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Dave Bellomo

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John Hadzi-The Greatest Strongman You Have Never Heard Of 2
Dave Bellomo
- Stories
- October 7, 2020
I first encountered John Hadzi when my company, MAX Kettlebells, produced some of the first heavy kettlebells around 2001. We recently posted that we would be selling 145-pound kettlebells on our website, and shortly after, John called from his hometown of Toronto. He asked if we were actually selling 66-kilo kettlebells, and I confirmed that
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Christian’s Band-Aid Bonanza 0
Dave Bellomo
- Stories
- October 7, 2020
In 2017 Christian Houghtaling was diagnosed with a rare subtype of Leukemia called Hypodiploid ALL. Although he was treated at Geisinger, Johns Hopkins, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and bravely battled his illness for two years, Christian passed away on May 16th, 2019, at the age of 17. “Christian was an amazing, talented,
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Making Sense out of Chaos 0
Dave Bellomo
- Stories
- September 30, 2020
I had an epiphany recently while having coffee with a friend. We were discussing why some people were successful at work and family and others were self-destructive, and tended to fall back into negative habits. Why some were kind and others were cruel. This was a complicated topic, no doubt, and I am certainly not
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Finding Motivation 0
Dave Bellomo
- Stories
- September 23, 2020
Whether it is working out, washing the dishes, or just plain getting out of bed some days, all of us struggle to find motivation from time-to-time. According to Liz Huber, writer for the online business publication, “The Startup,” there are eight reasons we sometimes lack motivation. • Lack of a strong reason ‘Why.’ • An
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Adaptive Leadership Styles 0
Dave Bellomo
- Stories
- September 16, 2020
With the political climate heating up, coupled with the stress of being in the eighth or ninth month of a global pandemic, I thought I would break things up by circling back to the topic of leadership. In February of this year, I had written an article for Webb Weekly titled, “The World Needs More
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Strength History: The Zurkhaneh 0
Dave Bellomo
- Stories
- September 9, 2020
Anyone that has read many of my articles knows that I am a huge fan of strength training history and the modernization of ancient training methods. Not only do I find researching these methods interesting, but it is also a fun way exercise and to gain an understanding of how people of other cultures and
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