High Country Vigour

Diya recently participated in a jump camp through Denver Athletics.  Her coach, Sofia, took four athletes through a week of half day camps. Day 1 - Plyometrics Day 2 - High Jump Day 3 - Long Jump Day 4 - Triple Jump Day 5 - Twilight Meet I was pretty excited to go out on Friday and see what she had been doing. High Jump 3'-6" cleared 3'-8" cleared 3'-10" missed Triple Jump 26'-11.5" 26'-6.75" 26'-1" 25'-10.25" Long Jump 12'-1.5" 12'-8" scratch 11'-7" In and of themselves the results are not earth shattering, but for literally a couple hours of coaching it is amazing.  I am glad she tried it and wished she had more time to pursue these in high school.  Maybe in college.  Videos on Instagram.

The Stark Center has been on my list of attractions for quite some time.  The family was teasing me as it was my Disneyland.  I was recognizing pictures, people and pointing things out wherever I could. It is housed at the University of Texas at Austin in the football stadium.  Entering the stadium and taking an elevator to the 5th floor, visitors are greeted by the Warren Lincoln Travis dumbbell and a large main room with a stein display and large paintings.  To the right is the library and research archives.  To the right are the exhibits. As I cannot do justice or organize my thoughts, I will just do a photo dump with my pictures and why they jumped out to me. I did talk to Patty at the research center and she is familiar with the USAWA and has several of Bill's Strength Journals as Terry Todd was a subscriber. Frank Zane in a vacuum, Lou Ferrigno in a front double bicep and myself in overhead hands out double biceps.  These paintings were just cool. Ter...