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Women’s self-defense in Plymouth, MN

Hey! What are you doing on Sunday, April 10? As in, this Sunday?
 
Are you a female? Do you want to learn self-defense? Better yet, do you want to learn immediately effective and field-proven self-defense techniques from a trained ground combatives instructor?
 
My good friend and colleague, Adam Glass, was a ground combatives instructor in the Air Force for 2.5 years and used these techniques training thousands of troops as well as real-life situations while deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. I will let him tell you how effective they are in subduing an enemy since some of the stories are quite graphic, and he may not want the world knowing the horrors of war.
 
He’s offering this class at The Movement Minneapolis in Plymouth, MN for only $30. The class is 3 hours long and spots are limited so please contact me as soon as you possibly can!
 
Dave@athletecreator.com
 
(I really need to get one of those google phone numbers that forwards calls to my personal cell phone. Anyone know anything about that? Kthanxbai)

F.ree Weightloss Coaching in Minneapolis/St. Paul

** Deadline extended! Apply by Thursday, March 31st.

Boy, do I have a deal for (some) of you!
 
I put this out on my Twitter and Facebook accounts for all of my lovely followers and friends to jump on first, but their unwillingness to take action is your benefit.
 
I am attempting to put together a (probably) f.ree product for everyone in this entire world to use. In doing so, I need to collect data and generate content.
 
This is where you come in…
 
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100th Post: A Hodge Podge of Evryfing!

Ho-kay! Super duper, team! Way to go! Can you believe it’s been 100 posts already?! Actually, I’m sure the big time bloggers average close to 100 posts every 2 months. Me? Close to 2 years. Muahahahaha!

In true fashion of this website, I’m going to touch on something from each of the categories I post about. Let’s sit back, put your hand down your pants (if you’d like), and bask in my self-perceived gloriousness. Read More→

New Blogging Format

So, in an attempt to continue resolving my psychological state issues, I’m going to try a new [to me] blogging format. For the most part, I’m just going to try blogging more frequently. This method is not novel in any way. It’s how a lot of people do it. They’ll mix in some shorter, “fun” posts along with the good, juicy content. I’ve focused, for the most part, on the good, juicy stuff, and just mixed my humor in along the way. Well, I’m going to follow the crowd and test it out.

I’ve stated several times that I can only write while in eustress, but that I’m rarely in eustress long enough to finish some of my longer posts. Ding, ding, ding, ding!!!

“How ’bout you try this, asshole: write shorter posts that you can finish while you’re still in eustress.” – Whoa! Alright!

It’s hard to describe what I have in mind, but the shorter posts will be less educational and more informational in nature. Does that even make sense? I don’t know. Basically, I’m going to use it as a Twitter account that allows more than 140 characters at a time. If I read something and it deserves a reaction, I’ll post about it. If a worthy thought pops in my head, I’ll write a few paragraphs and publish it. For the most part, they’re going to be my ‘on the spot, first reaction’ to whatever I’m thinking. They won’t have a lot of background information or research done beforehand, other than what I already know of the subject. I’ve already had several things I’ve wanted to write about in this way, but my employer felt that I needed to do some work instead. Hmph.

And you don’t have to worry, if you’re subscribed to my website, which you should be, I won’t blast you with an email every time I post something new. Because honestly, I may post once a day, twice a day, or just as infrequently as now. I really don’t know. So with that in mind, I’m thinking I’ll send one email a week with links to all of the articles published that week.

I still plan on having longer, educational posts that you have all grown to love as well, right? RIGHT?!?!

The way I see it, it’s a win-win. I write more when I’m happy. I’m happy because I write. You get more lol’s and informations. A puppy is born. And world hunger is solved.

“By working within your existing limits, you can expand them faster.”

Now, where have I heard that before??????

Tactical Strength Challenge Results and a Prize for You!

[Editor's note: This got longer than I had thought. If you're only interested in the prize, you'll have to get to the bottom of the post.]

Last Friday I was supposed to get another BodPod reading to confirm my ever evolving sexiness, but instead I was wrongfully duped by Adam Glass into competing in the Tactical Strength Challenge (“TSC” for short). And by duped, I mean he didn’t even ask or suggest that I do it; I just volunteerd to do so once he said the trip to the BodPod was cancelled. Read More→

How is YOUR Progress?

Normally when I don’t write for a really long time, I like to give you all a little update on my training progress. Well, that’s really no fun. I know exactly where my progress is, and I’m willing to bet a lot of you could really give two sh*ts about me. Read More→

F.ree T-shirt Winners and Results Are…

S – Annie, 16.2%
M – Dino, 17.65%
L – Matrix2pyro, 16.3%
XL – Porter, 13.4%

I’ll be contacting you all in a couple minutes….

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Guess My Bodyfat, Get a F.REE T-Shirt

I’m gonna make this quick as I am typing on my phone.

Basically, I’m headed to get my body composition tested tonight. I will give away one free small, medium, large, and extra large t-shirt to the people with the closest guesses of my measured bodyfat percentage.

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4th of July Weekend Training Sessions

Aye-yo!!!

I will be home (again) over the 4th of July weekend and would love to help the wonderful people of the Ladysmith/Holcombe/Cornell area (and beyond). My thoughts are 3 days of training opportunities. This is what I’d like to do…

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How To Study for the NSCA CSCS Exam

**UPDATE (10/03/2011)!!!** I’m now offering tutoring for this exam. Click HERE for details! (Ok, now you can enjoy this post.)

I typed this up for Chris Smith over at Train Better Fitness who is also studying for his CSCS exam, but I thought I had better wait to post this until I knew for sure if I passed since I wrote this 4 days ago. But since I’m posting this, it should give you a little hint….

I PASSED!!!

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