Wade Johnson’s Father’s Day reflections
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Adam Hasty, Powerlifter at Ogre Compound - Photo by Gabe Farmer
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Brittney Hasty, Powerlifter at Ogre Compound - Photo by Gabe Farmer
Read MoreWade spends most of his hours focused on his athletes, but now it’s his turn. He is competing at the 2019 IPF Masters Worlds in South Africa to try and claim the world title. Our goal is to raise $2,500 to help cover travel expenses for the trip there. Let’s send the Ogre himself to South Africa to achieve his goal and represent Team USA!
Read MoreLet’s just say when it comes to social media, I am a bit behind the curve. I have only in the last year started using hashtags. I only bring this up to explain the title and take you along a little ride where 3 strength sports came to be. Now, I use the hashtags to get like minded people to see our videos and to promote the gym. From there, I have no clue and I’m really ok with that. But first, a rewind…let me take you back to how this came to be and hopefully, it illustrates the pathway and how my mind works and how my goals were set.
Read MoreThe last few years for Jenn and I have been a whirlwind. Some incredible meet results, world travel and pizza in about each location consumed with beer. We seem to learn something each meet and training cycle and work to hone our skills along with Aaron Thomas. It’s a really interesting dynamic that works very well. There is much communication and questions and every time I start a list for the next meet, there is many notes with many times, a lot of white out and marks along the way. That said, it has worked and has produced many great results.
Read MoreIt’s 7:38 pm Saturday, February 24th. We’ve been at a meet all day where the lil hawt tamale, Melissa or Missy totaled Pro/Elite . Yay, yes, I know. It is a big deal. But, there is more and I want to share this with you. I coach Missy. I live and share a home with her, our 4 dogs and our team of Ogres, if you will. But, a story is not told so quickly so, I have to rewind a bit too explain.
Read MoreIt was January 15, 2014 when I got a very short and to the point e-mail from a Jennifer Millican. The name was familiar but, I couldn’t put it together. I am sure I had seen this person at a meet or something as it generally goes that way. To this day, I still can’t recall how I knew of her. Anyway, it wasn’t but a few weeks later that in walks this tiny little lady and her Grandmother and the rest is, as they say, history.
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