Quote from: He Man on October 05, 2010, 07:21:30 PM
Whats a good workout to get power from your abs when your doing torque motions? Aka, what would a baseball player do to get a killer swing?

Spend hours in the batting cage.

Quote from: kopfjäger on October 05, 2010, 09:55:52 PM
Spend hours in the batting cage.

I thought i just had to juice.

Quote from: He Man on October 05, 2010, 10:42:07 PM
I thought i just had to juice.

You can juice all you want, but it won't give you better hand eye coordination.

Quote from: He Man on October 05, 2010, 07:21:30 PM
Whats a good workout to get power from your abs when your doing torque motions? Aka, what would a baseball player do to get a killer swing?

We're constantly twisting with medicine balls and resistance straps in Muay Thai... all the power in the art comes from the rotational motion, so you focus a lot on developing the oblique core muscles.

I've got a knucklhead MMA buddy that blasts on an old truck tire with a sledgehammer as a way to improve his twisting torque... search youtube for vids of The Pit Kempo training or of Kelly Pavlik training (please note - Kelly Pavlik is a pro boxer, not my knucklehead MMA buddy).  Like this, about 1:20 in to the vid.

Quote from: djrashonal on October 05, 2010, 09:53:29 PM
Wood chops

Fitness - Boot Camp Workout 2: Wood Chops Exercise

and integrate a twisting rotation

Now that's what I'm talking about.

Hey all! I had my 234 mile race last weekend and it was AMAZING!!! I worked so hard for months leading up the to race and I just couldn't imagine it ending any better than it did!

Here are some of the highlights:

Riding:


Receiving the Conquistador Trophy from the President of Perimeter Cycling:


My Winnings - Gold Lion (like Le Tour de France), Gold Medal, Conquistador Trophy:


The story of my race is one that could take some time to explain. But in short, it started off great, then about 40 miles into the race, a fellow cyclist had a serious accident and I ran to his rescue. Apparently, he had a heart issue and as a result he lost consciousness while riding and veered out of our pace line, across the lane and flew 20 feet into the brush in the darkness (it was 3am).  Anyway, I was with him for nearly an hour as were several other people who arrived on scene shortly after me until an ambulance arrived and took him away.

When I got back on my bike I found myself alone for the duration of my race (though followed closely by my SAG car). Anyway, I kept on going but when I reached about 120 miles I was really struggling with some psychological negativity and being all alone wasn't helping things. I nearly threw in the towel at that point but at the last moment, I opted to get back on my bike and continue. From that point, I continued up some seriously challenging terrain, battled the winds, rough roads, and pushed myself for another 5 hours before I ran out of the energy to continue. Though it wasn't easy, I was very proud of making it as far as I did, and happy to stop at that point (170.25 miles). From this point on, everything that came to follow was a HUGE surprise to me.

Before turning in for the night we received an invitation to have breakfast the next morning with the President of Perimeter Cycling and his staff. WOW we thought. What a nice surprise. What we didn't know as that at breakfast I was the only racer present. After we ate breakfast, everyone was called to silence and in front of everyone, I was presented with a gold medal for the effort and persistence that I showed over the 170 miles that I rode. I couldn't believe it!!! I felt so full of joy that they felt the need to award me a gold medal - WOW!!!

Then, out of the blue, they announced that aside from the overall winner, and the dedication recipient of this years event, they were going to award one more Conquistador trophy (something that they do not usually do). For a moment I thougt that it might be to me, but then I told myself it couldn't be....things like that never happen to me, besides, I was just awarded a gold medal! Well, as fate would have it, it WAS awarded to me!! In his speech, the president of Perimeter cycling announced that it was being awarded to me in honor of outstanding sportsmanship and for having sacrificed my race in order to help a fallen cyclist.

I was so surprised and flattered that I almost couldn't speak. It's the most prized honor that I have ever received. In addition to all of this, I also got to know Fred Boething owner of the Race Across America - an event that I very much want to do at some point in my life. What an amazing person. Getting to know him was like meeting a racing celebrity; it was absolutely amazing!

So when all was said and done, I came away from this weekend feeling more like a winner than I would have had I won the race in record time. It was just fantastic. I learned so much about myself and am very grateful for the new friends that I made as a result of my actions.

Oh on one final note, we were very happy to have found out later in the evening (of the race) that the fallen cyclist had 4 broken ribs, but otherwise would make a full recovery.

 

Now go eats lots of     

Awesome work Dave!!!

Quote from: DesmoDiva on October 14, 2010, 02:33:17 PM


Now go eats lots of     

Awesome work Dave!!!

Thanks Diva! 

Nice Job Dave!

Hey people! Where is everyone??? Has everyone started hibernating for the winter?

Quote from: Monster Dave on November 02, 2010, 08:12:35 AM
Hey people! Where is everyone??? Has everyone started hibernating for the winter?

Nope, it is just getting nice here for working out outdoors.  Been weight training and running but recently purchased
new shoes that have given me blisters.  I take a few days off running, then my feet begin to fell better, I run again and now the soles of my feet look like hamburger.

No hibernation here!!

Just slowly getting back into things...

Just completed week 4 of my training program.  Target 5K race in Feb, followed by a second in March, and a 10K in May.

So far I have had little soreness and or pain from the injuries that sidelined me this past spring.

We're also going to pick up a trainer (for our road bikes), free weights, and a bench.   

So I'm not really sure where to put this comment, but this past weekend we rode in the annual El Tour de Tucson bicycle race here in sunny AZ.

It was a really challenging race this year thanks to a cold front that blew in from the west creating extremely windy riding conditions. All day we struggled with a 30mph wind which seemed to be nearly at all points in our face!! Why is it that the wind is rarely working in your favor??

Over all it turned out to be a decent race. I came in 1,430th out of the 4800 racers who raced the 109 mile route - so I didn't perform too badly, but my average speed took a serious hit thanks to the windy conditions.

My sweetie rode the 66 mile route because she's been working so much that she hasn't had a whole lot of time to train, but she really did a great job and finished very strong!  

The best part of the whole weekend though was that we spent yesterday evening at a party hanging out with Greg LeMond (3 time Tour de France Champion). It was fantastic - if you've never met him, he's really amazingly kind and interested in just talking with you. We had a great time!  

I must admit though that the high point of the evening though came when he and I did 3 rounds of celebratory tequila shots!



What a great memory!!


...though after having other drinks, I'm dealing with a pretty massive headache this morning!!  ....but it was TOTALLY worth it!!  

Great job Dave!!! I decided I'm gonn do the 40mi race next year! Are you going to do the warrior dash in Florence at the end of April?

Hey thanks!

Between now and then if you get to cycling a bit, I think that you'll really enjoy doing it yourself!

The warrior dash? I doubt it - but it looks like fun!!