Friday 24 February 2012
Posted: February 24, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: crossfit, cycling, fitness, health, motivation, perspective, running, yoga 1 CommentGo outside and take a deep breath of fresh air before attempting to murder us-
This post today has the potential to become fragmented and touches on some sore subjects for some of you, our dear readers.
As some of you know we have been lamenting about pain all week and how we basically do a few stupid things with it, like: Ignore it, work through it, use it as a barometer to gauge our progress and many more. Now this is where we try to delve into the minutia and go sideways…Our crack Research Department has shown that 23.7% of you are flippantly ignorant in some aspect of your life. Say hello to yoga, foam rolling, cardio barre burn, active recovery days and whatever novel term you may use to ease your pain, OK?
What we are proposing to you is to allow balance and symmetry to ease into all aspects of your daily life. Face it we all on one level or another are fragmented in our programs. Wake up at 5am and kill a workout/run for an hour, update Facebook and twitter, rush off to work and the rest of the day spirals out of control. Mix and match it anyway you like, it happens. “Well like hey smarty pants, how do you go about fixing my problems?” First start by reading this: Slow Movement With Awareness (as always we defer to an expert rather than pretending like we know what we are doing here?!?)
So what is the next logical step when you are finished not listening to the pain your body is constantly providing you? Step back and take a deep breath? Or continue doing what you were doing in the name of a free bit of schwag and a race bib?
What fundamentally happens when you are in pain? Some common examples of pain from our readers are stressing over not getting the close spot to the door and the poor selection of granola at Whole Foods as well as the feeling of anxiety before the big race? You breathe harder, faster and basically you breathe more. Say hello to Uncle Ujjayi Pranayama
We spew a fair amount of rubbish around these parts and a few of our readers have adapted the keen ability to weed though it over the last year. Try to spend the weekend working on this technique, it would be time well spent! Remember every minute spent practicing is better than the minute before…
The Plan-
The Workout-
Warm up thoroughly into a nice lather doing what you do best, then:
CultFit Pro Agility Test
Set up three cones (or anything else lying around) five yards (or meters for our Canadian friends) apart:
Start at the middle cone with both feet and one hand on the ground
Sprint five yards right or left to an outside cone
Plant, touch-line and sprint 10 yards in opposite direction to far cone
Plant, touch-line and sprint five yards in opposite direction through middle cone
Get after it today!!!
If this is you first time doing this program today take it easy and get into a flow before you go nuts. If your goal is to injure yourself? Go balls to the wall the first time through!?!
Notes:
Enough about pain its time to move on with life. Rest up this weekend and 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!!!
Friday 3 February 2012
Posted: February 3, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: crossfit, fitness, free good hippie porn, free range, girl scouts, health, hippie porn, motivation, pilates, running, yoga 3 CommentsYou cannot step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on-
Yet another long week is coming to an end and who’s to say we didn’t have an awesome one at that? We do everything around here for a reason and contrary to some of the bloviated emails we receive daily, not everyday in the gym is all out global thermal nuclear war! As we age and time goes on we step back to realize that “You know what?” “Just because everyone else is doing it doesn’t necessarily mean that we need to do it.” We could write for the next ten months giving specific examples and spoon feed it to you with care, gently just like your are used to in your daily life. Not here, not today never at CultFit HQ- Dear reader: You are smarter than that.
The Plan-
What we are hinting at today is not the lack of willpower. That excuse is to easy to use: “Hey bitch get out-o-my face!” “The little terrorist Girl Scout said I need to eat all of these caramel delights right now, so suck it!” That’s easy, way to easy and we use it all the time (insert your own excuse right now).
Although, some of you peeps will use willpower to force yourselves to directly engage in a dangerous behavior, even when you dislike what you are doing. All of this is done you claim for the sake of acceptance. Because we are perpetual smart-asses around here and Uncle Mo likes to shout out in meetings: “Yeah, like the yoga mom/pant militia!” “Or anyone who does X-Fit to get better at yoga/pilates?” Those are some examples. You could also throw diet in as well or pretty much anything else in your daily life.
So on that note dear reader…Carry on clicking the like button after reading two sentences. Continue to run too many miles in a week. Go to your yoga class for vanity and selfish reasons (yeah that’s you isn’t it?). Let everyone know you love apple pie via twitter and most importantly: Keep doing what you are doing for acceptance?!?
The Workout-
Warm Up as you feel like and:
For about an hour or so. Followed by:
200 Perfect Push Ups
200 Goblet Squats
200 Perfect Swings
200 Reverse Lunges
200 One Arm Presses (100 each arm)
And because you have no willpower- Once you pick up the weight off the floor, it stays up!
