In case you missed the video, here is 1074:
Shitty lighting, but by far the cleanest 1000+ pound bench I have ever seen. He had control of it the whole time and locked it out and held it. Beautiful lift! Kennelly is awesome, and I love his "say what is on my mind" attitude. If you have a hour to kill, check out www.inzersucks.com and listen to his interview. It is at the bottom of the page, and it is great! He point blank says that he thinks no one will ever eclipse his records, and I tend to believe him. I wonder if he will hang it up before he hits that 1100?
I am glad I am not the only one who thinks it gets old after time. I mean, you do the same shit month after month and then you do a meet, hit a physical and emotional high, then it is back to the grind. And for what? I thought it was just me, but Kennelly expresses the same in his interview. He says he is getting tired of it. There comes a point where you just look at the weights and think, "now what?"
Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of the death of Jesse Marunde. I can't believe it has been a year since the world lost one of the best American strength athletes.
Someone said he is probably winning "Heaven's Strongest Man" right now. I would like to think that. I loved watching him compete and strongman is a little less exciting without him in it. R.I.P. brother.
I am headed back to the basement of pain this weekend. I miss those sons a' bitches and I need to be around them. They lift my moral and I feel better when I get to spend a few hours in that basement talking shit and lifting some weights. Not sure what I will be doing, but I will just be glad to be back there once a week hanging with my buds and having fun. Eventually I will be back there twice a week again, but for now Saturdays will do until the summer has ended.
Weight loss is coming along slowly, which is what I wanted. I did not want to take it off fast, pound or so a week. I am in the 230s right now and would like to be in the lower 220s by October. I hate cardio, but I need to do it. It is just so damn time consuming and hard...
And the saga continues. The wheels never stop turning, and that is the crazy thing about life. Regardless of what happens today, tomorrow, or next week, the sun is still going to come up and the hours are still going to tick away. We are going to get another day older and maybe, if we are lucky, wiser and stronger. I have a wedding the wife is dragging me to, I think it might be this Saturday afternoon? or next? Then we have her family reunion where we will get to spend some time with her cousins widow. I don't know how she is doing it with 2 little kids, but she is a rock and I admire that about her. I am sure it will be an emotional weekend. Then, the following weekend we are headed to Ocean City for a week of (hopefully) sun and sand. Of course, I will have to indulge in a little beer drinking. I haven't had a cold one since July 4th, and by August 15th I will be ready. Bring on the ocean, the bikinis, and the hot beach nights!
With that, I bid you all a farewell until the leaves change. I have some things coming up for work (travel) and I will be busy with my trips, etc. with the wife. Also, we will hopefully be having some baby English Bulldogs this September as well!! I am stoked for that, but it is A LOT of work.
I will be back to posting soon enough. Until then, stay strong, and GO GET IT!
-Rick
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