Comments on: MEMORIAL DAY – AMD Release Date Announced

By: Kevin Lee

Kevin Lee — Sun, 24 May 2009 19:46:53 +0000

I’m passionate about getting stronger & bigger. My co-workers consider me nuts and “off in my own little world.” My wife also thinks that 43 is too old for heavy lifting & I should restrict myself to jogging, biking & other “hamster” activities. Back in 2008, I had an opportunity to attend a small seminar presented by Pavel, Waterbury & Cosgrove and I jumped on it. Unfortunately, Murphy’s Law slammed into me like a Mack truck. I wasn’t able to take off work the night before the seminar. I wound up leaving work at 2 AM, going home for a couple of hours, coming back to work to bum a ride to the airport for my 6 AM flight to LA. At the airport, my flight had switched to a different gate at the last minute & I missed my flight (there went $110 down the drain). I booked a 7 AM flight (for $200+) and had to run to the terminal on the other side of the airport. When I arrived, TSA thought I was a terrorist because of my profuse sweating & panting and singled me out for the bomb scan! I finally arrived 2 hours after the seminar had started. During the seminar, my laptop decided to die & emit a high pitched whine. My mother-in-law also called & I forgot to mute my phone. I was also close to overdosing on Spike while trying to stay awake. During the Q&A I managed to embarrass myself by asking a question that Cosgrove tactfully implied “If you were paying attention to my lecture you wouldn’t be asking such a dumb shite question!” I managed to leave an indelible negative impression upon Pavel, Chad Waterbury, Alwyn Cosgrove, Rachel Cosgrove & everyone else. After the seminar, my luck started to improve & TSA didn’t single me out again. I even managed to arrive back at work on time to start my shift. Yes, I’m a dumb “shite” but I’m still learning.

By: Chris Rice

Chris Rice — Sat, 23 May 2009 04:05:15 +0000

Let’s see. 2009 marks 50 years of training for everything under the sun – and I look forward to each workout as much today as I did when I was a skinny little 11 year old on my parents front porch lifting out in the snow. At 60, I’m still trying to hang in with all the younger guys in grip, Highland Games, Olympic Lifting, climbing, and in life. It’s nice to be passionate about training but it’s also easy to be for the first decade or so – as the saying goes “you have the body God gave you when young and the body you have earned when old”. I hope to continue earning mine for a couple more decades, then maybe I’ll slow down a little.

By: Jim Smith

Jim Smith — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:43:10 +0000

You guys are awesome and I truly appreciate ALL of your time and effort leaving these comments. It really shows your dedication to the site and your amazing support!

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:29:59 +0000

I’m passionate about this field of study. I wake up everyday and the first thing that pops into my head is what time I get to train. I wonder what I’m going to do. Should I do a total body workout? Should do some complexes? How about a strongman circuit? Training has made me push my mental limit in every aspect of life, not just under the bar. I push just as hard to get that last rep out as when I push to get that extra hour of studying in. I push myself to do one more circuit even though I’m gassed same as when I push myself to wake up early in the morning. Training and the time I’ve spent in the gym have changed my life for the better and I look forward to what it has in store for me in the future. That’s why I’m passionate.

By: Mike T Nelson

Mike T Nelson — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:06:09 +0000

Hi there Diesel Crew guys!

Smitty—a true pleasure to finally meet you in person this past weekend—I will have an email out to you later today.

I could give a very long winded answer here, but the short version is two fold.

1) I feel extremely blessed that I LOVE learning about exercise physiology and neurology. I literally book my vacations around going to conferences (hitting ACSM next week), I read research studies for fun, hell I even finished my PhD comps last June (100 pages, 267 references) and my treat was Chipolte and read another research study about caffeine!

2) It is a true honor and privilege (one that I don’t take lightly) to help others. Anything that I can do to help athletes save time, effort and money to reach their goals faster I am all for it. I don’t have all the answers by any stretch of the imagination, but I have done tons and tons of things wrong, spent hours upon hours researching many things and experimenting on myself and others, and hopefully other athletes can learn a few things from me.

Don’t enter my name in the contest, there are many other here that desire it more than I do.

Keep up the killer work!

Rock on

Mike T Nelson
PhD(c), CSCS, RKC
Z Health Master Trainer