Bar-barian Interviews

A GREAT INTERVIEW with Bar-barians Elite, Lee Wade Turner, of the UK. Lee speaks on his background, training and Bar-barians.


And here's the everything you need to know on Bar-barians Elite, Metin Dabak, of the Netherlands, in his interview.

SEAL Grinder PT Pull-up Competition

Our very own Bar-barian, Lee Wade Turner, entered the SEAL Grinder PT Pull-up Competition and won it in the end with 41 reps! Cheers to Lee.

International Bar-barians Metin and Daniel's New Youtube Channel

The youngest of the Elite Bar-barians LBM from The Netherlands and DV from Australia have teamed up and will be doing tutorials on training, nutrition, injury prevention and much much more.

To go to their channel and subscribe CLICK HERE Here's a sample of what's to come:

Bar-barians '11 Teasers - Zef

Bar-barians Dutch Team - Metin aka LBM

Metin Sharpening His Sword

Bar-barians '11 Teasers - Nirose

a BAR-BARIC new year!

2010 was a memorable year. From Jaz and Marcus' World Records, to International Bar-barians Training Day with our members from Russia, Australia and the UK; to all the successful Forum Challenges and training progress, this year was our most incredible yet!

Goal setting is extremely important. Share with us your goals for the 2011 in the comment section!

Anyone who is serious about making 2011 their best year yet, CLICK HERE and reserve your spot in the Bar-barian Style Group Training Class! The first 20 participants to sign up before January 31st receive the first class FREE.

Also, Look forward to all the new challenges, events and projects this 2011!


-Bar-barians EBWT

Bar-barians Forum Challenge: Nov/Dec 2K10 "Six Way Shoot Out"

BAR-BARIANS FORUM


The rules for the Nov/Dec Bar-barians forum challenge known as "Six Way Shoot Out" are as follows:

*You are required to do 6 different exercises to your max rep total with a pyramid style recovery time after completing each exercise.

*(exercise 1) You must first perform HSPU's up against a wall. Full lock out on the way up and your head must touch the floor on the way down.
You are then allowed 30 seconds recovery time before starting the next exercise.

*(exercise 2) You must perform parallel bar dips. Full ROM as if doing the Bar-barian Requirements.
You are then allowed 45 seconds recovery time before starting the next exercise.

*(exercise 3) You must perform pull ups. Full ROM as if doing the Bar-barian Requirements.
You are then allowed 1 minute recovery time before starting the next exercise.

*(exercise 4) You must perform press ups. Full ROM as if doing the Bar-barian Requirements.
You are then allowed 45 seconds recovery time before starting the next exercise.

*(exercise 5) You must perform chin ups. Arms must lock out on the way down and chin must clear the bar on the way up.
You are then allowed 30 seconds recovery time before starting the final exercise.

*(exercise 6) You must perform tricep dips or bench dips. Using a bench or a settee or something of a similar size you must do the exercise with straight legs and your butt must touch the ground on the downward movement and arms must lock out on the upward movement.

*You must keep strict time keeping, either by having someone there with you to time the workout or by quickly pressing the stopwatch yourself after each exercise - but it must be STRICT!

*All exercises are to be performed in a continuous motion - There can't be any pause on any rep - none what-so-ever.

*You can submit as many videos as you like ... So long as your rep count goes UP and not DOWN.

*The winner of the challenge is the person who performs the most reps by December 31st 2K10 (2 month forum challenge)

Good luck to all participating, below is a clip of forum member Michael Christian who between myself and him came up with this challenge and he will help to judge the contest:

Beginner's Advice

Start by building a foundation. These are the basics: pull-ups, dips, push ups. Follow the 3 steps below for each exercise.

Step #1 Master these basics. When perfecting the form, always remember quality over everything else. (i.e. straight form, controlled, full ROM)

Step #2 Find out how many you can do of each exercise with proper form. This will give you a baseline to work off of and grow from.

Step #3 Set goals, both short-term and long-term (i.e. # of reps, improving form etc.) If you are unable to perform a single rep, your goal may be to perform a static hold at the top of the rep for 10 seconds.

