Thursday 22 March 2012

Our minds are as different as our faces: we are all traveling to one destination; –happiness; but few are going by the same road-

*sniff-sniff* Shhhh, come over quietly: like on your tipsy toes or something.  You gotta check this out…JaJa we had you going there for a minute!  It’s only Uncle Bruce coming in from the turnip field to put his feet up to rest on this glorious Thursday morning.  Another week here is quickly coming to an abrupt end, it’s all good though.  We’re all comfy nestled up close to a cup of green tea, perfect temp and perfect blend(China Green Quince).  Almost forgot about the blueberry bagel in the toaster…while we get that sorted…Feel like a quick game of “Come up with a creative caption?”  So do we,  so with no further delay:

The Plan-

You know the type: “Man my knee sure is sore after the run today.  What time are we going to kill “it” again tomorrow?”  Or what about the peep who laments about all sorts of knee issues  while sporting a knee brace?  Well, we have a game for you: Virtual Knee Surgery(<–No joke give it a GO!!!)

Obviously “Those People” have a deep disrespect for their body/soul and  think life is one big old game where YOU are the most important piece.  Pics of high scores get some goodies!!!

The Workout-

Rest Day…Spring is in the air and your body likes to be out in the elements (so we were told).  If going outside is a foreign idea to you?  Well today would be the perfect day to go for a walk!

Notes:

We tip our hat to you Mr/Mrs Space Bat…R.I.P!!!  Now only if some of you picking the wedgie out of your crack this morn’ would attack life with the same conviction?!?  Have an awesome day, ENJOY!!!


Wednesday 21 March 2012

Remember, you’re as good as the best thing you’ve ever done-

**we are painting with a broad brush stroke today so you may want to put on your Random Fitness spectacles to read today’s post**

Today’s sign of the Apocalypse:

Sad thing is dear reader:  We received over 650+ emails yesterday defending the “Girlfriend” picture…Chew on that for a moment.

How many times do you encounter the following streams of mind cluttering rubbish during the day?  Do this not that, try this it worked for me, that’s too much, you are doing way too little in your life.  Don’t worry: 98.7% of our posts are not like the ones you read every so often…We do need to have a chat about happiness today though.  We spoke about vanity some time ago, so if you are “vain” click away now.  Not long after that we wrote about: Beating yourself up to run a 4 hr marathon, if that’s you click away.  We tend to stay away from diet due to the fact its uniquely personal, if you feel your diet is superior?  Click away now…Love and happiness today.  “Should we not also talk about Santosha?”  Hmm, good point!  Hell lets toss it in here as well…a nice frothy mix of love, happiness and contentment!

Wise man once said “There are two kinds of unhappiness”

1. Not getting what you want.
2. Getting what you want.

(Big High-Five to the peep who can name that “Man”)

Whew, where were we?  There are many, many different directions to take this conversation today although let’s agree now on one guiding principle: You alone are complete.  How many times during the day do you click the “Like” button adding a bit more confusion to your daily intake?  That’s what we feared…Do any of these sound familiar as you look in the steamy mirror this morning?  Restless dissatisfaction, Pressure to be exceptional, Unrealistic achievement (Yup that’s you Mr. 4+hr marathon dude!), Feelings of superiority or inferiority, or both, Excessive fears of being humiliated, Obsessive self-focus.

Without going on or another 1000+ words…Please take away after reading this kind morning: That caring, being happy in your body and a sense of humility go a long way.

Please, honestly take a moment to read this sometime today:  Are We as Bad as the Worst Thing We’ve Done?

We’re not the experts here, remember?

The Plan-

The Real March Madness kicks off this weekend not the water downed invite everyone to the show crap you have been watching for the past week!  Rule out the teams from Michigan to win solely on principle.  Let’s take our eyes out east for a moment to Union College and Cornell: True institutes of higher education!  What a majestic State New York is!  Honestly, any other team could win as long as it’s not Michigan, Western Michigan, Michigan State or any state that borders Michigan!!!

That completes our D1 Hockey coverage for the year, thanks for reading.

The Workout-

Warm Up until you have developed a nice lather…followed by an old favorite of ours here:

Hollow Rocks…30 minutes or so worth!  Yeah that really is The Workout today…Either you will feel horribly uncomfortable later in the day or you will feel quite fine and dandy?  One thing is for certain:  You just don’t flop on the floor and do these peeps!  It’s a gentle process of small muscle recruitment and activation…4 Peeps reading know why this is important?  Are you one of them?

Notes:

We are going to be updating the links stuff here soon.  If you have any solid-proven-goal oriented program links you would like to add by all means pipe up and send them in!  The program today is a killer, no joking about it!  Be safe and ENJOY!!!


Tuesday 20 March 2012

A 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

If 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

All 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!!!