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The Badass Gene...
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Thursday, 13 December 2012 01:10
Going Off Course - What is a Badass? In preparation for this post, the MTN Guys asked their staff researcher, a Hawaiian dude named Wiki Pedia, that compelling question. Why? Because St. Louis Park triathlete Sean Michael Pease told us that his grandfather was a total Badass.
Here's what Wiki found: #1 - A Badass is a guy who likes to cause or get into trouble. Examples include Steve Stiffler, Megatron and the Clown guy in the "Saw" movies. Or: #2 - A guy with formidable strength or skill, like a badass guitarist or The Hulk.
Wiki also learned that the Badass Gene skips a generation, which means that Sean may also possess Badassedness.
If you read Sean's bio below, you'll probably become as confused as we used to be. You see, Sean has just as many "Goodass" traits, i.e. non-trouble-causing or non-demonstrating formidable strength or skill, as BA ones.
On the Badass side, Sean loves motorcycles and is skilled at fixing them, plus he has many, many tattoos which make people assume that he's been in prison....
A Very Important Message...
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Wednesday, 12 December 2012 01:10
By Frank Blackstock
Cindy and I have an important message we would like to get out. To help get this message across, I think it is important to understand a few things about Cindy. Cindy has always been full of surprises. Growing up with immigrant parents in Cleveland, she only spoke Croatian until learning English from the neighborhood kids. The last person you would think to become a Presidential Scholar in Chemical Engineering and earn 7 US Patents. And after stepping away from the workforce for several years to stay home with our kids, probably the last person you would think to start up a very successful research business with another
Movie Star Looks & Ghengis Khan Height...
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Tuesday, 11 December 2012 01:10
Going Off Course - Lakeville triathlete CURT LOCKMAN has been cursed with movie star good looks.
Which movie star, you ask?
We don't know the guy's name but he starred in "Office Space" and was really good. He also played a narcissistic
Semi-Scary Stuff About Inbuprofen....
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Monday, 10 December 2012 01:10
By Gretchen Reynolds (nytimes.com)
Many active people use the painkiller ibuprofen on an almost daily basis. In surveys, up to 70 percent of distance runners and other endurance athletes report that they down the pills before every workout or competition, viewing the drug as a preemptive strike against muscle soreness.
But a valuable new study joins growing evidence that ibuprofen and similar anti-inflammatory painkillers taken before a workout don
Off-Season Treadmill Workouts...
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Sunday, 09 December 2012 01:10
By Justin Levine (California Fitness Academy)
The triathlon offseason is a time to let off the gas pedal, allow our body to fully recover and get away from the constant grind of training. We usually have a 4-8 week period after our last race where training volume should be kept low. But it is very important to still train. Structured training is not what we are after. We will leave the periodization cycles for the main periods of the triathlon season. The offseason can be a great time to implement lower volume workouts but can still help you maintain your fitness levels.
Workout #1: Treadmill Cruise Hill Repeats
During the Winter months, it can be tough for some people to get outside to do their running. I love this workout in the offseason because it
