Denny Habecker
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John’s friend Dee called us this morning and told us about John. It was John who got me and many others involved with All-Round Weightlifting. John was a great guy and a good friend. I will always remember the good times I had traveling with John and training at his gym.
I agree. I don’t know if thia organization would still exist without Al.
Have any of you lifters that lifted in the Heavylift Championships received your Medals or Posters from Roger yet. I talked to him the week after the meet and he said he was going to be sending those out. I haven’t received anything from him yet.
Run in with Police? After you dropped me off? I hope it wasn’t serious.
John is living in Voorhees,New Jersey now. He had a stroke about a year and a half ago. The last I talked to him he said he was doing better but he still was not able to drive. He is also having some trouble with his eyes since the stroke. I tried to call him several times the last few weeks and all I got was his voice mail. I let a message but he hasn’t returned my calls. He hasn’t been able to train since he moved to Jersey.
If it wasn’t for John I would probably not ever have gotten involved with the USAWA. He is the one that got me started in the allrounds. I lifted in many meets at his gym in Collegeville and became a member of his club in 1987. I agree with Steve about John’s involvement with all 3 strength sports. I know one year when John was in 24 meets, inclulding powerlifting, Olympic lifting and allrounds. I really miss not seeing John on the lifting platform. He was one on the best lifters and greatest guys I know.Great choice! Congradulations Chad.
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I would love to make on of those meets sometime but I think Art’s Birthday Bash will also be that weekend.
Sure you can. I have done it many times.
There couldn’t have been a better man to break it!
Al, I want a copy. I will get my membership money to you shortly.
I still feel we should make lifting suits mandatory. Almost every other organized sport requires some kind of uniform to compete. If we want our organization to have some credability we should require a lifting suit to be worn by all competitors.
Dale is really an inspiration to me, and he should be to anyone that knows him. It was great to see him at Art’s Birthday Bash and also finally meet his lovely wife. In spite of all his problems, Dale always encourages me and many other lifters at the meets he attends.
When I was young I used to do five sets of 5 reps in almost every lift and assistance exercise. Now I do 5×5 early in a cycle and as I get closer to a meet I will cut down on the reps as the weights get heavier. But with squats I almost always do sets of 10, 9,8, 7,6,and 5. The first 3 set are basically warm up sets that the weights never change, and the last three sets get heavier each week. For deadlifts, I have gotten great results [for me, as I am not a good deadlifter], doing just one set of 20 reps evry week with the weight getting 5 lbs. heavier each week.
I would have liked to be there, only the Keystone Games were this weekend and I have lifted in them every year since 1986.
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