Mid-August Randomness… Daxton’s 1st Time Bowling; The “Donut Burger” etc etc…
August 13, 2012 by danny · Leave a Comment
Here we go…
Daxton’s 1st Bowling Experience
Yesterday we celebrated Carson’s 12th birthday party at the bowling alley. A lot of fun! Here is Daxton’s 1st attempt…
Don’t Try This At Home (or at the fair)
So I went to the Boone County Fair to support some of my friends/clients that were showing their pigs/cows ‘n all that. Definitely interesting. Anyway, as I was walking back to the car to head home, I see this sign…
A heart attack waiting to happen!
Now, as you know, I’m a pretty healthy dude that also believes in enjoying life and splurging from time to time. But a donut plus a greasy burger rolled into one sandwich is probably about as bad as it gets. With that said, I just couldn’t pass it up. If I saw a sign for a six-legged duck, I’d probably have to stop and look just because I may never have that opportunity again… same thing with this donut burger – a once in a lifetime opportunity. ;)
What they did was cut a glazed donut in half and use it for the top and bottom half of the bun. I honestly don’t remember the last time I ate a donut, let alone combined with a burger. It turned out to be very tasty, very greasy, and very sticky for my fingers. It’s now crossed off my bucket list, and I can move on in life knowing that I owned that donut burger. 
Torn Calf
A few months back I tore my calf while playing basketball. I then considered “retiring” from playing hoops anymore because of the fact that I make my living training others and demonstrating moves/drills while giving basketball lessons. And getting hurt makes both of those tasks VERY tough! I’m still up in the air as to whether or not I’ll join my friends when our b-ball league rolls around next winter. And when they ask me to play a little pick up hoops here and there, I’m not sure if I’ll keep saying no thanks… or will I say, “screw it, I’m in!”
One of the girls that I train in the weight room and on the basketball court, is heading to college in about a week to play basketball. She’s coming off of knee surgery and has not gone up against live competition in months. So during a portion of our last couple lessons, we’ve played a little one-on-one and my calf has responded pretty well. No injuries, BUT I still do feel a little “twinge” as I push off of it. I don’t know how much of it is my head and how much of it is “real.” Injuries are a tricky thing. Wish me luck in keeping this calf healthy and help give me the strength to not push it too far and re-injury it! Please, I need you! 
Quads/Squats
Speaking of my calf injury, when I was hobbling around, I couldn’t do a whole for my quads (although I still got quite a bit of posterior chain work in … you know, hamstrings and glutes). But since I’ve returned to going full force with quad dominant movement again, my quads have responded really well. I used to think my legs were my weakness, but my quads have actually become one of my more developed body parts. Unfortunately, I can’t say the same thing for my calves. But, back to the positive…
This last month and a half or so, I’ve been mostly using 2 quad dominant exercises – Back Squats and Bulgarian Split Squats. But mainly back squats. Here’s a picture of my current quad development…
John Alvino posted this on facebook the other day and I shared it. In case you missed it, here it is again…
C'mon dude, find a squat rack!
Don’t be this guy. Be a man and work your legs!
Ladies, you like it when a guy has nice legs and glutes, right?
What do you think of Daxon’s 1st attempt at bowling? Is he the next Roy Munson? Or should I just keep him on the basketball courts?
Finally, would you dare try the donut burger? Or just too frightening for you?
The Week That Was: July 1st-7th…
July 9, 2012 by danny · Leave a Comment
I thought I’d take this time to go over some of the highlights of the past week in my life. So, let’s get right to it…
I) For the 4th of July we had some friends invite us over to their lake for some fun. I needed to be near water as this heat wave has been brutal! Here are some pictures…
Capri Foam Rolling her adductors on the beach.
Daxton and I in the water.
Capri "swimming."
Great time had by all! The water was perfect, and the brats, brownies, and EVERYTHING tasted great. I DID make sure to get in plenty of fruit and some veggies, however. ”Damage control,” I guess you could call it. Which leads to my next point…
II) I continued performing my training program which is geared towards “fat loss,” “get lean,” “get ripped,” or whatever you want to call it. I’ve been working my ass off and it hasn’t been easy (the training program hasn’t been easy, that is). That’s where the damage control comment came from up above as it wouldn’t make sense to go kill it in the weight room only to go out and eat like crap. I’m still going to detail what my “fat loss” program has looked like over the last couple of weeks, so stay tuned (should have it up next week sometime).
III) I went to watch a bunch of my basketball clients play in a tournament yesterday. It’s always fun to see them play 5-on-5 against live competition. I usually only see them working on their skills with no one else around (as in a 1-on-1 session), or with a couple of partners (as in 2-on-1 or a 3-on-1 session). Therefore, it’s hard to evaluate if some of the moves that we work on are “game-ready” yet.
Overall I was happy with the progress that they have been making. Still a lot of work to do, but they’re heading in the right direction!
One of the players (Jake Ryan – 7th-grader) that I’ve been working with played especially well. He had 23 points and they came in a variety of ways… pull-up jumpers; getting all the way to basketball; 9-10 at the FT line; and he had a couple 3’s. More important to me, is the fact that he is taking what he learns in our lessons and “transferring” it over to the game. For example, his head was always up and he did a great job of finding the open man; he changed speed (i.e. hesitation dribble); he “smoothly” changed directions (i.e. crossover dribble/between the legs dribble); AND, I was very happy to see that he combined both the change of direction and change of speed together at the same time (i.e. in the open court he hesitated, and went right in to the crossover). Great job Jake, your hard work is showing!
For a little more advanced version of what I’m talking about, check out how many of these change of direction moves are combined with a change of speed…
Nasty! BTW, the Deron Williams play is my favorite in the video (#2). He’s underrated for his ability to make defenders look like fools!
That’ll wrap things up for now. I hope you all had a great 4th of July week, and that you continue to work hard through the rest of the summer!
Warning: Sexy Picture Inside
January 3, 2012 by danny · Leave a Comment
While I was living in California for the past 7.5 years, I missed a bunch of fun family/friend get-togethers. Fun times such as the annual “Moustache Bowl Game Party.” Now that I’m back in Illinois I got to participate in this party and all the coolness that goes with rocking an 80s ’stache. I must warn you, in the picture below you will be witnessing some EXTRA sexy facial hair. I’m just saying, prepare yourself. Ready? Ok, here you go…
Me, my brothers, & B. Leit showing off our moustaches.
I guess what I’m trying to say is, don’t be jealous. We wore those ’staches well, and looked damn sexy! Yeah right, I think each one of our wives just about puked when they saw us like this.
Well, this is supposed to be a training/nutrition/basketball website, so I guess I better leave you with a little information along those lines. Let’s see, what can I come up with? Oh, how ’bout this; remember to make time for fun and to not take yourself too seriously… otherwise stress will add up. And when that happens, achieving your health and physique goals becomes that much harder.
Have a good one everyone. I hope you enjoyed the “lovely” picture.
P.S. Should I shave it or “let it ride” for a few more days?
