January 2010:
Here’s the scenario:
You want to get in shape. You’ve been told the gym is the place to do it. Everyone is ranting about kettlebells, TRX, olympic lifts and forearm curls (not really), you have none of this equipment. The gym is either too far away, too inconvenient (trying to find day care or a [...]
Tug of war II, originally uploaded by subirbasak.
In order to increase your ability to perform more work (burn more calories, go farther faster, etc) you need strength. The best way I have found to develop this strength is first by determining your one rep max, either by estimating or by an actual attempt or [...]
Inside thinking about going out? Not going out?
Grab your heaviest bell and do the following:
2 rounds:
20 swings
1:00 rest
20 Sumo deadlift high-pulls
1:00 rest
20 Bottom-up front squats
Have fun!
A variant of the CrossFit Fight-Gone-Bad workout (www.crossfit.com) this one has the same timing and rep counting focus as the original, and with all the gut-wrenching fun left in.
Fight Gone Push: 3, 5-minute rounds separated by 1 minute rest. 1 minute at each station
Thrusters
Push-ups
Double-unders
KB Swing
Lunges
Results:
Five B’s Of 500 Feet
Life doesn’t show up as a set of bicep curls. Sometimes you need to get something overhead. It might be a boat, it might be a box of holiday lights to go into the attic… You guys are putting away those decorations right?
This week the theme is core development and putting [...]
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