Well, I suppose nobunny ate more chocolate than I did yesterday...Valentine's day was good to me in the respect that I got lots of chocolates, but it was bad to me in the respect that I ate lots of chocolates. At least one of the chocolates had a strawberry in it...the rest of them had a creamier version of chocolate in the middle, or had peanut butter in the middle. All in the name of love.
Here's a few things to think about:
"Polyface Farms" is being shown at the library on Thursday night. I encourage you to attend and learn about sustainable, small-scale agriculture. It's message is a bit "pie-in-the-sky" but it shows that one family is productive and profitable.
"In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men." -Cicero
Now, I'm not arrogant enough (although somewhat arrogant) to consider myself among the gods, but I'd have to say that the promotion of strength, stamina and sufferance is one of the easiest ways to enhance health. That, and a good, paleo-centric nutrition plan. "Partially paleo" is my approach, even if there's the occasional chocolate-laden mid-winter holiday to screw things up.
I spend a fair amount of time researching all things strength. Alot of "CrossFit hate" bubbles to the surface when I'm motoring around the Internet. There's plenty of CrossFit "Kool-Aid drinkers" to promote the brand and it's methodology, and there's a counter-community as well...critics and haters that either find fault with certain aspects of "Couch" Glassman's pride and joy or out-and-out hatred for anything CrossFit. Seems like plenty of folks pile on the hate bandwagon with immaturity and bravado. Some intelligent arguments as well.
I finally found someone who used to, but no longer hates CrossFit.
“A man can never to hope to be more than he is if he is not first honest about what he isn’t.” -Don Williams, Jr.
I like this because it exemplifies what we see in the gym every day...our methods expose your limitations. If you wanna get better, you need to find out where you need improvement. Think about this long and hard: what aren't you?
In the words of
Brian Wilson of
Potomac and
Patriot CrossFit, “What’s the best workout program? Whichever one you will do.”
Best comment ever: "No chick has ever looked at dude killing the elliptical and thought,
“I’d like to sit on that dude’s face.” THAT’S why the elliptical sucks."
Here's where it came from.Here's a comment from a discussion on some "unsafe" movements found in CrossFit. I agree and it reinforces my argument that you can't compare different movements...otherwise they wouldn't be different. The old "apples and oranges" analogy.
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Now, shall we get some work done?
- Warm up with several exercises that come from the "five basic movements". Ten minutes
- Spend ten minutes doing the two-handed get-up with a barbell. This is not a speed movement. Continually increase the weight, go for maximum poundage that can be safely brought to a standing position and back down to the ground.
- Once you've reached a significant degree of difficulty, see how many you can do without letting your arms bend or letting the bar hit the ground.
- Partner bear complex, remaining time:
- Load up a barbell with something you can both easily clean and press.
- Perform three reps of the bear complex. Your partner waits patiently until you complete all three.
- Hand the bar to your partner when you're done. Barbell can't touch the ground. Ever.
- While your partner completes three reps, grab some more weight. Add the weight to the bar while your partner still has the bar off the ground (after the three reps).
- Take the bar and do another three reps. Switch.
- Repeat until time to go home.
- This should be done quickly, without getting sloppy. If you are rushing through and not paying attention to your technique, you are an idiot. You know better than that.