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Open Water Swim/Bike Brick

Published 05/28/2010

Trying to take advantage of the good weather, headed to Barber’s Pond for a swim/bike brick.  I have a new approach to planning my WOD’s.  Instead of committing to doing deadlifts in the gym on Monday for example, I just write what I want to do in the gym for the week.  That way if...

Playtime in the Big Boy Sandbox

Published 05/26/2010

Back to the dunes on a beautiful day.  Used the surroundings to create a fun but challenging metcon. Warmup – run to big dune, crawl up, run down, lunges, o/u hurdles, pushups, sprint up dune, run down, walk/run to small dunes Main – sandy metcon.  3 rounds for time of: sprint up/run down, 16 kg KB high pulls x 12/side, Turkish getups x...

Active Rest - Puerto Rico

Published 05/25/2010

Vacation week!  No formal exercise was planned or needed for the seven days at La Isla del Encanto.  Of course, there was plenty of activities on the itinerary that called for some strength and endurance work.  Significant items are as follows: Getting some breakfast for the day:   My buddy Mike Poland at Velauno hooked it up with...

Time for Tuck's!

Published 05/03/2010

You know those crazy things that get talked about but never come to fruition?  The ones where people all say “yeah i’m in” but once the enthusiasm subsides, you all know it will never happen.  Well, it happened  Saturday.  I won’t lie; I was not very persistent after originally bringing up the prospect of hiking up to Tuckerman...

Labor of Love

Published 04/30/2010

“Off day” yesterday included more garden prep.  This WOD was simple, archaic, effective and went as follows: Load a lot of rocks in wheelbarrow Push 60 yds to woods Carry and drop, place, step back and rub chin, move and place into better spot x 100 +/- the rocks are much bigger in person! End result = gratification.  If nothing else,...