Tuesday 20 March 2012
Posted: March 20, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, crossfit, exercise, fitness, health, motivation, perspective, WOD, yoga 12 CommentsA man’s character is like his shadow, which sometimes follows and sometimes precedes him, and which is occasionally longer, occasionally shorter, than he is-
The post from yesterday had been building some momentum for quite a bit, sometimes you just need to get it out to unburden your soul. It’s still annoying though…runners who drive to the trail at o-dark-thirty and…had to catch ourselves there before we went on another rant! Another reason why living life with AADD is spectacular: The song ‘Peaches and Cream’ is easily one of the top ten worst songs of all time. Now, Peaches…There is a chic who knows what she wants from life! And Cream, one of the best bands of all time! Oh look a puddle to jump in.
Lots of new faces around here recently and as is customary please feel free to pull up a chair and kick off your shoes. The quick LowDown is over yonder in the Philosophia link thing. Here’s Uncle Gary fresh off the tractor getting the crops ready for summer, it should be noted that Uncle Gary is from Turnupshire and as all males from Turnupshire he is named Gary or Bruce…He has written a post for us that will be up tomorrow for your critique and from the initial feedback of the piece from some of the peeps around here: Classic Must Read!
The Plan-
Yet another sign that we are doomed as a society:
Take note the above image is not “shopped” and is remarkably real.
Hmm maybe all the chica’s climbing ropes is not a fad…Study: Exercise can lead to female orgasms
The Workout-
Not for time…
3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 Perfect Pull Ups (grip changes each set: Overhand w/thumb, OH no thumb, over/under…you get the point!) followed by:
3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 Dips (With or without Rings…Best done on the Monkey Bars at a nearby playground) Followed by:
100m Sprint Out and Back (make this a bit shorter each time through or longer? It’s up to you.)
Notes:
A good mate of ours sent us the girlfriend pic above last Friday night while we were out and about, its sad it really is. As much as we poke fun at X-Fit, yoga moms and cardio-barre burn bums we are truly in a sad place as a whole and this includes us here. Chin up peeps, tomorrow is another day. ENJOY!!!
Monday 19 March 2012
Posted: March 19, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: crossfit, exercise, fitness, helath, life, lifting, motivation, news, perspective, psycology, running, turkish get up, WOD 3 CommentsIf you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us-
Contrary to popular belief we do not receive our training information from the Uzbekistan Intelligence Agency. Rather we have a “unique” in-house training team that encompasses both males and females across a wide range of athletic abilities. Some compete others could care less about what happens during the day. A rather touchy topic came up recently during a run over this past weekend: If you had to explain minimalist running in eleven words how would you do it? No more no less…11 words got it!!!
To preface and set up this post for all the sensitive soy chai-tea latte types reading in their minimalist shoes this morning: We genuinely do not care about your shoes or running philosophy. If its 5:45 am on a beautiful partially sun lit trail?!? Carry on pounding your feet into the earth blasting Peaches and Cream in your iPod thingy. Yeah it is that quite in the morning…Think about that peeps! Are you this person?!? Carrying on then…
As a social experiment try this the next time you see a granola crunching/VFF peep out on the trail? Be prepared to walk away after the eleven word limit and by all means purge the non-sense they spill forward. Ready?
Last night we presented this very question to our own Bio-Mechanical Engineer Uncle Harry, a rather flamboyant older gentleman. Now understand you have to say this aloud as you do it? Understand that last bit? It truly is the most through 11 word definition of how to run in known existence:
“My foot should hit the gentle earth beneath me moving backwards!”
Can you believe that? Is it really that simple? “…I Just bought four books for my Kindle teaching me how to run and you guys did it in 11 words?”
Start poking holes naysayers although be advised if you are “new” here and easily get butt-sore…Say the above words over and over as you wander the aisles in Whole Foods looking for gluten-free flax-seed oil. Unless you are prepared to take on Uncle Harry in an elastic energy/forward momentum debate? We kindly recommended you walk away from this argument next time on the trail…at 5:45 in the AM…when we are chilling out…not listening to Peaches and Cream!!!
The Plan-
Today’s sign of the coming Apocalypse:
Please click on me dear yoga mom…
The Workout-
Are we still getting up before the Sun rises in the morning?
From our “Book Ends” series here…
30 Minute Walk/Trail Run…Walk and if you feel like running go for it, followed by:
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Perfect One Arm Presses (non-pressing arm is holding a plate, db, kb 10 lbs heavier than pressing weight)…Followed by:
10 Perfect Hinge Walk Out Push Ups (walk out once – 10 push ups – walk back)
10 Minutes Messing about with the Turkish Get Up (Not for time and not AMRAP! Carry over from last week and fiddle around with small muscle activation)
20 Minute Walk/Trail Run…
Notes:
FYI- Friday is going to be work up to a Heavy One Rep Each Arm TGU. Now though extensive research on our part we have unlocked two very different types of peeps: The one who will go nuts all week putting up big numbers only to stink up the joint Friday and the peeps who will refine technique and pattern the movement daily. We’ll see who shows up Friday won’t we? Be safe and most importantly today, ENJOY!!!
