Thursday 23 February 2012
Posted: February 23, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: crossfit, fitness, Harry Potter, health, motivation, perspective, recovery, rest, running 11 Comments<</Insufficient data for meaningful answer>-
You Know What You Want To See<—Hello, feel free to click on me.
Amazing things happen all the time, just not the way you like to see or envision them. As an example:
The Plan-
From CollegeHumor
The Workout-
Rest Day consisting of nothing even remotely health related. A Rest Day as in: Don’t beat yourself up cause you ate too much yesterday or I could have added 10lbs more on my OHS only if I didn’t eat those extra 15 almonds earlier in the day. Or… “Damn my goober friend just sent me this totally awesome Hairy Potter WOD?”
Rest, understand? How hard is it? Harder than your workout or run? That’s what we thought!?!
Notes:
How nice it is to do nothing, think about nothing and cleanse our minds while, well? Doing nothing, ENJOY!!!
Wednesday 22 February 2012
Posted: February 22, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: crossfit, cycling, exercise, fitness, health, hiking, motivation, running 5 CommentsHear the meaning within the word-
Thud, thud, thud…”Why in the hell is my left knee hurting during this morning run? Two more miles and I’ll call it quits…” Fast forward 1-2-5-10-15 or however many years later and you know what? Watch this video if you dare! (The video is real and graphic – Just like life if you can’t handle it stop beating yourself up daily)
Total-Knee-Replacement-Surgery
After you finish up watching the video take a gander at this excellent piece:
Mr. Able simply breaks it down for all of “You People” that stop by here daily.
Raising Our Kids to Think, Feel & Be Healthy
Now to set up the above article and we know this is hard for some of you (like the 482 peeps that emailed yesterday). The writer ties together nicely in a polite sociable sort of way what we would spend a whole week banging you over the head…”Hey wait aren’t you guys doing that right now?!?”
Does your training prepare you for this? Probably not!
The Plan-
We always like to present our fair readers with unique and challenging programs to consider. So on that note check this out:
The Workout-
Trail Run/Bike/Swim/Hike or whatever you honestly enjoy and do not say you enjoy running with sand bags, for about an hour. Followed by:
2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 Perfect Pull Ups (each set of two is with a different and unique grip)
5 Thread the Needle Reverse Lunges (each leg) and 5 Lateral Lunges (each leg) between each set of pull ups duh!
We feel as though due the increase in Random Fitness readers over the past month to preface this workout: It is not a balls to the wall kill yourself for time event!
A majority if not all of you will not even break a sweat doing this, oh and no bands on the pull ups either! “Hmm I wonder why pull ups and lunges are important…Oh well I never ever use abductors when running a marathon anyways. And since when are abductors important to the overall health of my knees?”
If you do this above program properly and with the correct muscle activation…tomorrow is going to be hell!
Notes:
Be safe peeps and as always feel free to experiment and let us know the results, ENJOY!!!
Tuesday 21 February 2012
Posted: February 21, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: crossfit, exercise, fitness, health, lifting, motivation, perspective, running 3 CommentsThe man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life–
We generally hope you know that acute pain signals an injury, we hope? As you reach out your hand to “accidentally” touch a hot stove; you pull your hand away in response to the pain. Give or take a few days and before you know it all is healed and you are prepared to go at it again.
If only it was the simple huh?
The discussion we want to have today touches on pain and self-awareness (feel free to comment on something blatantly unrelated to what we just wrote…)
One of the major problems we have is a mind-body disconnect. A really good book to pick up is the: Science of Flexibility by Michael J. Alter
A few examples of a mind-body disconnect you see almost daily maybe in yourself or others: Doing back bends in yoga after not bending like that for 35 years, Glute/Ham Sit-Ups for no apparent reason, Bench Press with your mate after WOD’ing (what a ridiculous term!) for six months and claiming the bench is too functional, kipping Pull Ups. The list is long so hopefully these will touch a nerve in you?!?
As we try to tie this together today let us get back to our original message concerning the hot stove. We know there are a few X-Fit apes and yoga moms reading today that simply don’t get the point and continually reach out and touch the hot stove over and over again feeling the pain each time, becoming conditioned to enjoy it as the scars grow bigger and bigger. Just as we preach about playing like a kid and enjoying life…How many times does it take for a kid to touch a hot stove to learn his lesson? That’s what we thought peeps!
The Plan-
Simple day today, really simple!
The Workout-
Not for time…
500 Swings
250 One Arm Press (each arm)
100 Hinge Walk Out Push Ups (Arms sore from yesterday? Good!)
If you don’t move throughout the day as effortlessly as the slinky above you need to watch this gif all day long then. Who would have ever thought you could learn how to lift and learn from a slinky?
Notes:
Stay safe Random Fitness peeps and good luck to our X-Fit/CultFit open peeps, ENJOY!!!
Thursday 16 February 2012
Posted: February 16, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: crossfit, fitness, health, motivation, recovery, rest 2 CommentsIn prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends-
We often talk around these parts about what it takes to be ELITE and what better way to illustrate our point: Pictures and videos!!!
Certainly not ELITE...
Everyone else is bowing to the pressure of Linsanity, so why not us? Pressure, great odds, embracing the moment? Sniff, sniff…Linsanity passes our Official Sniff Test here at CultFit HQ!?!
The Plan-
Let us not forget about the countless hours we spend blogging for no apparent reason…“Dammit this is my forum to let all of you know how important I am over here!”
The Workout-
Almost done peeps! Did you set yourself up for failure from the start? Saving the best for last (we hope)?
Pick two of the following numbers: 100-200-300-400-500-600-700-800-900-1000
Pick two of the following movements: Push Up-Pull Up-One Arm Press-Lunge-Goblet Squat-Swing-Hinge Walk Out-One Leg Dead Lift-Bent Over Row
Today: One Leg Deadlift/300 and Push Ups/600
Hint-Hint-Hint peeps!!! For those of you that actually read this here bloggy thing you instantly noticed that there were only nine movements posted for a reason. Those who emailed were given the tenth movement, what’s your excuse?
Notes:
It’s ok little buddy. You only read 5.67% of what you look at during the day, ENJOY!!!
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Posted: February 15, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: Adive, crossfit, fitness, health, motivation, pilates, rest, yoga Leave a commentNatural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching-
The Plan-
The Workout-
Continuing from what we started on Monday:
Pick two of the following numbers: 100-200-300-400-500-600-700-800-900-1000
Pick two of the following movements: Push Up-Pull Up-One Arm Press-Lunge-Goblet Squat-Swing-Hinge Walk Out-One Leg Dead Lift-Bent Over Row
Scratch off the list: 100, 200, 400, 1000/One Arm Press, Hinge Walk Out, Swings, Goblet Squat
Notes:
Other blog-o-sphere types will spend countless words and minutes of your precious time trying to convince you to try something else. Maybe even try to show how much more perfect you would be just by “Doing these seven things to improve your diet…?” If you made it this far though our little post today, keep this question in mind: How many blogs GIVE and FORCE FEED you useless information? ENJOY!!!
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