August 2010
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“Every man desires to live long, but no man would be old.”
– Jonathan Swift
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Self-imposed physical anguish vs. slow apathetic...
So here I sit, waist-deep in a four hour meeting at work, and I’m thinking about…pullups. And burpees. And how much I’d rather be gassed out by a brutal metcon, seeing stars and wrestling with pukie, than in my current state of relative physical comfort while pretending to give a shit about budgets and agendas.
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I
Hate
Thrusters
and they’re none too fond of me. :)
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My shoulders haven’t been this fried since…well…ever. We’re talking first week of CrossFit levels of soreness here. Monday’s awesome WOD was the culprit: 3 rounds of 30 Hang Snatch (75 lbs) and 30 Wallballs (20 lbs).
I was just reflecting on how it’s kind of nuts how much I’ve grown to enjoy this feeling — muscles that are sore because...
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“I generally think that if you haven’t failed, then you haven’t pushed yourself...”
– Jeff Barnett CrossFit Journal August 2010
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“A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.”
– George S. Patton
eddoeslife-deactivated20110202 asked: Morning, just ran across your Tumblr this morning. I'm new to CrossFit too - just started 2 weeks ago at CrossFit Milford and want to lose those 50 pounds you've already lost. Great job there.
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Somewhere between a bumper plate and a kettlebell...
Since the beginning of April, I’ve been doing CrossFit. I’ve gone from total skeptic to the guy mixing the kool-aid in that time, and with good reason. I feel better than I have since I was an 18 year old, and that was 20 years ago.
As of this morning’s weigh-in, I’ve lost 50 lbs.
More than a big bumper plate. Almost a 1.5 pood kettlebell.
I haven’t starved...
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“The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles...”
– Jesse Owens
WOD
3x5 deadlifts for strength, then
Run 800m
Then 21-15-9 of
Burpees and
Kettlebell swings (1.5/1)
Then run another 800m
Tough one (aren’t they all though?) -that last run was a slog.
I felt better tonight than I did last night. Avoided playing head games with myself and just settled in and enjoyed the ride. Those 1.5 pood kettlebell swings are still no friend of mine — I’m...
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“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable...”
– Mahatma Gandhi
great quote, but I’m pretty sure I can deadlift more than that dude.
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“I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.”
– Thomas Carlyle
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“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
– George Bernard Shaw
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WatchBand of Horses - Blue Beard
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“The real tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself...”
– Arnold Bennett
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“Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you...”
– William Saroyan
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“Better to die on your feet than live on your knees!”
– Emiliano Zapata
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The Beast of the East →
New fitness competition coming in October 2011! Suburban Connecticut! Fall foliage! Gut-wrenching feats of athleticism! Fun and friends! Check it!
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“All free men remember that in the final choice a soldier’s pack is not so...”
– Dwight D. Eisenhower, Inaugural Address
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For posterity...painstorm
Recording for my scrapbook…after a couple months of crossfit I finally made it in for a Painstorm Monday.
The Wod:
5 Sets:
3 x Ground to Overhead (choice of lift) 135 (scaled to 105) 15 x Ball Slams (20 lbs)
Run 800m
5 Sets:
3 x Power Snatch 135 (did 105 again) 15 Wall Balls (20 lbs)
Run 800m
All of the above times 2 rounds.
Ouch.
