Monday 2 April 2012
Posted: April 2, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: balance, exercise, fitness, health, life, motivation, perspective, running, yoga 13 CommentsWe promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears-
Today’s sign that there may be a future for mankind: Five Fingers Increase Injury Risk
A rare post from us here yesterday on April Fool’s Day. Maybe the only time we ever posted on the weekend? Anyways the past few weeks here we have literally been tossing out ideas in the hopes that they gain some traction and go somewhere productive. Life is about finding balance is it not? This is especially so after injuries and life changing events: Birth of a kiddo, loss of a limb (figurative not literally) etc…
The Plan-
We have looked into the future and… This may be you on Friday if you follow the programs this week?!?
The Workout-
We had to go way, way back to dig this program out of our: “Show no Shame” series here at CultFit HQ…
Warm Up as you see fit and certainly Not For Time…
200 Perfect Push Up Walk Outs (10×20 is a good start) followed by and pay attention peeps:
Hinge-Walkout-High Push Up Plank…Feet should be together at this point. Widen feet past shoulder length…Walk Hands out…Think Ab Roller minus the ab roller!?! Bring feet back together and walk hands back up to standing…Let’s do this after every set of Perfect Push Up Walk Outs, shale we?
That’s it…Or is it? There is a certain element key to this program and the key is to tap into it early. Flow, grace and confidence certainly play a part in today’s program. If you find yourself struggling after 10 push ups, stop!
Step back and in peace go through a Sun Salutation Series until you find: Breath, Flow, Grace, Ease and Confidence. Too many times we look at a simple push up as a monumental struggle in life…A battle often fought on your knees (Push Ups on your knees may boost confidence although leave you woefully short).
Notes:
Another long week is in store and be forewarned: You WILL DO over 1500 Perfect Push Ups and 200 Perfect Pull Ups this week (Chica’s 500 and 100)…In one way or another. Rest Up, Be Safe and ENJOY!!!
Sunday 1 April 2012
Posted: April 1, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: bootcamp, crossfit, exercise, fitness, health, hippie porn, insanity, kids, living, news, p90x, sex, social media, WOD 6 CommentsThe person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid-
Reckless abandon…You only live once and today is the day to shave 10 minutes off your 5k time. Quit bitching about the injuries and how hot it is outside, HTFU!!! Right now, right at this very moment…There is a yoga mom kicking your ass in every imaginable way!!!
See the weak pathetic little human sitting in the bumbo. That’s you…
The Plan-
The Workout-
Pulled from our “Favorite” webz-site on all the inter-webz…Pinterest!!!
Notes:
Go out there and kill “IT” today for the proverbial free t-shirt and race bib (well actually it’s not free…)!!!
Friday 30 March 2012
Posted: March 30, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: exercise, fitness, health, intensity, kettlebell, marathon, motivation, natural, perspective, pilates, recovery, rest, running, trail running, walking, yoga 9 CommentsTalents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world-
Quite a few things rattling around in the old noggin this morning here…A fresh crisp morning and the warming glow of the sun serve as an easy distraction to what we planned on talking with you about this morning. Ease on over if you like?
This is not a coming out party or a hand holding, step by step guide to the inner workings here at CultFit HQ. This week we have touched upon a few key concepts critical to engaging in a healthy fitness program. Some have been rather transparent: Loading, Patterning and Basic Human movements (no-picking your nose is not one of them!). Others, only four people understood and took away the “True” meaning: Kinesiophobia, Tampa Scale and the Tegner-Lysholm Knee scoring scale…Warm-Up into a lather! This is where our tale could get twisted and go off in different directions…It’s rather deep and seeing that three minutes of your time is too much to ask of you? We called on our residential expert on all things pithy and blunt: Uncle Mo!
“…Mobility work is not even remotely close to being considered a warm-up! If you are not sweating before you pick up your kettle bell, shake weight etc? You did it wrong!”
Thanks for that tasty little morsel of information. In essence this message falls into our: Sweat, warm up thoroughly, pretend to be an “athlete” on the weekend…train of thought. Couple of thoughts: During the next big marathon (Olympics maybe?) watch the starters, the ones running to win at the at the starting line- Sweating like heck before the start. This is even more pronounced in cycling etc. But who cares, right? Big 5k tomorrow at 7am and you know what? You’ll show at 6:15, stretch the groin and calves and literally kill yourself in the next 20 minutes…
The Plan-
The Workout-
Pulled from Uncle Mo’s “Told Ya So” Series here at CultFit HQ…(This is assuming you did the program on Wednesday)
Specifically for those who refuse to warm up into a lather and would rather roll their groin muscles out before a program (Hint- Normal peeps? Seriously get “moist” before you try this on for size today…Your soft muscle tissue will thank you tomorrow!
