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#25 - The Story of Eli, Man Maker vs. Widow Maker, Training for ROM
Episode 25

#25 - The Story of Eli, Man Maker vs. Widow Maker, Training for ROM

Becoming Ronin · Brian "OB" Oberther, Jim "Smitty" Smith

June 24, 20221h 0m

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Show Notes

In today's episode Smitty and OB give a couple of important updates, then dive straight into three listener questions.

  1. The first question sparks some hilarious stories about a legendary monster that Smitty and OB used to train with - along with some sessions that didn't end well.
  2. This rolls right into the guys finally unveiling two iconic challenges known as the Man Maker and Widow Maker.
  3. They finish with a hotly debated topic, which is; should you always train for FULL ROM?

*For a full list of show notes, timestamps & important links from this episode visit: Becoming Ronin Podcast

TIMESTAMPS

[0:00] News

[5:00] Intro

[8:00] SWIS is coming to the US

[14:00] Smitty and OB's favorite training memories

[18:17] The Story of Eli

[28:33] Strongman Saturdays

[33:30] Back in the Smitty's Garage Days

[38:10] The Infamous Man Maker Challenge

[50:00] Is training to FULL ROM always best?

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EXTRAS

OB's Old School Deadlifts

Tony Gentilcore Doing the Diesel Man Maker

The Diesel Widow Maker (Ignore the title of video)