1000 Miles Parkour/Paris

My incredible family/friend Johnny Budden (aka Sticky) is going on an incredible journey. He'll be traveling 1,000 miles, starting at the most northern part of Scotland and finishing in Paris, the birth place of Parkour. Sticky's unique journey will involve him running over a marathon a day for about a month, using Parkour to overcome any obstacle in his path. One part of the adventure seems to be a pretty long swim if I'm not mistaken! Sticky's been training physically and mentally like a BEAST for some time now and has inspired many along his way, including me.

His cause is noble. Sticky defines Parkour as the movement of movement. MND is a disease that causes you to lose your movement. He has really been able to connect with this disease and is putting his heart into this event. Donate to this cause. All proceeds go to the Motor Neuron Disease Association.

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FitnessFAQs Bodyweight Tutorials

Our Bar-barian brother Daniel, from down under, has been posting his bodyweight tutorials for about a month now. Here's a sample:



For more go to Daniel's Youtube Channel at FitnessFAQs

For more training routines, stories, contests, meet ups, videos and inspiration, with active users from all areas on the globe, go to the Bar-barians Forum

Bought a new piece of equipment

So for the past 6 months or so I basically stopped doing glute ham raises. I just was sick of trying to rig up some makeshift apparatus everytime I wanted to do them. Yesterday though I started to get a hankering to do them again. I think it was a combination of an especially lackluster couple of sets on the hamstring curl machine and watching the lightining quick cornerbacks in the superbowl. Whatever it was though caused me to act so I bought this piece of equipment:

Poor Man's Glute Har Raise



I'm not going to endorse it one way or another because I haven't tried it yet. but here's a clip of somebody using it:



His form is pretty good, my only critique would be that he is cheating himself a little bit by bending at the waist.

R.I.P. New York Strong Man Joe Rollino going strong at 104 years young

Joe Rollino once lifted 475 pounds. He used neither his arms nor his legs but, reportedly, his teeth. With just one finger he raised up 635 pounds; with his back he moved 3,200. He bit down on quarters to bend them with his thumb.

People called him the Great Joe Rollino, the Mighty Joe Rollino and even the World’s Strongest Man, and what did it matter if at least one of those people was Mr. Rollino himself.

On Monday morning, Mr. Rollino went for a walk in his Brooklyn neighborhood, a daily routine. It was part of the Great Joe Rollino’s greatest feat, a display of physical dexterity and stamina so subtle that it revealed itself only if you happened to ask him his date of birth: March 19, 1905. He was 104 years old and counting.

A few minutes before 7 a.m., as Mr. Rollino was crossing Bay Ridge Parkway at 13th Avenue, a 1999 Ford Windstar minivan struck him. The police said he suffered fractures to his pelvis, chest, ribs and face, as well as head trauma. Unconscious, he was taken to Lutheran Medical Center, where he later died. full article here

Guinness World Records - most consecutive muscle ups (video)

Jaz got to 23 consecutively on the first try. Then did 26 afterward but it was unofficial. They gave him a another go the next day and he performed 25. Very good pace and form by Jaz!

Here's the official video: CLICK HERE

and article: CLICK HERE

Top 10 Strongest Moves of 2009 (DOC's top picks part 2)

There were so many memorable moments of 2009. We figured one Top 10 list just wasn't enough. This is the final installment of the 09' tribute - The Top 10 Strongest Moves

No offense intended for anyone not mentioned on this list. This list does not reflect everyone's opinion.

That being said
...YouGottaCThis

-DOC

Happy New Years from the Bar-barians!

We'd like to hear some of your goals and dreams for the coming year! 2010!! Post in the comments. One arms, new personal records, eat better or even just workout more often. What shall we look out for from you in 2010?!

The Technician Strikes Back - Trailer

Don't let people, circumstances or incidents in your life weigh you down. Push Through, Rise Above and Lift the Weight Up Off of You!

Top 10 Moves of 2009 (DOC's top picks)

2009 has been a very good year in terms of fitness accomplishments. So now we are at the end of the year and I'm sure everyone would love to see a video culminating all the hard work & memorable moments of 2009....So here it is. The top 10 moves of 09 presented by production teams for Evolution of Exercise Series, Barbarians, Strictly Bar talk to the whole "Get Familiar" extended family. Now not being on this list does NOT mean you don't put work in, this list reflects the people we were fortunate enough to catch up with & events we were around for. If you feel as though you can do better than something you saw, I invite all to challenge any move. You can have you clip replace any clip on this list. Log on to http://bar-barians.com/ for more details. Enough Talk.... You Gotta C This - DOC

Guinness World Records™ - most consecutive muscle-ups

Alright so we're sponsoring and supporting our Elite Bar-barian brother Jaz from the world famous Bondi Beach, AU in putting down the world record for muscle ups. He's going for 35, crushing his previous record of 25! Hell of a way to kick off the new year! We ask you to wish him the best! CLICK HERE

1st Annual Bar-Commission Thanksgiving Bowling Night!

Great night! Plenty of food, fun, strikes and gutter balls!



Stay Tuned. Plenty more events to come! More photos posted on the BAR-BARIANS FAN PAGE.

Zakaveli - 100 Push Ups Straight

getting ready for this weekend.

Zakaveli - Requirements Demonstration

Reqs in 2:41

BeastMode Commercial

Extra footage from St. Mary's Park. Did an edit for Beast. The intro and outro are his though. Really like the way it came out! Enjoy

The Manual Final Teaser/Trailer

A teaser showing some footage from '08 that we recently came across and added to "The Manual"

We thank you for all the support with your pre-orders! DVD will be available to order very soon!