Be relentless, determined, passionate and patient (aka Bar-baric!)

Train with Bar-barians Mark and Rick

Bar-barians Mark and Rick bring you "Bar-barian Style Group Training" every Saturday morning. The focus of this class will be to teach you how to strengthen and condition your body through bodyweight training, consisting of creative exercises, games, circuits, and progressions the Bar-barian way.

Classes are every Saturday at 11am. $15 per person.

Contact rickseedman@mac.com to join the group!

http://www.rickseedman.com/Bar-barian-Classes.html

July's Events

1st Annual International Bar-barians Training Day

July 3rd was the 1st Annual International Bar-barians Training Day. The day was filled with amazing people, great energy and hard training! We hit up multiple parks and made it a full day event. Special thanks to Jaz and Marcusbondi from Australia, Ironloo from Glen Clove, John Matko from Pennsylvania and everyone else that came through that day!

2nd Annual Bar-Commission Bar-B-Que

The following day, July 4th, was the 2nd Annual Bar-Commission Bar-B-Que. Another great day full of food, drinks, laughter and fun. And you simply cannot have a BAR-B-Que without the BAR! lol Yes, there was plenty of working out! Special thanx to Andy (aka Tuface) for hosting.

Reps 4 Recovery - Pledge Sheets

Bar-barians/Career Gear's Reps 4 Recovery Charity Event is around the corner. June 19, 2010! Below are the sheets to gather your pledges with. Have the people that are pledging for you fill out the sheet. Get as many pledges as possible and lets make this a special event!! The info will be collected afterward by Career Gear.

PLEDGE SHEETS

(You can use the target reps to estimate about how much you might raise just to give the people pledging an idea of how much money you may be raising.)

Bar-barians Worldwide Community

This summer the are many Bar-barian forum members, friends and family that are planning to come overseas to meet and train with us. An incredible community has developed, and we are very excited to see its continued growth. Last month Henrik and Elin came to visit us all the way from Sweden, doing journalistic work as well as training. This month, forum member Alexander, from Russia came in town to train and meet us. We are also prepared for Jaz, Jay, LBM, Daniel, LoganLion and Christian next month. Big summer!!! Below is some footage of Alexander @ TSP hanging and training with Rick and Al. Video by Al.

Reps 4 Recovery - Info.

IN PERSON: To participate in the event on June 19, 2010 you will need to get at least 5 pledges.

ONLINE: If you live out of state or country and would still like to participate, you will need at least one person to pledge for you. We will post the exercise guidelines and you'll post a video of your results on Youtube.

This is how it works:
Date:
June 19, 2010

Location:
TSP (Tompkins Square Park)
10th St. and Ave. B

Charity:
Contact CAREER GEAR about pledges

Framework:
-Choose anywhere from 1-4 exercises to perform
-One set per exercise
-All Reps full ROM
-Straight form

Exercises:
Events - Pledges
1. Sit ups - 10¢ a rep
2. Squats - 25¢ a rep
3. Push ups - 25¢ a rep
4. Dips - 50¢ a rep
5. Chin ups - 50¢ a rep
6. Pull-ups - $1 a rep
7. One leg squats - $2 a rep
8. Muscle ups - $2 a rep
9. “Bang the Brick” - $4 a rep
10. One arm pull/chin ups - $10 a rep

Reps 4 Recovery - Bar-barians/Career Gear Charity Event

On June 19, 2010 Bar-barians will be teaming up with Career Gear for a one of a kind incredible event. Join us and push your max reps in your choice of ten different events including push ups, muscle ups, one leg squats, one arm pull-ups and "banging the brick" all while raising money for this incredible charity. Pledges are made by how many repetitions the participants can perform in one set for each exercise.

Career Gear is an organization who's mission is to reintroduce men into the workplace. For more info CLICK HERE

For information about the event and pledging contact Career Gear at info@careergear.org
If you are interested in participting in the event contact the Bar-barians at barr_up@bar-barians.com



Special thanks to Bar-barians Candidate Vito Pandolfo making this event possible!