Atlanta's own Kevin "Kingpin" Johnson is trying to make some noise in 2009.

He's always been a gifted trash talker and he makes plenty of good points too.   I saw him fight once and his jab looked perfect, and his handspeed exceptional.  The word on the street is that...... well, there is no word on the street about him, since talking about him would mean having to fight him.  All the naysayers say his 8 KO's are testament to his lack of power, but if that were the whole story than  he would have been a low risk scalp. The truth is he is more skilled than almost the whole crop of heavyweights, and is likely to make them all but a couple of them look really bad.

Here's to you Kevin. I could do with all the trash talk, but until someone steps up and fights you, I can't blame you for doing whatever it takes to draw them out.

Meanwhile, to toot MY OWN HORN, my fitness is on the rise.  I had a Terrific hour of working out this week. 1 mile , 120 ft of rope climb, and 65 handstand pushups in 23 minutes on Wednesday.    150 Pullups on Thursday (holding a 45lb weight for 30 of them, and no kipping on another  50) in 24 minutes.  And then I tore through some front squats today, ending with a set of 5 @ 264lbs. My times arn't great given the three month layoff, but I can feel the rust coming off in chunks.  I heard the Ken completed the rope climb workout in 1/2 of my time, and was in the dumps, but it turns out I was the only guy not using his legs, and starting from a sitting position, so I don't feel quite so bad. Ken is a monster anyhow. A monster in a sweet Audi R4

The beggining of the week was good too, but I can't remember it.  Oh wait. 5 Sets of Deadlift triplets (400lbs) ,Powerclean Singles (~255lbs)  ,  and 9 minutes of a 135lb Clean and Jerk ladder (1 the first minute, 2 the next, 3 the next, stop when you don't finish in the allotted time).   

Glad to be back in the groove, doing the workouts as Rx'd.

Very sleep now though.

goodnight.