Chyna does Freddy's Revenge

Great effort from Chyna!

Metal storm

KPT shield

Closing in on it

Kettlebell WOD 020701

A quick one today up on the roof. The building exhaust vents have melted the snow away in a large enough area to work in.
With a 24k 'bell:
20/20 one arm swing
5/5 clean & press
19/19 swing
4/4 c&p
18/18 swing
3/3 c&p
17/17 swing
2/2 c&p
16/16 swing
1/1 c&p
15/15 swing
10:22
Enough to keep me going until I can get out into the wilds.

Testing for Soft Machine

Future

VDH:

...in Greece, the people spend their time either devising ways to get government money or scheming to avoid the tax collectors — or, preferably, both.

Snowpocalypse, Snowmageddon

From the aureole

Great photo by Judy of our puny Snowpocalypse.

Stair ascents

Due to Snowmageddon I did five 12-story stair climbs in our apartment building.

1:26

1:39

2:11

1:59

2:04

Third one I tried just single stepping and starting out slower, hoping to be faster at the end. That does not work. Gotta tear it up asap every time.

Titanic

The last redoubt

The day begins, collapsing without warning

You fade from sight, there's nothing there

No cursing allowed?

400 meter run, 30 squats, 30 elevated push-ups.
5 rounds
19:04
Slushy and icy track. Yeah, that's why I was slow! Three one syllable and one four syllable curses.

CrossFit WOD 100202

"Griff"
For time:
Run 800 meters
Run 400 meters backwards
Run 800 meters
Run 400 meters backwards
15:33

Broken #2

C. August:

As I read this book [Good Calories, Bad Calories], and as Taubes piles example upon example of how myopic--if not downright malicious--scientists continue to push pet theories regardless of conflicting evidence, how government interferes to not only tip the scale but to knock the damn thing over in favor of those pet theories by throwing funding at the researchers and countless programs, initiatives, policies, and laws to advance them, while a fawning, sycophantic press shouts it all from the rooftops. . .well, it all reminds me of a somewhat more recent phenomenon.

Broken

Fernandez:

David Sanger at the NYT stops just short of saying that President’s Obama’s policies are an admission that America’s pre-eminence on the world stage is over. It is broke and has no prospect of ever getting level again. The question is whether the budget simply recognizes this possibility or actually constitutes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Sanger notes that the President’s budget contains two numbers. The first is a deficit percentage unseen since the Civil War, World War 1 and World War 2. It is a World War budget without a world war.

Relics

From 40 years ago; took 10 seconds to find it in 2010 with Google.

The more things change #2

Big picture

Perception and reality

24k kettlebell workout

30 ea floor presses L/R

30 Russian swings (chest high)

30 American swings (overhead lock-out)

30 ea 1 arm swings L/R

30 Thrusters

30 ea Cleans L/R

30 ea Push presses L/R

30 ea Snatches L/R

The perception: I can do this!

The reality: Holy sh*t, I can barely do this.

KB snatch burpee ladder

With the 24k kettlebel:

1 snatch left arm, 1 snatch right arm, 1 burpee

up the ladder to

10, 10 and 10 reps.

That was enough! First time doing volume snatch work with 24k and form was mostly AOK. Wiped me out, as usual.

Too good

From Dan John:

Sometimes, I just don’t want the theories, the BS, the domains, the optimal this and that, and just spend some time moving the iron.

The rules

This stuff works most places.

From Mike Deavers:

01.) Do what you say you are going to do

02.) Clean up after yourself

03.) Don't be 'that guy'

04.) Life is what happens outside of the gym, not the other way around

05.) Think before submitting your credit card number once again

06.) See #5 and save your money, you can't purchase anything 'elite'

07.) 'Five Fingers' can be found under 'gimmicks'

08.) Do work

09.) See #1, above

10.) This is an exercise program, not a 'sport' or subsitute for real life

Get ups

First technically successful Turkish get-up workout today.

12k Kettlebell, 10 reps each side. Felt progressively stronger and faster as I went along.

Two shorties

First, from Jeff Martone:
10 rounds for time (24 kg)
1 One-Arm Swing (r)
1 KB Clean (r)
1 KB Front Squat (r)
1 Military Press (r)
1 KB Snatch (r)
Repeat the sequence above with the left to finish Round 1. Switch back to right hand and begin round 2… repeat for 10 rounds.
10 rounds: 5:52
A five minute break, then, from Tom Brose:
6 minute AMRAP of:
3 Burpees
6 Squat Jumps
3 Pushups
6 Mountain Climbers
8 rounds + 3 burpees and 4 Squat Jumps
Warm-up and cool-down was carrying the Kettlebell a half-mile each way through the woods.

Two days

Fartleking through the mud and jump-rope practice on monday.
Kettlebell endurance workout on tuesday:
Russian 24k 'bell swings, 8 rounds of 100 unbroken, alternating 100 2-arm swings with 100 1-arm swings.
Rest day today (wednesday). No muscle pain, no back pain. Kettlebell technique pays off!