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Joe Rollino
Joe Rollino once lifted 475 pounds. He used neither his arms nor his legs but, reportedly, his teeth. With just one finger he raised up 635 pounds; with his back he moved 3,200. He bit down on quarters to bend them with his thumb.
People called him the Great Joe Rollino, the Mighty Joe Rollino and even the World's Strongest Man, and what did it matter if at least one of those people was Mr. Rollino himself.
On Monday morning, Mr. Rollino went for a walk in his Brooklyn neighborhood, a daily routine. It was part of the Great Joe Rollino's greatest feat, a display of physical dexterity and stamina so subtle that it revealed itself only if you happened to ask him his date of birth: March 19, 1905. He was 104 years old and counting.
Base 1.3 - Week 7 - The week that wasn’t
Ok, so I’ve hit my first real challenge of the 2012 training season. Basically, last week was a total blow out. I completely missed all my training goals, and squandered what should have been an important high volume training week.
The key to this challenge, will be making sure to not let it get me off track for the remainder of the year.
So, by way of review, and planning to prevent this in the future, I’m going to outline my crazy week and how I let it get away from me....
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