WHITEBORD – 9 February 2012

Workload: 4 Rounds of: 10 Romanian Deadlifts (50% 1 rep max deadlift) 10 Strict Pull-ups 1 Minute Plank Hold Then: 500m Row for time Notes: Click the hyperlink above for a demo of the romanian deadlifts.  You don’t have to lower the bar to mid shin if you get a hamstring stretch prior to this … Continue reading

WHITEBOARD – 8 February 2012

Workload: 4 Rounds of: 2 Handstand Presses 15s Handstand Hold 8 Box Jumps (30/24) Then: 6 Rounds of Alternating Rope Whips: 30s On 30s Off Notes: Perform the handstands facing the wall. If you are not confident with the movement perform them piked and with your feet on a box. Not a huge fan of … Continue reading

WHITEBOARD – 7 February 2012

Workload: 3 Rounds of: 1 Legless Rope Climb 10 Inverted Rows 330m Row Notes: Pretty short one.  Be cognitive of your shoulder positioning during all of this pulling.  A rope climb is pretty hard to pack the shoulders so be extra diligent with setting up your inverted rows and finishing the indoor row with good … Continue reading

  • John Donne – Meditation 17

    No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee...