arcade Previously, on MeTa

Are you stronger than a 5th grader?

Anatoly Pisarenko — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 07:42:54 -0800

9-year-old Naomi Kutin squats 187 at a bodyweight of 88 lbs. This breaks the 100% Raw record for the 97 lb class, held for a number of years by a woman in her late 20's. Interview with Naomi and her parents: "I kept practicing and practicing, and I got better and better, and then I won a national title." More squatting and deadlifting from Naomi.

Deadlift

Anatoly Pisarenko — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:32:20 -0800

"I happen to believe that the deadlift is a most beneficial exercise for men and women and athletes of both sexes of all ages ... The deadlift is not only a useful exercise to help build greater hip, leg, and back strength, it’s a movement everyone needs to know how to do properly because it will be done in some form or fashion countless times in a lifetime." Legendary strength coach Bill Starr writes about the deadlift, just as 27-year-old Benedikt Magnusson sets a new world record with a lift of 1015 pounds.

Most Im-press-ive

Anatoly Pisarenko — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 08:56:35 -0800

Before the rise in popularity of the bench press as the de facto test of upper body strength, the overhead press was king. However, the press began to fall out of favor in the 1970s. Legendary strength coach Bill Starr provides a history of the lift and offers a number of suggestions for strengthening it. Until 1972, the clean and press was one of the three contested lifts in Olympic weightlifting. It was dropped from competition in part because of the dynamic style some lifters developed for the press, which was said to make judging the lift difficult. Bill Starr explains how to perform the technical Olympic-style press, and veteran lifter Tommy Suggs coaches it in a three-part video series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3).

"What exactly is 70s Big?"

ludwig_van — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:52:21 -0800

"It's big, like people were back in the 70s... Big when you get that way because you're just real damn strong." Brought to you from the Wichita Falls Athletic Club, 70sbig.com will teach you how to eat, how to train, and how to style your moustache so that you can get 70s big. Not interested in becoming 70s big? Then stop by and observe the amazing feats of those who were, like weightlifter Anatoly Pisarenko, who cleaned and jerked 583 pounds, or powerlifter Doug Young, who deadlifted 711 pounds in competition despite three broken ribs. The site also feature a series of cheeky interviews with Mark Rippetoe, owner of WFAC and author of books like Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training and Practical Programming for Strength Training.