1/24/13

Getting closer to moving in to the new place...Really nervous and excited about it all working out.  It has always been a dream to own a gym and more recently it has been a goal to own a gym that produces results and is just not your run of the mill cardio fairground.  As I look back at my relatively short fitness background, I used to go to the gym, do biceps one day and chest the next, once in awhile doing something relative to legs and back.  Mostly machine work just enough so that I was not a flabby wonder.  Now having gone down the path I have, I realize there is so much more.  Yesterday, did a workout that was pretty tough. For me, it was two parts: The first part was:
10 min AMRAP
squat cleans @ 135# with 4 toes to bar on the top of each minute.

Rest 5 minutes

The second part was 3 rounds for time:
25 Kettlbell swings 70#
25 burpees.

I saved a little too much for part B.  Even though I was dead by the end, I should have put up better numbers on the part A.
On a side note, I re-rolled my ankle today after rolling it last week.....Makes me not want to play basketball ever again....

New Spot

Box Elder Elite Fitness will be moving.  The are a variety of reason for the move, one so we have more space and can accommodate more people.  Another would be to have a place for my wife to park her car and not have weights dropping during nap time.  It will also be a place where a higher level of training can take place.  Lastly, my neighbor will not have to call the cops anymore because people are lifting weights in my garage.  It would be awesome to have more people join for the workouts.  People that know about what we do, often say things like I couldn't do that, or it is too hard.  My answer would be anybody can do it, just ask the super-fit ladies that have been working out in the mornings! And "if it were easy, everyone would do it."  I really believe that this type of training is one of the best routes you can go for a high level of fitness and better quality of life.  So officers Glover, Rackham and Calchera stop procrastinating and get in here.

Tuesday

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5 Rounds for Time:
Light Pole Sprint
2 Muscle Ups
4 Turkish Get Ups (each Arm)
8 Toes to bar

Great article from opt:

 

Hydration

 

Everyone knows just how important hydration is to essential metabolic processes, but just how important is hydration to performance athletes?  Think on this:

• At just 1% dehydration, you are looking at a performance hit of up to 10-12%.  For a 75kg athlete, this is a 750mL loss.  
• 2% dehydration have affect short/long term memory and slow reaction times
• Increased protein intake (remember last week? ) requires an increased need for hydration for both metabolism and clearance of ammonia/BUN.

What about "drinking to thirst"?  Thirst is a symptom of dehydration, and a survival mechanism; when this kicks in we are already at about 2% dehydration. 

 

Does food play a role in hydration?  Yes, most definitely: 20-25% of our water intake comes from whole food.  Add these water & nutrient dense food to your intake:

• Celery: 96% water; contains Na, K, Mg, Ph, Fe, Zn
• Watermelon 95% water; contains vitamin C (high in fructose, keep it PWO!)
• Bell Peppers, 92% water, contains vitamin C
• Cucumber: 95% water, contains Ca, Mg, K
• Cantaloupe: 90% water, contains K

Drink H2O frequently, and often; ½ BW in ounces daily.(165lbs=90oz=2655mL).  Track your own intake, see where you are at, and add nutrient dense, high-water content whole foods for optimal performance.

 

Saturday

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Someday I will go here:



Strength:
Back Squat 1 set of 8 70%, 1 set of 5 at 80% 1 set of 3 at 85% 3 sets of 2 at 90%

Conditioning:
13 Min AMRAP
3 Extra Range of Motion HSPU
6 Pull Ups
9 burpees

Friday

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Strength:
Work to a tough single power snatch
Close grip Bench Press 3 sets of 5......Grip is same as push press

Gymnastics:
Walk 200 Feet on Hands

Thursday

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An interesting article: http://thelifestyleleprechaun.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/mmm-may-i-have-some-poison-with-that/
I would like to see the research behind it but still pretty entertaining.

Strength and Conditioning:
20 Wall ball shots, 20 pound ball
20 Sit-ups
20 Box jump, 24" box
20 Push-ups
135 pound Clean, 20 reps
20 Double-unders
20 Thrusters, 35 pound dumbbells
20 Pull-ups
95 pound Overhead squat, 20 reps
20 Kettlebell swings, 1.5 poods
95 pound Push press, 20 reps
20 Dips
95 pound Sumo deadlift high pull, 20 reps
20 Burpees
135 pound Back squat, 20 reps
20 GHD sit-ups
20 Walking lunge steps
135 pound Deadlift, 20 reps
20 Knees to elbows
135 pound Front squat, 20 reps

Wednesday

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Strength:
Push Press 4 sets of 10
Hang Snatch 5 sets of 5
Hang Clean 5 sets of 5

Conditioning
10 Min AMRAP
1 Toes to Bar
2 HR Push up
3 Toes to Bar
4 HR Pushups
keep increasing by 1 rep till time expires