Not for time…
Run 200 meters (out and back)
10 Bent Over One Arm Rows (Hinge-Pulling arm is opposite of standing leg-Each Arm)
Run 200 meters
10 Perfect Pull Ups
Run 200 meters
30 Kettlebell Swings, 1.5 pood
Do this for lets say…5-8 times through?
Notes:
Listen to your body today and pay keen attention to where you are sore. Shoulders/neck bothering you…You sank into the hand stands and failed to actively press. Lower back/chest sore…You need work on perfect push ups. Listen to your body…Be safe and have an awesome weekend, ENJOY!!!
Thursday 29 March 2012
Posted: March 29, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: biking, exercise, fitness, gym, health, life, meditation, running, swimming, walking, weight loss, workout, yoga 13 CommentsSweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head-
What better way to celebrate this bright sunny morning after a grueling program yesterday? Why with a Rest Day of course served up nicely this morning with a dash of “Best Caption to the Picture Wins Something”:
The Plan-
The Workout-
Rest Day…Quite Meditation always does the body good, so we have been told?!?
Notes:
Take the time today to step back, take a deep cleansing breath and relax. Most importantly be safe today and ENJOY!!!
Wednesday 28 March 2012
Posted: March 28, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: biking, crosfit, exercise, fitness, health, life, marathon, meditation, motivation, perspective, pilates, running, trail running, walking, WOD, yoga 20 CommentsWhere beams of imagination play, The memory’s soft figures melt away-
Today’s sign of the Apocalypse: Broga Yeah you read that right and trust us: It is what you are thinking it is…Now as much as we poke light-hearted fun at all the yoga/soccer moms sitting in their shiny black suv’s today. Of course they are wearing their “toe” concealing Lululemon pants…Silly question! It’s only fair that we throw the dudes under the bus as well. Just the other day outside a local co-op we overheard the many “benefits” that Broga has for the male species. The only item we would like to add: Dudes, if you are going to do this do it right…Speedos just like the Spanish fellows were wearing in Majorca last summer!
Moving on…What better way to follow-up the pop quiz from yesterday…Oh, a test! It won’t hurt we promise…CLICKY HERE when you have a free moment sometime this morning. We understand life is busy right now. Really, there are so many choices of organic baby carrots to choose from at the market today. “Who has the time to worry about “my body”? Certainly not me!?!” Take solace in the fact that these posts do in one way or another flow together. Just like the concomitant injuries you keep tossing around from day-to-day. Chances are tripping on a twig during your morning trail run closely correlates with the fact you left the toilet seat up last night and the old lady proceeded to put a beat down on you (rather a brisk beat down to boot)!
Simply: Take the time to listen, daily: Every waking minute of the day. Who knows one of these days you may break in two only to try to explain to the doc how it’s your wife’s fault!?!
The Plan-
This concludes our diet chat for the year. Thanks for reading…Watching!
The Workout-
Pulled from our “300th post and no we are not going to lament over it” series here at CultFit HQ.
Warm Up into a thick hardy lather…Followed by our signature and hardest program (new peeps, give it a go and prepare to be humbled quick. Like Grandma quick!!!)
45-60 Second Hand Stand Hold followed by:
35 Perfect Push Ups
45-60 Second Hand Stand Hold
30 Perfect Push Ups
45-60 Second Hand Stand Hold
25 Perfect Push Ups
45-60 Second Hand Stand Hold
20 Perfect Push Ups
45-60 Second Hand Stand Hold
15 Perfect Push Ups
45-60 Second Hand Stand Hold
10 Perfect Push Ups
45-60 Second Hand Stand Hold
5 Perfect Push Ups
Six to seven minutes or so in a hand-stand and 140 Perfect Push Ups…How hard can it be? Pretty darn hard especially if you don’t use a wall…
Notes:
Well this is what 300 hundred feels like…300 posts that is. Like life this has been a journey, albeit a splendid one due to one simple reason: You!!! *Fighting back crocodile tears* Throw out all the self glorifying stats that drive some here on the blog-o-sphere to do some pretty profound and lame things. When we get a comment or an email from a passionate peep who shares our simple message: “Listening to and respecting your body”? That’s all that matters to us here, honestly! Be well friends, yeah life sucks at times (not as much as the 8am class at YogaMed…JaJa pervs!!!) just keep in mind that “You alone are the best workout tool you will ever need“, ENJOY!!!
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