Monday 5 March 2012
Posted: March 5, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: cycling, exercise, fitness, motivation, perspective, running 3 CommentsWhatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people-
Movement around the joints, not through them…We had originally planned to go over this last week to tie the concept of breathing-body awareness into a nice digestible bit of information for you. We didn’t, no big deal as this week will give us the chance to touch on a few things we neglect every day. Before we get too far ahead of ourselves some required reading is in order: Philosophie Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Sir Isaac Newton(Apologies for the link to Wiki-I-Have a Short Attention Span…)
Like it or not there are some laws that govern the way we move. Some fitness peeps out there fail to grasp this concept and it should also not be taken for granted that we are all different! Unless you have a twin or something, maybe a clone? None of you reading today are the same, move the same, or have the same history-genetic disposition. We all move and live differently…Got it?!? Let’s move on then…
Quick question? If we are all not the same, why do we do programs that lump us into one category? Uncle Sebastian’s front squat is dynamically different from Sister Susan’s for many different reasons. Yet, we still roll out of bed in the morning and pull a one size fits all program from the webz and kill ourselves for time doing it. Keep in mind that there may be a deeper message here as we purposely skim the surface of movement…
If you truly want to see our discussion in action stand up right now at your desk (put down the chai tea latte first) and stand on one leg. Don’t think about it, just do it! What happened? Notice anything? If you cannot answer this simple question you are out of tune with our body. Try it again later in the day on the opposite foot, close your eyes and see how you get on with it?
The Plan-
Clear your mind of all that is bogging you down right now. Its time for a game of CultFit Word Association (*cheers and fanfare erupt from the peanut gallery*)!!! The rules are simple: Look at the pic and say out loud the first WORD that comes to mind not your first thought! Slower peeps read the directions again…Ready?!? Here we go:
The Top Thee Answers not on the board are:
- Hippie Porn
- Cats
- Neck Beard
The Workout-
Pulled from our “Look at Me” archives here at CultFit HQ:
Warm Up into a lather…A sweaty not out of breath sort of warm up and proceed with the following:
5 Minutes of Tumbling (forward rolls, backwards etc)
5 Minutes of Hollow Rocks (find your balance in this position)
5 Minutes in a Hand Stand Hold (not all at the same time peeps)
5 Minutes of One Leg Standing Balance (duh, 2 1/2 minutes each leg preferably with your eyes CLOSED!!!)
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Heavy One Arm Perfect Presses (one-legged maybe?!?)
Notes:
Tune out the world and pay attention to how you move this week, ENJOY!!!
Friday 2 March 2012
Posted: March 2, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: crossfit, exercise, fitness, health, motivation, perspective, running 3 CommentsBelieving oneself to be perfect is often the sign of a delusional mind-
We believe it is time to have a heart to heart with you our dear reader. Other blog-0-types like to hold your hand and sweet talk you all the while spewing hypothetical little spells into your ear. If you enjoy being coddled and micro managed (horribly over used word)? We are at ease with that, we truly are. This all stems from our breathing chat this past week and how only a handful of peeps actually get “it”. Oh well, rocking out to Nickleback and literally beating yourself to death running junk miles gets people off. Yeah we could have traveled down the beaten and worn out science and methodology path as it relates to breathing; to what avail? Maybe a Top 10 list of exercises to help you breathe more efficiently would have been in order? The message we presented to you was an empowering one to allow the feeling of breathe to gently ease into your Social Media tuned out from existence life…The sad thing is if we would have said this: Derrick Rose is the most fraudulent MVP in NBA history (Well he is…deal with it). You would have stood up in defense and chimed in with some frothy dribble.
Today’s sign of the coming Apocalypse:
The Plan-
The Workout-
This is a culmination of all our work this week. Listen to your breath and allow it to be at the forefront of the movements today.
