Category Archives: exersise
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A Leap Of Faith
2September 19, 2012 by David Gillaspie
How To Stick The Landing Start with the best advice. A reliable guide shows the way. Once you arrive at …
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One Boomer Gym At A Time
Leave a commentAugust 28, 2012 by David Gillaspie
Rick Reilly, famous sports writer and fun guy by most accounts, wrote an espn.com column about gym characters. He’s seen …
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Is ‘Better’ Good Enough
Leave a commentAugust 11, 2012 by David Gillaspie
OR A SHORT FLIGHT TO CRASH AND BURN You can workout anywhere. It’s not all about the gym suit. Ask …
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The Foundation Work
Leave a commentJuly 15, 2012 by David Gillaspie
You’ve heard the saying “You can’t know someone until you’ve walked in their shoes.” Or walk in their footsteps. Or …
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The Right Gym
Leave a commentMarch 19, 2012 by David Gillaspie
(originally published: http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/03/the_right_gym_matters.html) Not everyone joins a gym to model the outfit they found under the Christmas tree, or test …
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Know Your Sport, part 3
Leave a commentJuly 5, 2011 by David Gillaspie
Boxing and Wrestling by David Gillaspie The story of boxing can’t be told without Muhammad Ali, but it doesn’t need the …
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The Sauna Difference-2
Leave a commentFebruary 4, 2011 by David Gillaspie
How To Hold Your Own Look through the window. A decent sauna has a window. No one likes a broiling …
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The Sauna Difference-1
2February 3, 2011 by David Gillaspie
No Two Are The Same One hundred eighty degrees makes you do things you’ll apologize for, say things you’ll regret. …
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Better Answers Need Better Questions
4September 21, 2010 by David Gillaspie
(http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/7197) What do you tell a wrestling parent who says he has a freshman son? “He’s real skinny and not very strong, …
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The Wolfe Match, Wrestling Writers, pt. 5
1September 10, 2010 by David Gillaspie
John Irving vs Tom Wolfe, NY, NY John Irving lies on a wrestling mat. He breathes slowly, a yoga breath. …
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Compared To What?
Leave a commentSeptember 2, 2010 by David Gillaspie
(inspired by http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/) Compare a wrestling match to a ballgame, any ballgame. Football takes under an hour on the clock. …
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Death And Dying Again
Leave a commentAugust 11, 2010 by David Gillaspie
A CYCLE Travelers to DG’s B&B come with travel stories from other parts of the world. Some show up in …
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THE MAT, THE TOOLS, AND THE DIVIDEND
Leave a commentJuly 28, 2010 by David Gillaspie
The first time you feel it, you learn what you’ve got to work with. A sense of dread and uncertainty, …
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GREEN WRESTLING INVESTMENT
Leave a commentJuly 22, 2010 by David Gillaspie
FOR BEST RETURN ON SWEAT EQUITY Financial advisors come in all shapes and sizes. Not all find the same audience, …
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The Mick Says
Leave a commentJuly 11, 2010 by David Gillaspie
If you didn’t know anything about sports and saw this shot, you’d be a baseball fan. Mickey Mantle could do …
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The Smart Coach
Leave a commentJuly 8, 2010 by David Gillaspie
Coaches fall into one of two categories: A few benefit when they make their athletes better. The more people they bring …
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That Old Independence
1July 4, 2010 by David Gillaspie
Would a School Board cut PE during the time of one-room school houses? Did they have PE to cut? If kids …
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Medically Sound Coaching
2July 2, 2010 by David Gillaspie
FOR PARKINSON’S My oldest son Tyler saw my approach to dealing with his grandfather’s Parkinson’s and called it ‘not medically …
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PARKINSON’S COACH
Leave a commentJune 30, 2010 by David Gillaspie
shakeittillwemakeit.com I participated in my children’s’ sports and didn’t go crazy. After one season watching kindergarten rec league soccer from the …
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