[jarrod]

i hate to show my newbie-ness here, but what exactly is an inch dumbbell?

jf

[jarrod]

i’ve noticed a lot of relief in my back from wearing the vibrams. i’m wearing regular cross trainers right now because i have a broken toe on one foot & a dislocated one on the other, so getting the vibrams on is a bit of a chore. i have noticed more discomfort in my back since going back to regular shoes.

jf

[jarrod]

you know what’s funny, i dropped a dumbbell & broke my toe at thet gym the day after putting up the original post! i was wearing my vibrams, but i don’t think that chuck taylors would have really offered me any more protection. in any case, thanks for the input. training barefoot feels good, but i wanted to check in with more experienced lifters before i kept on with it.

jf

[jarrod]

al & chad, last time i had looked into lasik (been a while) you couldn’t do contact sports after having the surgery. is that still the case?

[jarrod]

wow. last time i was tested (about a decade ago), i was 20/400 in one eye & 20/600 in the other. if there’s a way to reverse that even a bit, i’ll check it out.

[jarrod]

lots of lurkers, i’m sure! i love this website, the layout is easy to navigate & there is a ton of useful info. i’m sure a lot of folks signed up to read the insights of lifters on this forum. too bad they have to sort through my stuff too.

jf

[jarrod]

wow! great job chad, i wish i could have been there to see it.

[jarrod]

ben i’d love to have some experienced guys there. i’m a little apprehensive about promoting without having competed, but i’m in the right spot & a lot of the members i’ve talked to about all-around lifting seem really interested. the worst that can happen is i’ll fail miserably, & that just means success is around the corner, lol.

jf

[jarrod]

al, i got the okay from the gym to run it THIS winter, if that’s okay. i would be really honored to promote the first all-around meet in colorado. i was thinking october or november.

jf

[jarrod]

i hope we can make a big push with a colorado meet this year!

jf

[jarrod]

that would be great, is he on the forum?

[jarrod]

really enjoyed that one as well. while i’m little by strongman, highland games, & USAWA standards, it’s nice to know i’m bigger than charles atlas! admittedly, he was probably slightly better proportioned. slightly.

jf

[jarrod]

good sum up! thanks for the input. i’m not going to describe how i do it; you can just picture a monkey becoming intimite with a football & get the idea of how it looks at this point. i have been practicing doing a split on my snatch since overhead squats just aren’t going to work for me. besides, i figure it my strengthen my split for the c&j as well.

jf

[jarrod]

ecstatic. followed by some tightness in the back, but i took it easy the rest of the day until my adjustment. i don’t think i should push it again anytime soon, but 95 didn’t feel like an actual max.

[jarrod]

did 95lbs today…on a barbell. don’t tell my doctor!

jf

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