A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN A FEW YEARS

I was surfing through the archives and came across a post from 1/22/2009. Exactly 3 years ago, I introduced all of you to Alex. 3 years later he's one of the top athletes at One World and he (along with Chyna, Atsushi, and Stroud) has a really good shot at making it to regionals this year. My post was entitled "Monster." I can predict the future.....

"I hope all of you have had the pleasure of meeting Alex. This guy just walks into the the gym and starts killing the workouts...sometimes two a day. Amazing! Chong and I were coaching him on his deadlift last week. Unfortunately, we were so focused on his lumbar curve (which still needs a little work) that we ended up totally missing a minor flaw in his set-up. Can you name it? It's great to have you on board Alex!"

Alex recently hit a 500# deadlift proving that a little rounding of the back is not always a bad thing. Everybody is different. 

(Note: I use Typepad as my blogging platform. Typepad now has a function that allows me to insert text into photos. This should make for some funny posts in the future!)

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WORKOUT   1/23/2012

Start a running clock. In the first minute, do 1 pull-up, 1 push-up, 1 air squat. Each following minute, add one rep to each movement. Continue until you do not complete the required reps for the minute. If you tap out, rest 1 minute then do 3 reps of each movement per minute until everyone in the session taps out. 

POWER HOUR   1/23/2012

• 4 x 5 back squat
• 4 x 5 bench press
• 1 attempt max pull-ups

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Comments

[Tattoo]

49 rounds

ran 49 miles before the workout.

swam 49 miles after the workout.

[Joe Nepo]

You're a good man Alex (all of OW of course). I wish I could have seen OW 3 years ago. It looked so different! It would have been nice to see you guys grow and flourish. Plus, I could have improved on my techniques earlier on:-) I'm sorry, but can someone educate me on what GBO means!? Great Body Obviously? Good Body Odor? Too many things to remember. I'm such a dork LOL!

[alex]

wow how time flies, lots of changes in the gym and in me, but the certainty in my life is how much I love this gym, my new family, especially Freddy n Chyna ......... I've learned a lot and hope now as a trainer I have been passing these lessons learned along to those of you wanting to soak it up. There will be at least four of us at regionals this year representing Oneworld, so get the time off May 18-20, forecast this year is 100% sunshine, perfect for some tasty sierra drinking..... GBO

[Big Tony]

I want to come and watch you guys compete where will it be the reginals this year? GBO..God Bless Oneworld?

[Joe Nepo]

I wish you and all the people participating in the regionals good luck! I'll see if I can put some time aside for that. I'm with you Big Tony, still don't know what GBO means. I'm hoping I can make it out there for one of your classes again. Take care!

[Angela]

GBO