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!!!
Tuesday 27 March 2012
Posted: March 27, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: crossfit, exercise, fitness, health, jog, jogging, life, motivation, natural, paleo, perspective, pilates, recovery, rest, run, trail running, Walk, walking, WOD, yoga 8 CommentsWe are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates-
Pop quiz time peeps! Ready? Here we go:
Try not to worry too much about the numbers at the moment. Openly ask yourself the questions and preferably ask them aloud, like right now. That little nugget of brain residing between your ears likes to sabotage events from time to time.
The Plan-
Life is wonderful and very, very humbling at times. Our crack Human Behavior Lab here at CultFit HQ estimates between 98.9 and 99.9% of you have tried this before in some manner or another in your life. Of course we would never know that from your perfect slice-o-life-blog…
The Workout-
Pulled from our “Thinking Cap” series at CultFit…
Trail Run/Bike/Swim into a nice lather followed by:
5 Perfect Dead Hang Pullups followed by:
10 Scap Dips (elbows lose not locked – neutral head position – toes pointing/reaching to the floor) followed by:
5 Perfect 5 Count Push Ups (allow your breath to release you)
20 minutes or so of Leg Drains and Self Reiki
Pattern and Loading remember? Ten times through is pretty good and if the Pull Ups become a challenge: Change grip first then stop…if you are not initiating the pull through your axilla? It’s time to start patterning proper Perfect Pull Ups!
Notes:
If your goal is to strike a nerve today (literally) go ahead with the program with reckless abandon (four people know why this is the case)! Have a splendid day, let the sun warm your face before you set off this morning and most importantly, 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 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!!!
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!!!
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