Thom Van Vleck
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Will do.
Thom Van Vleck
Jackson Weightlifting Club
Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-RounderYou know, Al, it’s funny how that works. My Wife NEVER reads anything I write unless I make her and sure enough, if I did something like that it would be the one time she would read it!
Thom Van Vleck
Jackson Weightlifting Club
Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-RounderTom, I was hoping to come down and visit you sometime with Al but now I can’t show my face south of the Mason Dixon line! I hear down South (with a capital “S”) when they throw you in jail you end up on chain gangs (although it might improve my “chain lifting”).
But all kidding aside, I don’t like to steal and often when I look for photos I try and find the sources…..which often means some of the best photos I can find are never used and that’s a shame. Did you get to see my article on Karo in the last issue of MILO? I worked with the Atlanta History Center on that one, I was able to get some great info from them.
Maybe you can smooth things over with me so sometime I can come to Atlanta! And if that doesn’t work…..Al made me do it!!!!!!
Thom Van Vleck
Jackson Weightlifting Club
Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-RounderI will inform everyone that Al’s Dad ratted him out to his wife and now Al is in some hot water…..but I have faith the every wise Dino Man will be able to use his vast wisdom gleaned from his keen observations of the animal kingdom to solve this dilemma! Either that or he’s paying for another trip to Jamaica very soon!
Thom Van Vleck
Jackson Weightlifting Club
Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-RounderI will be there by noon on Saturday and all day Sunday competing.
Thom Van Vleck
Jackson Weightlifting Club
Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-RounderHow ’bout USAWA Super suits, knee wraps, squat briefs, bench shirts…haha
What about gym bags.
Thom Van Vleck
Jackson Weightlifting Club
Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-Rounderthe First program I was ever placed on was Hepburns. I still have the training booklet that my Uncle Wayne ordered from Hepburn in 1958, autographed and everything. I read that cover to cover like it was some ancient text like the dead sea scrolls. Heck, I thought it was old then, it was 20 years old…now it’s 55 years old!!!!!! Great article, thanks for doing that, Larry!
Thom Van Vleck
Jackson Weightlifting Club
Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-RounderScott, Great story, thanks for sharing that!
Thom Van Vleck
Jackson Weightlifting Club
Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-Rounder….and from the pictures, Al got a really close up look at your back and he should know.
Thom Van Vleck
Jackson Weightlifting Club
Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-RounderWell, if there’s one thing that’s obvious….Al is WAAAAY past his prime! HAHA
I started to write a long response to this….but it was so good I decided to write a story instead for the website!!!! haha
Thom Van Vleck
Jackson Weightlifting Club
Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-RounderWow, Chad, I’m glad we finally cleared up who really won the border war. Now if I can get you to quit dodging me…twice now…..we can settle this once and for all. After all, if you beat me then you beat Al defacto!
…oh, and Ben NOBODY ever accused me of being athletic before! HAHA
Honestly, what happened was I got tired of guys I could beat standing beating me using the spin. I have a rule. If you stand, I stand, if you spin I spin. Kinda like always bringing a gun to a knife fight….just in case!
Thom Van Vleck
Jackson Weightlifting Club
Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-RounderChad, if you are like me, I get hurt and I stubbornly keep trying to work the injured area when the reality is you need to rest it and build back in very slowly. This means keeping your percentage VERY low and building up VERY slow!
You might also try some trap bar deads as it is easier on the spine.
Do some supported rows, shrugs, and reverse hypers or light hyperextensions to work your back instead of heavy deads for awhile.
Get some massage as well or something like that to help.
Finally, I will say it’s amazing how fast your recuperation goes down at 40….welcome to the wonderful world of masters! HAHA
Thom Van Vleck
Jackson Weightlifting Club
Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-RounderThat’s awesome, Congrats to Frank!
Thom Van Vleck
Jackson Weightlifting Club
Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-RounderI had forgot about a lot of these! I also forgot how “R” rated the BST was. HAHAHAH
Thom Van Vleck
Jackson Weightlifting Club
Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-RounderThat was a long time ago! HAHAHA
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Jackson Weightlifting Club
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