Cecil&Page's mhop, behind the scene

100s

2005-08-12T13:23:00.000-07:00

Today I was able to get 3 reps with 100 lb dumbells for benchpress. It was awesome. I'm stoked. Too bad there's no one here from the MHOP to see me...

Btw, Masak, if you could write a workout for me in college that'd be sugoi...

gyoi,
cecil

Farewell Haiku

2005-08-09T17:17:00.000-07:00

Today Masak left.
The MHOP isn't the same.
I miss you, buddy.

Write me from Japan every once in a while...

MHOP continues

2005-08-05T17:17:00.000-07:00

Week 3 day5

Torey left last week. He called me already about how to make slide board. I guess he really is into this training.

Cecil is cruising through the workout.

Problem is, I will leave for Japan next Tuesday, and Cecil still has 1week left. I hope he does OK

Without Torey, we feel different. Feels like I lost part of myself. Probably the dumb side of me.

Anyway, next Monday is the last day with Cecil.

MHOP is not over. Even though Cecil and Torey, and myself are not in here anymore, we can still train like we used to be.

Torey, get the SKYPE and MSN Messenger!

It is not hard.

ed. Coach Masaki

Irony

2005-08-01T08:06:00.000-07:00

I guess it's worth mentioning that Torey left the Riekes Center for SDSU last week. It'll be kind of lonely without him...really lonely actually.

If he reads this he should know that we miss him, and would appreciate a fucking post from him every once in a while, but also that its kind of ironic how you never miss someone until they're gone.

(come on Torey, read it again...you'll get it...)

Anyway, Day #1, Week #3, Phase #2 began this morning with some cardio. Here's to an easy week.

Cheers,
Cecil

Week2 Day2

2005-07-26T21:32:00.000-07:00

Cecil was sick today. He tried to power through, but I stopped him. It is not worth it. He also is going to miss tomorrow's session. Hope his sickness get better.

As far as training goes, Everything went well. Their pull ups were strong!!

Torey still struggled the lateral slideboard lunge. He just figured out that Thursday is the worst day, because second front squat day in a row and lateral squat day, as well.

This particular Thursday is going to be one of the worst one next to the week 4 day4.

Enjoy ! My sons!

Week 2 Day 1

2005-07-26T16:27:00.000-07:00

Even though they had to do a lot of sets, training went really quick.
Torey did 90kg on Front Squat. It was a struggle. Cecil did 67.5kg well.

Seems like this is the last week for Torey. Hope he keeps up with it back in San Diego.

And, I am expecting the post with the interesting comments during the workout from both Cecil and Page.

ed. Coach Masaki

Week1 Day5

2005-07-23T08:20:00.000-07:00

Again, Torey and Alex had separate sessions. Torey had a party. Cecil did workout earlier than Torey.

Since I didn't see Alex lifting today, there is nothing to say.
Torey did his fly-press in between the split squat set.

He really does like fly-press. For now there is no reason to stop him.

Fly Torey, Fly!

ed. coach Masaki

Week1day4

2005-07-21T22:18:00.000-07:00

Everything went as planned today. Cecil tried the lateral lunge without the brace. Hope his knees holds up doing this.

This is a easy week. Let's see what happens on week2

By the way, David Nava and Darren were talking to the barbell. They have to recognize that he can not speak English, he is a Swedish (ELEIKO made in Sweden)

Oh, and their standing chop and lift gets better now. It is a good thing.

Week1 day3

2005-07-20T19:15:00.000-07:00

Torey and Alex had separate sessions today. Torey had to leave early to play basketball with his friend.

Torey did really well on front squat today. Even his older brother pete (surprisingly 225lbs with 8%body fat) and Jim were surprised with his improvement. We discussed about selling this program for 19.99 and optional package of torey page's fly-press program for 3.99

Cecil also did really well especially on his split squat. He finally felt less pain on the back leg with the front foot elevated split squat. He also performed well on standing Lift as well.

Cecil is a man!!

I hope he keep himself that way.

ed. coach Masaki

Phase2week1day1&2

2005-07-20T14:44:00.000-07:00

Torey missed the monday, so the workout was done only by cecil. It went well. Torey told me that he got a stomach flue during the weekend. May be because of the icecream he ate on Friday.

Tuesday, Cecil started little late, but things went well. Both of them get so much better on Squat. He complained about the number of sets in next week. Come on! youonly do 3reps in squat anyway!

Surprisingly Cecil was able to do the slideboard lateral lunge. I assumed that he could not do it because of his knee. That was a very good learninng experience for me. Hope his knee gets more stable through the workout.

Torey's hip still needs some work on lateral movement. He will improve this through this phase.

ed. coach masaki

Ice Cream and Naked Underage Girls: Masaki's Gift(s) To His Students

2005-07-17T17:15:00.000-07:00

Firstly, thank you to masaki for the DELICIOUS ice cream. nothing tastes better than free, but however, as the japanese say "nothing is more expensive than free." this time, the price was 4 weeks of hard work, and the reward was ice cream and watching torey flip shit when he saw a naked 3 yr old's vagina.

In his post, however, Masaki managed to confuse something i said with something torey said. Four weeks ago masaki promised to get us ice cream after the completion of Phase One (after much pestering on my part). On friday, Torey happened to remind me of masaki's promise- but asked me to ask masaki (rather than Torey doing it himself) because, as he so elegantly put it:

"Masaki likes you more. He doesn't like me. You're his favorite son."