Not for time…
Warm Up as you see fit followed by:
5 Pillar DB/KB Hammer Curls flowing into 5 One Arm Perfect Presses (feet together, toes grabbing the floor-eyes forward-arm pits out-ears touch bicep at top of press)
Perform this for 25 minutes or so…Maybe get up to lets say: 200 total reps for each arm?!? Followed by:
30 Second Perfect Pull Up Hangs- Last 5 Seconds perform 1 Perfect Pull Up (Lengthen, flow, grace- thumb over top- allow your breath to escape you and return as you pull one perfect rep)
Perform this for 15 minutes or 15 Perfect reps
Notes:
That’s it! We promise no more talk about breathing…maybe? Science, charts and beating you over the head work for some, not us. Pay attention to your body and listen: It truly is amazing. And by amazing we don’t mean Nickleback amazing!?! Have a great weekend and ENJOY!!!
Thursday 1 March 2012
Posted: March 1, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: exercise, fitness, health, motivation, perspective, rest, running, workout 12 CommentsWith the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably-
Welcome to debauchery Thursday here in the CultFit V.I.P lounge. Feel free to kick off your vibrams and ease into the plush purple velvety love sac over here by the warm glow of the fire. You did it again yesterday didn’t you? The old Kummerspeck grabbed right-a-hold of you this time! Known as surfeit to some around these parts…Oh well one of our favorite past times here is partaking in a little Gadrii Nombor Shulen Jongu. It always helps to keep the banter pithy and fresh.
The Plan-
How To Get Fitness Classes For Free (Like here at CultFit)
Uncle Mortis is finally back from his running vacation in Mexico prepping for the Q50 Costa Rica in May and he would like blurt out a few things that have been upsetting him of late:
“First before I begin, I accept all of your apologies in advance. Now allow me to pontificate…”
Why do you have a 13.1 or 26.2 sticker in your car window? No one cares about the 4hr marathon you ran…While I’m at it who cares about your stick figure family as well?!?
Why is it when you search “Olympic Lifting” or “kettle Bell” all you get is CrossFit crap? Hello, the Olympics are right around the corner!
Can I go to the park with the kiddos and a set of rings and not be interrupted by Random Fitness apes?
Since when is wearing a shiny new pair of Inov-Eights an invitation for you to talk to me?
Peeps in Latin America do it right with their license plates. As in no one has lame ass vanity plates!
…Our sincere apologies peeps! Yet another reason why we don’t let Uncle Mortis near a computer. Where were we today?
The Workout-
Rest Day
Don’t forget about breathing though!
Notes:
Thanks for letting us waste your precious time today. We had a chat with Uncle Mortis about feelings and sensitivity. He still does not care…anyways have a great healthy day and ENJOY!!!
Wednesday 29 February 2012
Posted: February 29, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: cardio barre burn, crossfit, fitness, helath, motivation, news, opinion, perspective, running, yoga Leave a commentSecond star to the right…and straight on ’til morning-
Top Tip of the Day- If you are obsessed with the amount of visits your site gets daily and would like to add some more? Make a generic comment about Cardio Barre Burn and YogaMed! Our Web Stat Department reported a 126.2% increase after we did it recently…
In case you haven’t noticed today is a bonus day this year. Others will make a big to do about it and probably pen some witty blog-o-piece about doing something outrageous today to celebrate…NOT US!!!
We honestly hope you understand our lack of science this week when it comes to breathing. We could bore you to death with charts and graphs and all sorts of wonderful illustrations of human anatomy (You albóndiga’s would like that!). What good would it do rather than serve as yet another distraction for you during the day?
Instead fire up the Google Machine, crack open a fresh VitaCoco and read up on: Bellows Breathing
The Plan-
The Workout-
Prefacing the program today with “Don’t be an Idiot…”
Warm-Up like you have been doing all week and then simply lie on the floor in a corpse pose…Just lie there for about ten minutes feeling your breath. Then call over the kids, your cat, or something that weighs about 5-15 lbs or so and gently place it below your ribs and on top of your diaphragm. The tension you need to keep from folding in two is the tension we want you to have during all of our programs, Understand? If you don’t take a moment to read it again…So on that note:
10 Sets of 10 Perfect Push Ups (Chin touch, Eyes Forward, Feet Together at the bottom…Allow your breath to release you from the floor)
High Push Up Plank at the Top for 10 Seconds
Rules: A few of you will be able to perform the program today unbroken and a few of you will be absolutely broken by doing this wrong. Either way anytime you drop from the High Push Up Plank you add another Perfect Push Up to the next set. Are we on the same page here? We have set the over/under at: 125 Total Perfect Push Ups. How will you do?!?
