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July 11, 2004.
Hi Everyone,
I was just flipping through the TV channels and could have swore that I saw my old Armwrestling buddy, Paul Belluz, from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada on a commercial on the Discovery Channel for a show that was about to start called Science of Super Human Strength. The show showcased athletes from Bodybuilding, Strongman, Powerlifters, Olympic Weightlifters and one fellow doing amazing metal bending with his hands including spiking a nail through a board with his bare hands!! It also showed an old "Charles Atlas" ad that I remember falling for when I was about 10 years old!! It also had alot of commentating by my favorite California Governor!
This show had some really interesting stuff for any strength fanatic and proved my own personal theory that the mind is one of the biggest links when it came to strength training and competing at most, if not all strength sports. I remember doing an interview with a local newspaper before going to the 1996 Canadian National Armwrestling Championships where I stated that I believed that success in the sport of Arm Wrestling and other strength sports was 75% mind and 25% body. Science of Super Human Strength showed all the science that now goes on behind the scenes at the top level of most sports and it is proven that the mind is a very powerful force. A little muscle never hurts either!
We
just finished a review of APT's new
ZRV Pro-Line of
Wrist & Knee Wraps and everyone says they are awesome! Alan and the crew at
APT's Pro Wrist Straps are really
creating some awesome products for strength athletes from the beginner to the
strongest in the World and offer a complete money back guarantee on their
products!!
The Heavy Grip 500 just returned to Canada from Fitness Mania stores in Pennsylvania and it still hasn't been fully closed. For those that are new to Heavy Sports, We're having a competition where the first person to close the HG500 gets $500!! Bob Maul at Fitness Mania said that one of his customers came within an 1/8" of closing it. The only other person to come this close has been professional bodybuilder Gunter Schlierkamp back in March. Bob said that his customer regularly bends steel rods and frying pans and if he couldn't close it, then it can't be closed!!
The
HG 500 will be on it's way to one of our newest distributors in Victoria, British
Columbia--Victoria Fitness Exchange then will be headed to Europe for some of
the tough guys over there to try out. My friend, grip guru Steve Gardener,
may very well be the first person to close the HG500. Speaking of Steve, he has
written an E-Book on closing
Heavy Duty handgrippers and it is an excellent read (and I'm not just saying
that because we get a commission!!) if you want to make the most out of closing
your Heavy Grips or other heavy-duty
handgrippers.Speaking of Steve Gardener, he's the
Heavy Sports- May/June/July Athlete of the Month. The picture here is of
Steve trying out a set of APT's ZRV Straps with a pile
of weight for unbelievable deep reps. Due to some technical difficulties with
the July/August Athlete, it looks like Steve will be July's athlete as well!
Anyone interested in becoming a HeavySports athlete of the month. Click here. We're not looking for professional athletes, but just guys and gals who enjoy training and/or competing at any type of strength sport.
Jesse
Rodgers of Southern
Powerlifting has pictures and results of their Nationals on the SPF website.
Brent Tracy(198lbs) was the best overall lifter of the event with a total of
1935 with a 785lb squat, 525 Bench Press and 625 on the Deadlift. Check out
their website-- It's put together for easy navigation and can provide a few
hours of viewing and reading for the Power Lifting fan.
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has given me well wishes for some health problems I've been suffering as of late. Nothing life-threatening, but I haven't been able to travel or lift any weights for over a year and am really missing the gym. The family and I sure appreciate everyone who has called or emailed to see how things are going! Thanks!
Nothing else going on right now and summer is going to be gone before we know it (especially here in Canada!). If anyone has any results or articles that they want to send in, we appreciate the content and you can contact us here.
Have a great summer!!
Bill Morrison (unfortunately, not the guy on the left...pro Bodybuilder Gunter Schlierkamp)