Tag: Weightlifting

Just posting more photos from Evo Strength and Fitness. A great gym for Olympic weightlifting and powerlifting. Evo is getting some Crossfit members as well. As you can…

One of my pet peeves for gyms involves whether the bars are properly maintained or not. Sadly, with the huge popularity of CrossFit gyms around the world, most of the…

Last week I had the chance to visit Evo Strength & Fitness, the newest powerlifting gym in Saigon that can also accommodate Olympic-style weightlifting. The gym is…

ACTN3 and the super-sprinter gene is the gene found in elite athletes around the world. The ACTN3 makes a special protein This the "...controls fast-twitch muscle…

Just some pictures of a loaded Squat bar. I got up to 165 kg this day with a bodyweight of 82 kg. That is greater then 200 percent of my bodyweight.

I try to do Snatches twice a week now. It is one of my favorite exercises. My normal routine would be PVC warmups followed by bar work. I the progress to heavier…

Well, we all been waiting for this since the summer now. Saigon Sports Club finally upgraded their Crossfit box for Crossfit Q7. The new upgrade includes 21 Squat racks…

Since I started working outside in 2013, I got to see the development of CrossFit firsthand. In Kazakhstan, I was a member of Reactor CrossFit and CrossFit Bruteforce in…

Edited on: January 31, 2020. If you are a weightlifter, such as myself, finding a good gym in Saigon can be challenging. Until the summer, 2014, I actually struggled to…

People keep asking me which supplements I use. For starters I use only the ones in the below picture. My Sports Supplements I take glucosamine, a daily vitamin, fish oil…

Being part Japanese, curry rice is one of my stable meals wherever I live whether the US, Vietnam or here in Kazakhstan. I tend to eat this dish 4-5 times per week. How…

So, my stay in Saigon is about to end. I really enjoyed spending my two weeks at the Saigon Sports Club. It is really an awesome gym. I could do all of. My Olympic Lifts…

2014 has been a good year for me, I was about to set 7 new personal records for 9 lifts. January tends to be a good month for me to set new PRs so I hope 2015 will start…

No pain, no gain Pain is just weakness leaving the body What does not kill me, makes me stronger When I was medically discharged from the US Marine Corps Reserves back…

Well, I have now spent over three months at a new Crossfit gym in Almaty, Crossfit Brute Force. I really enjoy the facilities which is very similar to Saigon Sports Club…

I have been a bit silent on this blog for over a month. I had a bit of technical issues with my blog after I added it to a CDN. Today I finally removed my blog from the…

This week I found a good gym to workout in Almaty called Hanger 13. It is the first Crossfit gym in Almaty. I just happened to read about it online through Internations…

Some guy took ky 5 kg plates again. I hate guys with no gym etiquette. This what he needed them for: I am not sure why this guy put on 5 kg plates when he should have…

At the Get Fit Gym, I know I get some strange looks when I use my lifting straps. I always use them in the gym when I do the Olympic Weightlifting workouts. I wear them…

I think some of you may be interested in this post from my other blog, ironDevilDog.com. I talk about the supplements I take for my workouts. I am still focusing on…