Notes:
Have fun enjoying your extra 24 hours! No really have a blast and ENJOY!!!
Tuesday 28 February 2012
Posted: February 28, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: biking, brian dunkleman, crossfit, exercise, fitness, fitness world, health, motivation, perspective, running, trail running, workout program Leave a commentIt is possible to commit no errors and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life-
Mail Bag Time:
Sister Janice writes: “Love the workouts daily! Don’t get to do them much but they are inspiring and give me some ideas to kick around. Couple questions: Are the workouts always outside? Also I don’t have a pull up bar, what do I do?”
Thanks for reading and chiming in with a useful email Janice! First question: YES, Always outside not matter what the conditions may be! In today’s age of social media and disconnecting from reality it’s all to easy to make an excuse not to go outside for a program. Second question: Tricky one. If you do the outside thing there are pull up bars everywhere: Play ground equipment, gazebos, trees and so much more. Don’t be afraid to be “socially” awkward working out either! Home made rings, bands and other implements travel well and hang nicely from play ground equipment. Thanks again for the questions!
Brother Jasper writes: “Are you guys CrossFit or what”
Thanks for the email Jasper! Here is the answer you are looking for: No, not even close! For comparison sake consider us the Brian Dunkleman’s of the Random Fitness World and this is now CrossFit:
Where were we?!?
“You guys over there at CultFit HQ need to get your act together, quick!” “No one takes breathing seriously…” How do we tie together what we ramble on endlessly for weeks at a time? Let’s start with what we know are facts, everyone likes a healthy dose of facts during the day:
- You wake up and find a workout program on Pinterest or some X-Fit site that fits your level of fitness errr level of laziness.
- You find some crazy inspiring pic from the webz to get you all amped up and motivated.
- Update the pod thingy with the latest dub-step beats to tune the world out.
- Lace em’ up and take that first step on the weathered path of fitness righteousness.
That’s what you do right? In one form or another?!? The question is from this angle over here: What ties all of that mess together? We’ll make this easy on you with a question: What is the primary link between your body and mind?
One of the best tools you have available to you as a Random Fitness peep is your breath. If you take only one bit-o-info from this ramble today let it be this: Repetition and Training are paramount to your success. This is no joke, Uncle Pliny has been known to keep track of his breath count during runs. And has on numerous occasions pinpointed exactly how he was breathing as struggles were encountered along the way. All of our training approaches have one thing in common: They are practices, and, for the practice to be effective and beneficial to you? Pay keen attention to how you breathe. Allow breathing to become the starting point on your fitness journey!!! And you guys wonder why we go insane about incorporating strenuous activities and yoga together…You can stretch and do mobility drills all you want. Hmm do we smell a new cert on the horizon?!?
The Plan-
We know through research that some of our dear readers are indeed dogs. Look at this unbridled determination!
You don't get this feeling on a treadmill!!!
The Workout-
Remember this from yesterday?
Today and for the rest of the week Warm-Up into a lather before starting the program!
Swings, Pull Ups, Sprints, Inversions and Push Ups all seemingly harmless on the surface…
Not For Time…
3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 Perfect Pull Ups (Change grip each set, arm pits out lose torso, legs fully extended. The opposite of the Hand Stand Hold below!) Followed by:
30 Second Hand Stand Hold (Actively push through the floor and toes aim towards the sky. No flopping around either!)
If you do Pull Ups differently than the way you perform a Hand Stand? What is wrong with this picture? Care to comment…
Notes:
Remember the goal of the week peeps?!? ENJOY!!!
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