I am writing to you from the airport in Phoenix, while on lay over to San Jose where the 10th Attitude Nation Certification is taking place tomorrow! I have been waiting for this video to get uploaded so I could share this over whelming training day with you, my best of friend, here in the Dark Orchestra. (video below) This Friday, the fire was hot, so I had no choice but to roast marshmallows! Miss Brown Eyes wanted to make love, and the bar wanted to dance! Coach was looking extra dapper with his hair styled back and beard so black and promising. As I started to oil up my tin man body before training, my favorite techno song came skipping along right into my ears down deep into my Weightlifting Soul. I knew it was going to be a good day, a great day, a day that makes this hell hole of a sport all worth it. A day of "mom I don't want to leave summer camp, I want to stay longer and play with all the other kids" day. A day that screams WHEN IS AMERICANS!! I CAN'T WAIT TO WIN GOLD, MAKE WORLDS, AND BREAK THE AMERICAN RECORDS!! I feel like a little kid in a candy shop stomping my Ali feet pulling on coaches shirt while whining about how 4 months is too far away. Screw it, F it, the more I think about it the more I welcome the weight. It just gives the Attitude Nation more time "PAY OUR TAXES, LOVE OUR WOMEN, AND CRUSH CLEAN AND JERKS"! - Donny Shankle.
All time PR total! 163kg snatch / 190kg c&j / 353kg total. Missed 167kg snatch behind me, which is 2 kilos over the American record. The video doesn't show the second one, but I went after that son of a gun. Travis Cooper is now officially part of the MDUSA team! And many more athletes have already signed and are moving out as we speak. It's going to get crazy! Salute!
Miss Brown Eyes 2016
Congratulations on your PR Jon! I can't wait to see your name in the record books, you holding that gold medals, and you showing the world what it means to be an American! Showing them the intrepidity, the extraordinary resolve, the force of will it takes to get under the bar, the mountain ... the world ... stand tall, and shake the heavens. Ilya eat your heart out ... here comes Jon North.
ReplyDeleteCongrats man! 4 months is a long time to wait, but it's also plenty of time to get even stronger.
ReplyDeleteBEAST. MODE. keep it up John... Attitude Nation getting stronger and stronger.
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