Archive for March, 2010

31
Mar
10

say goodbye to March

For time: 50-40-30-20-10

  • Lunges
  • Situps

First run this year!

30
Mar
10

Tuesday

AMRAP 7 minutes

  • Push Jerks

Way to go Mitch

29
Mar
10

brought to you by janine

“Janine”  4 rounds of:

  • 20 Sumo Deadlift High Pull
  • 20 Jumping squats
  • 20 Pushups

Compare HERE

Now THOSE are high elbows!

28
Mar
10

the mayonnaise jar

When things in your life seem too much to handle,
when 24 hours in a day are not enough,
remember the mayonnaise jar.

A Professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

So the Professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The Professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous “yes.”

The Professor then produced two beers from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the space between the grains of sand.

“Now,” said the professor, as the laughter subsided, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things–your family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favorite passions – things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car. The sand is everything else -the small stuff.

“If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play another 18.

There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. “Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the beer represented. The Professor smiled. “I’m glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a couple of beers with a friend.”

Author Unknown

27
Mar
10

King or Queen of the Rower

Complete 1 Round of the following for rights to the Rower

30 Press
50 Kettlebell Swings
50 Power-Cleans
50 Overhead Squat

Rules: There will be 2 Teams and one rower, all teammates can be doing an exercise. However, the first team to complete 1 round of the above reps, in no particular order, earn the rights to row 250m. When there is a person on the Rower, both teams stop their WoDs and do burpees. The round and reps is restarted when the person rowing is finished. Rowing is untimed. The first team to complete 1000m total wins.

Anabelle et sa flexibilité admirée

**Reminder that there’s no class on Monday morning. It will be on Tuesday morning instead.  Classes as normal on Monday night.

26
Mar
10

Eric wants vibrams

18-15-12-9-6

  • Pullups
  • Burpees
  • Broad Jumps

Shannon’s focussed

**MONDAY MORNING CLASS IS CANCELLED and rescheduled for Tuesday morning.  (Monday night class as normal)

25
Mar
10

Are your legs sore?

In team:

One teamate rows 250m while the other one does AMRAP Double Unders during the time it takes his partner to row. Switch. 3 rounds

Annie working the Press

24
Mar
10

Elizabeth

“Elizabeth”
21-15-9 reps of:

  • Cleans
  • Ring Dips

Compare HERE

Scrutinizing the burpees

23
Mar
10

death by…

“Death by Wall ball”

With a continuously running clock do one wallball the first minute, two wallballs the second minute, three wallball the third minute…… continuing as long as you are able.
Use as many sets each minute as needed.
Post number of minutes completed to comments

Roger, the executioner, Denis and Marcel on PU

22
Mar
10

Monday

21-15-9 reps of :

  • Deadlifts (225lbs, 155lbs)
  • Pull-ups (chest to bar)


One of many cool shirts at the qualifiers




Fitness in a 100 words:

■ Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat. ■ Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups, dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds. Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast. ■ Five or six days per week mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy. Keep workouts short and intense. ■ Regularly learn and play new sports.

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