BLACKBOARD – 28 July 2014

Workload: A. Back Squat: 5×5 *SAME weight as last week Then: B1. 6 Minute AMRAP: 30 Wallballs 5 Handstand Push-ups Then: 5 Rounds of: 12s Plank Hold (Exaggerate shoulder forward and protracted – Rounded upper back) 12s Hollow Body Hold (No Rock – If difficult and spine leaves ground please scale down to a tucked hollow … Continue reading

Penance

Treating training as a journey was the philosophical beginning for our programming.  This was to get away from the idea that there is a conclusion.  But, within that original philosophy I lost track that knowing WHY you are on a journey may be the most important component. What I originally valued during my journey was suffering. … Continue reading

BLACKBOARD – 25 July 2014

Workload:  A1. Weighted Chin-up: 5×5.   *Find a weight that is slightly challenging but you know you can hit without failure for 5 sets of 5. If you do not have a deadhang chin – Perform Inverted Rows or jump up to a chin-up hold and try to lower down with control (3-5 seconds to … 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...