Thursday 15 March 2012
Posted: March 15, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: crossfit, exercise, fitness, fun, health, perspective, recovery, rest, running, WOD 6 CommentsAll the people strain their ears and eyes:The Sage only smiles like an amused infant-
Ahhh can you believe how nice it is outside right now at precisely this moment in time? Our apologies if you are still in bed reading on your new iPad…Maybe a spoiler alert would have been nice? Yup its Thursday once again here at the pristine confines of CultFit HQ and that could only mean one thing, rest! No…not that kind of rest. There is no three on one-off rubbish around here although active rest could be applied at times (if playing on a play ground fits into your definition?). Our rest is more intimate and personal rather than a time to recharge our vanity fuel cells like most of you do on your rest days. Who cares moot point in our book and no sense fretting over it…
New Feature for Thursday’s!!! Best caption to the pic below wins something (don’t ask us what that something may be) and will be judged via comments and amongst your blog-o-sphere peers…Without further delay:
The Plan-
Take the high road/easy argument path if you like although keep in mind that “yes” the video is funny…although something really good is going on here and some of the movements? Well let’s just say “SOME PEOPLE” out there on the inter-webz think they are extremely intuitive and cutting edge in their WOD errr program design…
The Workout-
Rest Day or if you are really itching to do something…Go for a walk.
Notes:
Rest up mates and ENJOY!!!
Thursday 8 March 2012
Posted: March 8, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: crossfit, exercise, fitness, health, jokes, life, lifting, motivation, news, running, stress, yoga 5 CommentsHappiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling-
It’s that time of the week again peeps!!! Uncle Ralphie just came down the stairs in his nice fluffy pink bunny jammies. He really needs to stop smoking cheap cigars in the morning though! Hey, here’s Uncle Mo! Always nice to see a man carrying around a snifter full of purple “juice” in the AM wearing (quite affectionately by the way) a silk robe?!? Feel free to wander off on your great conquest of the Inter-Webz and all things Random Fitness. Today is a Rest Day here…You know what to expect?!?
The Plan-
The Workout-
Rest Day Although…Tap into your inner curiosity and go exploring out and about with the kids maybe? Scout out that next hill to do sprints on or maybe a new park to play on later this summer? Basically take the blinders off and put down the damn phone for once!!!
Notes:
What a lovely day it is. The sun is up and everything is fine and dandy, ENJOY!!!
Wednesday 7 March 2012
Posted: March 7, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: crossfit, exercise, fitness, flow, form, grace, health, life, motivation, news, perspective, running, yoga 3 CommentsThe ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success-
The results from our question yesterday turned up missing in the evening hours. No need to pout like you really cared and are dearly heartbroken today reading at Starbucks. We have always lamented on: Form, Flow, Grace and the ability to make something look easy (especially when the activity is infinitely hard and complex). But why go through all the trouble of doing that you may be asking yourself today? Why care? Just doing “it” is 98.7% of the battle! There are a few great coaches out there in the fitness world that can make complex movement patterns (Olympic lifts) digestible to the average passer-by (Dan John is a great example). No they don’t pre-chew it for you like a momma bird on a crisp spring morning or toss it at you in the hopes that some of the info sticks. Too much of which already happens daily in our watered down social media driven society. As a test this morning go out in the blog-o-world and find ten blogs on fitness. How many just regurgitate centuries old bits-o-information and toss it your way? Our guess is no fewer than 9 out of 10 do it daily…
“What in the hell does this have to do about movement?” Say hello to Mr. Q Angle…Don’t confuse him with Mrs. Q Angle! That would be horribly impolite dear reader! (Four peeps reading know why this is important. Just four, no more no less.)
“You jack asses over there need to quit skimming the top and dumb it down for all of us…” What is one bio mechanical difference between a man and a woman? Why should a woman approach lifting/running differently than a man? This is not a gender bashing forum peeps so feel free to hop down off your easy argument box when you see fit!
JUST READ THIS to wet your appetite or (maybe) learn a wee bit more. (Well worth your time if you are of the female persuasion)
If you made it this far into the post? Congrats are in order, We literally get hundreds of emails a day trying to argue how we are poking fun at various routines and having a good-ole time at your expense. Our seasoned readers know that is far from the truth. They also know that we like to form and make our arguments on “The Process” not “The Result”…let that sink in for a minute (NO SERIOUSLY READ IT LIKE TEN TIMES). As an example do you know how easy it is to say and maybe you have said it recently: “CrossFit, P90x, Boot-camps are the best programs due to the fact I am in the best shape of my life!” Making the easy argument on “The Result” is so clichéd now peeps!!!
The Plan-
Our crack webz research department may have finally found the perfect image that represents what “YOU” do with all the mind numbing information you get in a day!
The Workout-
Pay close attention this may get out of hand quickly…
Warm Up into a nice lather and take your shoes off if you haven’t already done so.
Listen and feel the movement of your breath and body today, keep your eyes closed as much as possible and perform the following:
25 KB One Legged Bent Over Rows (Hips Stacked-Always…Each Arm)
25 KB One Legged One Arm Press (Pressing Arm is Opposite Standing Leg)
25 Hinge Walk Out High Push Up Plank (45-60 seconds, Are your eyes still closed?)
15 Minutes in the following Plank Variations:
High-Low Push Up, Side, Bridge One Leg, Table Top (About 5 mins each)
If you seriously want to mess yo self up?!? Perform a horrid plank…We dare you!!!
Notes:
We triple dog dare you!!! Be safe today peeps and ENJOY!!!
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