Image via Wikipedia 3 rounds for time of: Run 800 meters 1.5 pood Kettlebell swing, 21 reps (scaled to 27.5lb dumbbell) 95 pound Thruster, 21 reps (scaled to 50lbs) 21 Pull-ups (assisted) I’d say that was fun, but it wasn’t. 34:30 Perhaps predictably the 800s were the hardest thing for me. Of note, I did [...]

Image by Perfectance via Flickr For time: 45 Double-unders 135 pound Squat clean, 45 reps 45 Ring Dips 45 Double-unders CFWUx3, skipped dips As rx’d: 15:01 Of note: First round of DUs, 39 / 6. Second round unbroken. I was doing the squat cleans in bursts of anywhere from 5 to 9. Those were murderous, [...]

The beer mile?!?! What a horrible idea. First, I left the zone a little bit last night, in terms of all the drinking. I really tired hard to have protein with the drinks to stay in the zone, but you know how that goes when you have too many drinkys.. With that said, I attempted [...]

For Time: 45 double unders 45 squat cleans (used 75 pounds) 45 ring dips (subbed 135 regular dips) 45 double unders 27 minutes and some change, I can’t remember… This one was long because of the dips, but hey it felt good to do 135. I tired to get some good depth with all. Think [...]

In the history of bad but glorious ideas, there have been many that rank. The Leaning Tower of Pisa The Platypus & The Mosquito Jambalaya ABBA Strippersize However, here in Colchester, CT, after a series of strong drinks – martinis, vodka/tonics, a plethora of Bud Lights, and two Balvenie Doublewoods – Will, Cindy and I [...]

“Lynne” Five rounds for max reps of: Body weight bench press Pull-ups Yeah, what is up with this… I am not the lifting type, but hey my husband is.. so i decided to go for this one.. Will told me to just go for it – “you should be able to lift your body weight”. [...]

James is all busy waxing poetic. I’m just posting: Beer Mile, as rx’d: 13:46 I think if I did it before 11 drinks, I could have broken 12.

Image via Wikipedia “Lynne” Five rounds for max reps of: Body weight bench press Pull-ups CFWUx3, skipped pullups and dips Weighed in at 249.4 this morning, so the bench press was 250.  Oddly, so were the pullups. Round 1 – 6 Bench, 8 pullups Round 2 – 7 Bench, 7 pullups Round 3 – 7 [...]

Image via Wikipedia CFWUx3, skipped pullups, sub ring dips 3 rounds for time of: Run 800 meters 1.5 pood Kettlebell swing, 21 reps 95 pound Thruster, 21 reps 21 Pull-ups Didi this one at the house – two trips up and back on the driveway for 800 meters.  I don’t have a 1.5 pood kettlebell, [...]

3 rounds for time of: Run 800 meters 1.5 pood Kettlebell swing, 21 reps 95 pound Thruster, 21 reps 21 Pull-ups 28:14 Yikes – this one was really hard. My 65 pound thrusters were slow after my first set of 11. I was trying to go for 5 and then 3. My legs were a [...]