Mud, the Nature of Art, and Pickled Shiitakes
There are many gifts to having brought my business home, but the one most prominent in my mind today is - awareness. No, that's not quite...
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Dave Hall
Mar 7, 20227 min read
Living a Big Life on a Little Budget
Okay, so this is not ideal. I obligated myself to work again tomorrow, sanding drywall. Which is itself not ideal, but it is a paycheck...
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Dave Hall
Mar 1, 202211 min read
Chaos and Order
There are some who posit that one of the big tasks of life is to attempt to bring some order out of the chaos of existence. It's a...
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Dave Hall
Feb 21, 20228 min read
The Quickening
It’s here. Can you feel it? I can. The world is opening back up. No, I’m not talking about lockdowns or COVID restrictions. I mean the...
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Dave Hall
Feb 15, 20226 min read
Austerity Measures
I missed my self imposed deadline earlier today. A home renovation crew I sometimes work for asked if I could help them out this week....
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Dave Hall
Feb 8, 20228 min read
Essential Tools: The Break Down
You’ve already seen me wax poetic about cast iron and watched me spit my ire over the microwave. Today I’d like to do a quick rundown of...
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Dave Hall
Feb 1, 20227 min read
Friendship Soup
I’m going off script today. You’ll come to find I do this. I’ll be making progress on one task and something will set me off on a...
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Dave Hall
Jan 25, 20229 min read
Cast Iron
Geni, a dear friend and reader, commented on my Essential Tools post on Facebook. She said she couldn’t wait to hear me wax poetic about...
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Dave Hall
Jan 18, 20226 min read
Death to the Microwave
I remember the first time I saw a microwave. It was probably 1984. My Uncle Boatie, my mother’s brother, had just bought one for my...
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Dave Hall
Jan 11, 20227 min read
Essential Tools
Throughout my youth and into college I thought I wanted to be a visual artist. I had a talent for drawing as a kid and I got much joy...
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Dave Hall
Jan 4, 20225 min read
A New (Old) Thing
One of the advantages of being sick is that it gives you time to think. Well, maybe not while you are sick but in those limbo days just...
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Dave Hall
Nov 11, 20214 min read
Just Show Up
Just show up. That’s it. That’s how you get better. Show up. Get your hands dirty. Do the work. Play the game. Whatever it is you want to...
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Dave Hall
Nov 2, 20213 min read
What’s the locus of your focus?
True change comes from within. When you are lifting, where is your focus? Is it inside of you or outside of you? Are you focused on the...
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Dave Hall
Oct 26, 20213 min read
The Secret is in the Details
As I kid I grew up watching martial arts movies. Back in the 80s we had an independent TV station, Channel 21. If you didn’t have cable...
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Dave Hall
Oct 21, 20212 min read
Proper Bracing and Inner Abdominal Pressure.
What is bracing? Bracing is the conscious act of stabilizing the lower spine against load and extraneous movement. What is Inner...
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Dave Hall
Oct 12, 20213 min read
Advice to Myself as a Younger Lifter
As I was training this morning I started thinking about how my approach to training has changed over the years. I started to think about...
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Dave Hall
Oct 5, 20212 min read
Welcome to the New Gym!
Welcome to the new home of Agoge Fitness Systems, rebranded as Alabama Sasquatch. Not one of us managed COVID and the pandemic without...
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Dave Hall
Jun 29, 20210 min read
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