In fact, however, "national ice cream day" is something that Torey made up- i just suggested it and went with it so that we could get some fucking ice cream.

Now then, on the topic of things torey said, check the blog monday night for updates from friday and whatever verbal mistakes he produces monday.

And if anyone was wondering whether or not it's legal to walk into a Baskin Robbins completely buck-ass naked and walk out with ice cream- ask Torey Page to tell you what he saw.

-cecil

Icecream day

2005-07-17T16:40:00.000-07:00

wk4 day4

Cecil tried the heaviest 5 on Front Squat today. He only made 4 of those, but those were very solid. I will have to re-do his max now. Now his goal is to work on his ROM along with his strength.

Today, as cecil claimed, is national icecream day, so we went to 31 for icecream after the training. Because these guys did not quit or kill each other for 4 weeks. I think it is a great achievement.
When we went to the icecream place, I asked about the icecream day, but nobody could verify that. I guess the company hopes that everyday is a icecream day and they have been brain-washed to think that everyday is a icecream day. Anyway, there was a naked female walking around in the place with her parent. Seems like this is national nudist icecream day.

Here's the Torey's quote.
"Accumulation of small things like this makes the grown up female do the stupid stuff."

This time, I agree with him.

Week4Day3

2005-07-14T23:13:00.000-07:00

Since Torey missed wednesday workout due to the personal reason, They both did the w4d3 workout today.

Torey did exceptionaly well on squatting. Seems like his range of motion is good now.

Cecil try to go with full range of motion today on squat, But he had minor back spasm due to the long trip and some extra activity in east coast.

Hope Alex gets well soon.

On the side note, Coach Masaki strainied his lower back on Monday when he was attempting Snatch pull with light weight. It is now a recovery process. hopefully coach masaki can be back on track on next week.

Coach Masaki ed.

Change of Status

2005-07-11T09:00:00.000-07:00

Just a quick note to let you guys know i made it to DC safely, and that I am modifying my workout. From now until thursday, I will still workout 3 times a day, but will focus exclusively on flexibility, cardio, and strength endurance.

Best,
Cecil

PS: keep me updated on how it goes front squatting 75 kilos, Torey...

Masaki Asakura: Adult Anime Character

2005-07-08T15:58:00.000-07:00

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4066

...what the hell is THIS?

Ahead of his time

2005-07-07T20:09:00.000-07:00

The ever-hilarious Torey Page was at his usual grammatical level, asking Kenny if he'd teach him ebonics, and then later claiming:

"It's ok guys, I'm not having a seizure...just gettin' my krunk on!"

Oh thank goodness. His response was classic MHOP though:

"Dude, I'm just way ahead of my time..."-Torey
"But Tor, the 70's already happened!"-Cecil

We got through another week (almost) though, and now we've decided that since i can speak japanese, and torey can prepare ice bags, we don't need masaki anymore.

so we're not gonna pay anymore...

Week 2, Day 3

2005-07-06T18:58:00.000-07:00

Look for the following in his soon-to-be-released book, "Dude, I'm Not Gonna Lie..."

7/05/05
5:55
"I know one thing for sure: my chest may or may not be sore tomorrow...mostly 'may'"

7/06/05
5:30
"I don't know where you're going, but I'm going in the right direction."
5:35
"Using the strap is a matter of national security."
6:15
"You know what's gonna suck? When I wear these shoes in the gym at school, and the other kids are like 'Ha! He wears velcro!'"

...Ah, Torey. Thank you in advance for all the stupid shit you say.

Week3 Day2

2005-07-05T18:48:00.000-07:00

Day 1 was a independence day. They skipped it.
Anyway this week is light week. And this is Clean and Snatch Squat day.

I guess they got too much energy left. Torey hit his chin with the barbell. That was a good pull though.
Alex spilled his gatorade on the plaftorm. Oh, not on the platform. Next time this happens, I will have him do 100 BW squat after the training session.

We will see what happens later this week.

edited by coach masaki

week2 Day6(1 ??)

2005-07-03T00:01:00.000-07:00

Torey was lifting day1 routine (Snatch and Front squat) today.

He always scream when he squats. May be that is his joyful moment. By the way, he managed to finish the Olympic lift, followed by upper body and core training. Upper body must have been hard for him, because this is day 1 (heaviest). But,,, you never know, he always complains and talks shit no matter how hard the training is.

The observation will be continued.

Week 2 Day 5

2005-07-01T19:01:00.000-07:00

W2D5
Cleans and Snatch Squat today.

They must have been really fatigued after front squatting back to back.

But, this is just begining. After next week, the true pain will come.

Hope they will recover well during holiday.

by masaki

Ninjas

2005-07-01T18:33:00.000-07:00

Day 10: Friday

Today, the ever-quotable Torey Page let loose the following, in response to why he squats using the mirror: "Dude, I use the resources around me...like a ninja!"

WHAT an idiot. I sometimes cannot believe the stuff this kid says. Here's another example; this one was in response to my statement that Torey was old (on his 23rd birthday):

"Dude, I'm not worried about 23, I'm worried about 25!"

Why's that, Torey?

"Cause then I'm halfway to 30!"

SERIOUSLY. Sometimes all we can do is shake our heads...

This is masaki's house of pain

2005-06-29T19:19:00.000-07:00

MHOP stands for masaki's house of pain