Notes:
Hand count class?!? How many of you feel like your current program is depicted in the image below? That’s kinda what we thought, it’s fine little buddies. Rest up this weekend enjoy the Rugby game on Sunday and prepare to get after it next week, ENJOY!!!
Wednesday 1 February 2012
Posted: February 1, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: courage, fitness, grace, handstand, health, living, motivation, perspective, push up, running, yoga 1 CommentThe price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side-
Alright get ready for this one albóndigas! According to our Research and Admin Department here at CultFit HQ, 50.1% of our readers are of the female persuasion. “So what does that mean?” Nothing really although if we had to take bets on who opines the most today we highly recommend you take the over on the chicas at 20 emails…
Given the capricious ways of the female species let’s start with a picture to get things really fired up around here:
You don't say?
Now hmm hmm…we’re down here guys, don’t worry she isn’t going anywhere.
Bad news girls, you didn’t wake up like this and if you did you know how hard it is to stay in such peak condition…(topic for another day). Instead, and guys listen up closely as well: Try to roll out of bed being mindful of who you are and not what you wish to be?
Research has proven that the first few things you do upon waking is:
- Update your Facebook status
- Tweet you are running late for work after ignoring the alarm on your iPhone thingy
- Press the remote start on your car
Women and Men of the inter-webz please listen up! Like it or not you place an infinite amount of undue stress on your body worrying about the chic in the picture above. Stress we can live without. Awhile back we wrote about the topic of stressing over stress (Goggle it), Instead of torturing you again here is a link from a reputable spot so check it out: READ UP
The Plan-
The Workout-
Now that you have become aware of a few things let’s take a moment to expose a few glaring holes in your program…
30 Second Hand Stand Hold- No walls, no support, no flopping around (if you can’t make it this far…) followed by:
30 Hinge Perfect Push Ups (hinge once walk out and then 30 push ups)
30 Second Hand Stand Hold
25 Hinge Perfect Push Ups
30 Second Hand Stand Hold
20 Hinge Perfect Push Ups
30 Second Hand Stand Hold
15 Hinge Perfect Push Ups
30 Second Hand Stand Hold
10 Hinge Perfect Push Ups
30 Second Hand Stand Hold
5 Hinge Perfect Push Ups
30 Second Hand Stand Hold
1 Hinge Perfect Push Ups
Not that time ever really matters around here at CultFit HQ. Having said that if you struggle to do this in under 15 minutes or so or can’t do a Hand Stand without the aid of a wall? Pull up another workout from “That Site” and feel free to comment on how it worked out for you?!?
Notes:
Grace, flow, stillness and a heavy breathe all reside in the program above. Look within yourself and find the courage and confidence to take on the challenge today. Life is not easy nor is a workout pulled from some random blog-o-sphere site as easy as it seems, ENJOY!!!
Tuesday 1 November 2011
Posted: November 1, 2011 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: crossfit, cultfit, elite program, elite yoga, Farmers walk, goblet, grip, hipster, intensity, kettlebell, push ups, random fitness, WOD, X-Fit yoga, yoga Leave a commentLearning is not compulsory… neither is survival-
Hopefully everyone made it home in one piece after Halloween last night. The individual below on the other hand…
The Plan-
It’s time to be completely honest with us here at CultFit HQ Random Fitness peeps. How many of you just roll right through your given workout without giving any thought to what you are actually doing? We thought so and it changes today. Listen to your body the rest of the week…
The Workout-
Not for time…
20m Heavy Farmers Walk…Followed by:
20 Perfect Push Ups
3 Goblet Squat Holds
We prefer you do this first set barefoot for the following reason: Actively spread your toes during each step and grip the floor beneath you. If you feel you are a danger to your well-being and stand the chance of dropping the weights…Don’t. Every movement we do is under control and planned with a purpose. Heavy Farmers Walks give us the perfect opportunity to perform single rep dead-lift right?
20m Heavy Farmers Walk…Followed by:
20 Perfect Push Ups
3 Goblet Squat Holds
Quick feet this time while still gripping the floor. Big chest and chin up, paying more attention to your core stability. Open No thumb), loose grip on the weight.
20m Heavy Farmers Walk…Followed by:
20 Perfect Push Ups
3 Goblet Squat Holds
Gently and importantly, under control lean forward and let gravity assist during this set.
20m Heavy Farmers Walk…Followed by:
20 Perfect Push Ups
3 Goblet Squat Holds
Notes: During the last set put all the pieces together and walk it out until your grip fails you. ENJOY!!!
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