This is the first of several posts taking a deep dive into the classic Soviet weightlifting text, Managing the Training of Weightlifters. This post looks at the first chapter of the book, which seeks to predict the future to drive today’s training and the second chapter, which looks at the press. The first chapter deals…
I’m a terrible chess player, I admit that. I really got into it when I went through chemotherapy to try to keep my brain in shape. To help with that, I began...
This post concludes looking at the Caro-Kann by looking at the last two main line variations according to Reuben Fine and his excellent Ideas Behind the Chess Openings. Neither of these variations...
The last two posts of the Caro-Kann Defense have looked at the defense from introducing it to taking an attacking approach. This post looks at a more passive fourth move from white,...
A simple jump rope is a versatile and effective strength and conditioning tool. It's also a lost art. As I've covered elsewhere it is inexpensive, it's useful for warming up, metabolic conditioning,...