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Impressions: Madden 11

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Brandon Guarneri

| Aug 9, 10 | Permalink | Comments (0) |

At some point, the release of the annual Madden football game became a full-blown, unofficial American holiday. Grown men call out of work the day after the midnight release so they can sink hours into the new version. It may be hard for some to imagine now, but there was a time when the game didn't even include a season mode, or have fully licensed NFL rosters. I remember planning out an entire schedule on paper, by hand. Eventually, I played a "Superbowl" with the Buffalo Bills against the San Francisco 49ers. Except it was Buffalo versus San Francisco, since the teams weren't licensed, either. I can't imagine how many times I fired this game up.It's not like there was[...]

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The Renegade Workout

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Sean Hyson

| May 28, 10 | Permalink | Comments (0) |

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As promised, here is the video of my workout at The Renegade Gym earlier this month. I squatted 405 after a 30-pound weight loss.[...]

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MF Gets in the Ring: Day 3 - A New Hope

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Dean Stattmann

| May 25, 10 | Permalink | Comments (0) |

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Last week I realized that I needed to up my endurance. I've been strength training for years, neglecting cardio for the most part, and when I got in the ring for four-plus consecutive rounds, I felt it. So I started running again. In addition to my usual 15-minute run before work, I'm now back to weekly long-distance runs and had my first one on Friday - an hour-long run spanning eight miles along the southern point of Manhattan. I'm doing it again today and hope to make my new habit stick. I got to the gym a couple minutes early on Monday to wrap my hands before training. Last week Jason seemed surprised that I didn't know how to do this by[...]

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MF Gets in the Ring: Day 2 - First Sparring Session

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Dean Stattmann

| May 20, 10 | Permalink | Comments (0) |

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I arrived at Chelsea Piers yesterday for my second training session with CP boxing coach Jason Lee. Once again, Jason wrapped my hands, but this time in tandem with a lecture about how I should have learned how to do this myself by now. On my second day. Just like Monday's session, we kicked things off with six minutes on the jump-rope, and then things got intense... First, Jason introduced me to a jump-rope that I had never used before, the heavy-weighted speed rope. It's just like a regular jump-rope, except the rope is thicker and it feels like the handles are dumbbells. Turns out all the added weight is actually in the rope. But[...]

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Acknowledgements

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Sean Hyson

| May 19, 10 | Permalink | Comments (0) |

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That's the end of it. It's time to eat carbs again. And with a cheeseburger and fries, meatball hero, and felafel all under my belt in the past 12 hours, I'd say I'm already making up for lost time.Seriously, though, I don't intend to bloat back up to my old self. I'll take the rest of this week to eat without guilt, forethought, or basic human restraint, but then I'm going to return to the good habits I developed over the last three months. It was too much damn work to get this far, and I'm going to try to make it last--you may not lift my shirt and find six-pack abs next month (enjoy 'em while they last, ladies),[...]

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MF Gets in the Ring: Day 1

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Dean Stattmann

| May 18, 10 | Permalink | Comments (0) |

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Oh man.Oh man oh man oh man.That was tough.After arriving at Chelsea Piers and making my way to the boxing ring, I found my coach, Jason Lee, who got things moving right away...First, we wrapped my hands. A boxer's hands are his most valuable assets and you don't want to take any chances. Hand wraps, for those who don't know, are like bandages that boxers wrap their hands in before putting their gloves on. They protect the knuckles and are basically there to avoid injury of any kind to the hands. They also make you feel incredibly bad-ass."Go jump rope in the basketball court for six minutes," Jason said once my wraps were on. "I'll come get you when you're[...]

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