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Roper

Thought I'd give this a shout out.

Phoenix FM in Blanchardstown were on here looking for a gym to go along with one of their new year's projects, getting fit, and we've teamed up with them for the next few weeks.

From talking to the lads, the programme is going to be based on Ger the presenter getting in shape (or at least trying to) for the next 6 weeks. Each week we set him a new challenge and he has to try to complete it, he'll record it and put it on youtube.

We've agreed to do this as it sounds a bit different from the usual sort of "get me fit" thing you hear and see. This one is based around the "not too keen on the gym" crowd and the fact that the man is willing to put himself through the mill with us to get in shape and not just make some other listener do it is kind of cool!

Listen in if you're in the Dublin area, they're on 92.5fm and the prgramme is called Anger Management Therapy. You'll here my Antipodean partner waffle at length if you do.

ragg

Good Luck, Sounds interesting. Will try and listen in

Edit: If any of the Swamp Donkeys that post really want to listen to Roper & Will phoenixfm broadcast online

http://www.phoenixfm.ie/en/index.php?id=49

g'em

Best of luck with it Roper

Roper

LOL I'm actually not going to talk I said I'd handle the coffee and let someone else do the talking.

leggo

Hi guys. Here's the video of 'The Bleep Test' last night while we talked to Will from Informed Performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep6Vlddx3JQ

If you'd like to listen to the full interview, including him setting the challenge for next week, here's the links to our podcast:

Subscribe via iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=297369804
Stream via Podbean: http://angermanagement.podbean.com/2010/01/14/amt-were-bleeping-back/

The interview starts approximately 56 minutes in.

The challenges begin next week. Fun times ahead...

leggo

Here's this week's challenge. Next week I'll be taking on Dublin GAA player, Jason Sherlock. Gulp...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZRzuss6NRg

leggo

Latest challenge guys. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXtjY64JXyM

Barry.Oglesby

Good man Rick! Don't worry, we've knocked you down enough now, it's time to build you up.

Chet Zar

leggo wrote: »

Latest challenge guys. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXtjY64JXyM

Why would you turn your back on her??!

Heheh good work, am enjoying your series

d'Oracle

Barry, if you are around, why do he rules say no Olympic bars in the power rack?

Do you use different bars for the power racks?

g'em

I know in Hercs we don't let anyone do powerlifting with the oly bars because they're designed differently to regular bars - they're much more flexible and bendy and they tend to get destroyed when you lob 100's of kilos on either end.

Eleiko bars cost $1000 a piece, we like to keep them in good nick

Barry.Oglesby

You might just be thinking Olympic Bar=what you have in any other gym. We actually have 2 different types of bar. Elite Texas power bars which we use for regular strength training and Zhangkong Olympic standard bars for Oly lifting. General bars tend to be a sort of hybrid of the two and are fine. We don't allow the Oly bars in the racks as setting them down hard on metal can damage the bearings if you miss your landing and slap the sleeve, and because over time the racks take the chrome off them. We have a couple of experienced Oly lifters and they use them in the racks as they know what they're at.

Barry.Oglesby

Also what G'em said. €1200 for a bar is not cheap. And one guy one day remarked how he thought his bench was improving and how he felt strong today and when I looked he had the 15kg women's Oly bar. So another reason to keep them off is to stop you looking like a tit.

d'Oracle

Thanks for indulging that bit of outrageously OT curiosity there folks.
Such things rarely come up in my ghetto gym.

Killme00

I am the king of the jungle....the elephant

rubadub

g'em wrote: »

Eleiko bars cost $1000 a piece, we like to keep them in good nick

I posted this in the OT thread, might have been missed, a good read (for engineering nerds!)

http://www.ivankobarbell.com/PDF/How%20to%20break%20An%20Olympic%20Bar.pdf

talks of chroming and "suicide grooves"

d'Oracle

rubadub wrote: »

a good read (for engineering nerds!)

Quality bit of Material Failure mechanics reading.