Tuesday 3 April 2012
Posted: April 3, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: crossfit, exercise, fitness, health, hipster, intensity, jogging, kettlebell, life, marathon, motivation, natural, paleo, perspective, recovery, rest, running, walking, yoga 31 CommentsBenjamin is nobody’s friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavour, he’d be pralines and dick-
Spring is in the air and nothing quite captures or so eloquently describes the essence of what it means to us here…This Dude, We worship at his feet:
We have a dirty little secret we need to confess to you this morning: We genuinely do not like weight training. More specifically, destination weight training like driving to a gym to pick up stuff and gently put it down. Long time readers know why this is true: Its tedious, limited and boring. Scientific studies have shown that exercising helps you live a longer life…A longer life to spend in the gym!?!
Ask yourself this morning as you drive off to the gym in your fancy new yoga pants that scream look at my glorious rear(this applies to you as well chico)…Why do I want to live longer in the gym?
The Plan-
The Workout-
As always: Outside in the elements, with the kids/family/friends…
Spend 10 Minutes Tumbling (Forward rolls-Backwards etc…Loosen Up)
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Inverted Rows (Playgrounds are full of spots to do these) followed by:
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Feet Up Perfect Push Ups (Park Bench? Swings…?!?) followed by:
3-5 Perfect Pull Ups
And now the fun part! Look off into the distance, not through the trees maybe right up to them? Ready…Walking Lunge’s all the way until you finally reach a pine tree and want to give it a big hug!!! 400 to 800 Meters maybe?
If you are feeling frisky feel free to pick up little Jasper and carry him in a Rack Position or Over the Shoulder? And why would Inverted Rows and Walking Lunges be important…Feel free to comment if you have an idea?
Notes:
As always play around with the rep scheme this morning to something that may suit you better. It truly is awesome to do this stuff outside…Granted there are more people looking at you like you are insane and delusional. The albóndigas at the gym miss you right now. Be safe and ENJOY!!!
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!!!
Thursday 29 March 2012
Posted: March 29, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: biking, exercise, fitness, gym, health, life, meditation, running, swimming, walking, weight loss, workout, yoga 13 CommentsSweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head-
What better way to celebrate this bright sunny morning after a grueling program yesterday? Why with a Rest Day of course served up nicely this morning with a dash of “Best Caption to the Picture Wins Something”:
The Plan-
The Workout-
Rest Day…Quite Meditation always does the body good, so we have been told?!?
Notes:
Take the time today to step back, take a deep cleansing breath and relax. Most importantly be safe today and ENJOY!!!
Wednesday 28 March 2012
Posted: March 28, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: biking, crosfit, exercise, fitness, health, life, marathon, meditation, motivation, perspective, pilates, running, trail running, walking, WOD, yoga 20 CommentsWhere beams of imagination play, The memory’s soft figures melt away-
Today’s sign of the Apocalypse: Broga Yeah you read that right and trust us: It is what you are thinking it is…Now as much as we poke light-hearted fun at all the yoga/soccer moms sitting in their shiny black suv’s today. Of course they are wearing their “toe” concealing Lululemon pants…Silly question! It’s only fair that we throw the dudes under the bus as well. Just the other day outside a local co-op we overheard the many “benefits” that Broga has for the male species. The only item we would like to add: Dudes, if you are going to do this do it right…Speedos just like the Spanish fellows were wearing in Majorca last summer!
Moving on…What better way to follow-up the pop quiz from yesterday…Oh, a test! It won’t hurt we promise…CLICKY HERE when you have a free moment sometime this morning. We understand life is busy right now. Really, there are so many choices of organic baby carrots to choose from at the market today. “Who has the time to worry about “my body”? Certainly not me!?!” Take solace in the fact that these posts do in one way or another flow together. Just like the concomitant injuries you keep tossing around from day-to-day. Chances are tripping on a twig during your morning trail run closely correlates with the fact you left the toilet seat up last night and the old lady proceeded to put a beat down on you (rather a brisk beat down to boot)!
Simply: Take the time to listen, daily: Every waking minute of the day. Who knows one of these days you may break in two only to try to explain to the doc how it’s your wife’s fault!?!
The Plan-
This concludes our diet chat for the year. Thanks for reading…Watching!
The Workout-
Pulled from our “300th post and no we are not going to lament over it” series here at CultFit HQ.
Warm Up into a thick hardy lather…Followed by our signature and hardest program (new peeps, give it a go and prepare to be humbled quick. Like Grandma quick!!!)
45-60 Second Hand Stand Hold followed by:
35 Perfect Push Ups
45-60 Second Hand Stand Hold
30 Perfect Push Ups
45-60 Second Hand Stand Hold
25 Perfect Push Ups
45-60 Second Hand Stand Hold
20 Perfect Push Ups
45-60 Second Hand Stand Hold
15 Perfect Push Ups
45-60 Second Hand Stand Hold
10 Perfect Push Ups
45-60 Second Hand Stand Hold
5 Perfect Push Ups
Six to seven minutes or so in a hand-stand and 140 Perfect Push Ups…How hard can it be? Pretty darn hard especially if you don’t use a wall…
Notes:
Well this is what 300 hundred feels like…300 posts that is. Like life this has been a journey, albeit a splendid one due to one simple reason: You!!! *Fighting back crocodile tears* Throw out all the self glorifying stats that drive some here on the blog-o-sphere to do some pretty profound and lame things. When we get a comment or an email from a passionate peep who shares our simple message: “Listening to and respecting your body”? That’s all that matters to us here, honestly! Be well friends, yeah life sucks at times (not as much as the 8am class at YogaMed…JaJa pervs!!!) just keep in mind that “You alone are the best workout tool you will ever need“, 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!!!
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