high-protein grains

Here's info on high-protein grains, from my climber friend Andru, who compares them to soy.

- Add in hard red spring wheat from Montana.

"Amaranth, oats, buckwheat and quinoa all have more protein per 100g than soy (14.5g, 16g, 13.25g, 13g respectively). Each have all the essential amino acids, as good an essential fatty acid mix and none of the phyto-estrogens. Millet is good too, but has slightly less protein than soy.

The quinoa has a large amount of tryptophan (1g), arginine (0.9g) and phenylalanine (0.9g) all of which help speed up recovery."

Living Era releases George Formby 2-CD set

Oh MAN!!! Am I the only person under 60 to be flipping over this? George Formby is fantastic. I can't wait to get this collection. (Thanks, Guy, for the tip!)

From Sanctuary Classics -

George Hoy Booth (1904-1961), otherwise “George Formby”, endeared himself to his audiences with his cheeky Lancashire and folksy Northern England persona to such an extent that he has become an icon.

With a toothy grin and playing his banjolele (hybrid banjo/ukelele) to accompany his postcard-style risqué songs, he became, along with Gracie Fields, Britain’s best-loved, and highest paid entertainer, and the top box-office attraction from 1934-1945, starring in 16 films. Today only Elvis Presley copiers can boast greater numbers than the legion of George Formby impersonators!

52 George Formby classics are collected together on Living Era’s double CD Leaning On A Lamp Post.

These include every single one of his familiar favourites. Hearing When I’m Cleaning Windows, With My Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock, Chinese Laundry Blues, Auntie Maggie’s Remedy and all the others conjures up a vivid picture of this utterly unique figure; a crucial piece of Britain’s heritage.

summer olympic lifting training

...man, it's getting tough to find time to post to this blog. Just picked up a part-time gig on top of my full-time. Outside of work, I'm focusing on keeping training going, and wow, have had some breakthroughs. I'm finding that I am enjoying major lifting developments when it seems the most difficult to get the sessions into my schedule. To wit~

Thanks to O-lift master Tommy Kono and youTube user bd1saul for posting his lecture, I feel like I finally have a solid grasp of form, after two years of C&J training. And I officially began snatch training with this video (there's a sentence you can't use in most circles). Looking forward to a lifetime of perfecting the lifts.

Bison might roam

This is it, the last wild herd.

Tentative bison deal would allow some animals to roam

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - For the first time in more than a decade, bison would be allowed to freely migrate outside Yellowstone National Park, under a tentative deal between Montana wildlife officials and the Church Universal and Triumphant.

The long-anticipated deal still lacks a crucial element, a pricetag.

It would let bison move through the church-owned Royal Teton Ranch during winter, to reach about two-thousand acres of Gallatin National Forest land.

...Under terms of the deal, a small number of the animals would be allowed to range well outside the park's northern boundary in areas free of cattle. Initially, 25 bison that test negative for brucellosis would be allowed passage. In coming years, that could grow to 100 bison if the program proves successful.

Bison that wander outside Yellowstone's northern boundary in excess of those numbers would still be subject to slaughter...

Since 1998, the federal government has paid $13 million for conservation easements on the ranch, but has never resolved the issue of grazing rights.

The issue is considered key to preventing contact between livestock and bison, which can carry the disease brucellosis. If the disease spreads to livestock, it can cause pregnant cows to abort their calves and have financial consequences for the cattle industry.

In recent years, bison coming out of the park have been routinely rounded up and sent to slaughter to prevent the disease's spread (and many say the disease has never been passed from bison to cow in the wild). That has prompted outrage from members of Congress and environmental groups who want more protection for the nation's largest herd of wild bison, also known as buffalo.

new work out video

threw together this summer mash-up of recent work out moments, in celebration of my new lifting shoes.

new weightlifting shoes

These shoes are the BOMB for anyone looking for shoes for Olympic weightlifting or powerlifting, or just good shoes for heavy lifting. My full review is here.