Robert V
05-21-2004, 08:02 PM
"Lord Have Mercy...because the Bruiser doesn't!"
I got mine the other day, and I just stared at it for a couple of hours. I felt totally intimidated. The last time I felt this "fear" was during my first Judo Shiai. I thought I would be playing against old white belts...instead I found out I was facing a multiple time state blackbelt champion, who had already injured me at the Metro Fight Club a few month prior.
Anyway, the ABC manual didn't arrive with the 45. So, I just work on one hand swings and clean to order. I was whipped after 20minutes!
The next day(today) the ABC manual arrived and I saw all exercises were done with "two-hands". I thought, thank God!
So tonight, I experimented with swings and cleans with two hands. I'm sorry to be graphic, but it was like "good sex"!
I also continued to work on one handed cleaning to order(I love that feeling, simple but still my favorite).
I am not going to take the weight behind my back for awhile. My elbows are still "soft" from my surgery last year. But, it's so tempting. I really want to do one handed swipes. But I have to embrace my wisdom, oppose to my ego!
It's difficult to explain the euphoria of the "Bruiser". I have to be very careful not to overtrain and become "addicted" to it. Yes, I feel that strongly about the "Bruiser".
You see, I was born and raised a poor country boy in NC who was doing hard and heavy farm labor before I was 12 years old. At that time, I also got my hands on a magazine, the name I can't remember, which highlighted guys like Paul Anderson and Slim "the Hammerman". I was intrigue by absolute strength. I love lifting bails of hay that were as big as me and chopping giant stumps with an ax or slegde hammer and wedge. I was always proud of the callouses on my hands. Before I ever began weight training, I'd already developed functional strength from farm labor.
Using the "Bruiser" takes me back to that "special" time in my life that was innocent, yet fortifided by hopes and dreams. The "Bruiser" is "hard labor".
If there was any piece of equipment built for me, it's the "Bruiser". Thank you so much Scott and Doug for making it possible.
Robert
I still can't imagine how Scott, Doug and a few others can throw this thing around behind their backs. That kind of skill is "haunting".
I got mine the other day, and I just stared at it for a couple of hours. I felt totally intimidated. The last time I felt this "fear" was during my first Judo Shiai. I thought I would be playing against old white belts...instead I found out I was facing a multiple time state blackbelt champion, who had already injured me at the Metro Fight Club a few month prior.
Anyway, the ABC manual didn't arrive with the 45. So, I just work on one hand swings and clean to order. I was whipped after 20minutes!
The next day(today) the ABC manual arrived and I saw all exercises were done with "two-hands". I thought, thank God!
So tonight, I experimented with swings and cleans with two hands. I'm sorry to be graphic, but it was like "good sex"!
I also continued to work on one handed cleaning to order(I love that feeling, simple but still my favorite).
I am not going to take the weight behind my back for awhile. My elbows are still "soft" from my surgery last year. But, it's so tempting. I really want to do one handed swipes. But I have to embrace my wisdom, oppose to my ego!
It's difficult to explain the euphoria of the "Bruiser". I have to be very careful not to overtrain and become "addicted" to it. Yes, I feel that strongly about the "Bruiser".
You see, I was born and raised a poor country boy in NC who was doing hard and heavy farm labor before I was 12 years old. At that time, I also got my hands on a magazine, the name I can't remember, which highlighted guys like Paul Anderson and Slim "the Hammerman". I was intrigue by absolute strength. I love lifting bails of hay that were as big as me and chopping giant stumps with an ax or slegde hammer and wedge. I was always proud of the callouses on my hands. Before I ever began weight training, I'd already developed functional strength from farm labor.
Using the "Bruiser" takes me back to that "special" time in my life that was innocent, yet fortifided by hopes and dreams. The "Bruiser" is "hard labor".
If there was any piece of equipment built for me, it's the "Bruiser". Thank you so much Scott and Doug for making it possible.
Robert
I still can't imagine how Scott, Doug and a few others can throw this thing around behind their backs. That kind of skill is "haunting".