TheBadMan on September 24th, 2009

Hi, sorry for the short notice but the morning sessions for Friday, September 25 (tomorrow) are cancelled.  Sleep in and get ready for Saturday!

TheBadMan on September 23rd, 2009

“It seems to me that people have vast potential.  Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks.  Yet most people don’t.  They sit in front of the telly and treat life as if it goes on forever.”

Philip Adams

WOD

5 rounds for time of:

10 Medicine Ball Deadlift

10 Medicine Ball Hang Power Clean

10 Medicine Ball Press

10 Slamball

5 Wipers

20 Walking Lunges

This photo actually has nothing to do with the WOD, Matt saw a spider and sent him to a better place.

This photo actually has nothing to do with the WOD, Matt saw a spider and sent him to a better place.

Marcy          Skill Work

Jess              10:54

Mindy          11:34

Scott             16:06

Barbara         9:54 (3 rounds)

Sir                  9:33 (3 rounds)

Michelle       10:53

Agnes            13:00

Tory               13:24

Deavon         12:03

Matt               12:15

Heidi              11:38

Joan               12:04

Duffy              11:25

Clarke             Snatch

Tony               12:17

TheBadMan on September 22nd, 2009

“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”

Anne Bradstreet

WOD’S

Strength

Deadlift 3•3•3•3•3

Deadlift 12-15 Reps

Metcon

7 Rounds of:

100 Jumprope

20 Abmat Sit-ups

10 Mountain Climbers

5 Squat Jumps

Jeff working the squat

Jeff working the squat

Metcon Times

Agnes           15:56

Steve             15:10

Marcy           Skills

Sarah “C.”    14:17

Jess               12:40

Mindy           14:32

Tory               20:10

Hillery           14:24

Jenn               20:47

Ted                 15:32

Jeff                  10:03 (scaled)

Joan                16:20 (8 rounds oops)

Clarke              11:04

Craig                15:31 (scaled)

TheBadMan on September 21st, 2009

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

Michael Jordan

WOD’S

Strength

Back Squat 3•3•3•3•3

Metcon

Complete AMRAP in 12 minutes of:

10 Pull-ups

10 Box Jumps

5 Push-ups

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Metcon Completed Rounds

Agnes           7

Marcy          Skills

Deavon        6

Jess               Skills

Barbara        Skills

Mindy           5

Sir                  Skills

Hillery           6

Matt               5

Jenn              5

Ted                6

Clarke           11

Steve              5

Heidi              6

Jeff                 Skills

Joan               7

All scaling up or down noted in journals

TheBadMan on September 19th, 2009

“Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.”

Confucius

The WOD

2 Person Teams

Row as many meters as possible in 20 minutes

1 team member rows while the other chips away at these movements

200 sit-ups

150 Step-ups

100 Push-ups

100 Squats

500 Jumprope

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Sarah “C.” & John

Total meters rowed in 20 minutes: 4,326

Total Time:                                                22:20

Kelly & Scott

Total meters rowed in 20 minutes: 3,893

Total Time:                                                26:50

TheBadMan on September 18th, 2009

“You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.  You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.”

W. Somerset Maugham

Strength

Press 3•3•3•3•3

Press 12 - 20 Reps

Metcon

5 Rounds Of:

10 Thrusters

100 Jumprope

Michelle               7:56   30lbs

Mindy                    8:55   35lbs

Sir                           Skill Work

Hillery                   6:50   35lbs

Tory                        7:08   25lbs

Steve                       8:10   75lbs

Scott                       14:15   65lbs

Sarah “C.”             5:19   35lbs

Jeff                           NFT   PVC/25lbs

Jess                          6:45   35lbs

Ted                           8:24   65lbs

Joan                         7:41   35lbs

Heidi                        6:53   30lbs

TheBadMan on September 17th, 2009

“The wisest mind has something yet to learn.”

George Santayana

Strength

Front Squat 3•3•3•3•3

Back Squat 12-20 Reps

Metcon

AMRAP in 10 Minutes of:

12 Medicine Ball Power Cleans

9 Knees To Elbows

6 Burpees

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Mindy              6 Rounds

Jess                   5 Rounds

Barbara           Skill Work

Sir                      Skill Work

Tory                   5 Rounds

Scott                  3 Rounds

Steve                 6 Rounds

TheBadMan on September 16th, 2009

“We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.”

Malcolm Gladwell

WOD: 4 Rounds

For Time & Glory Complete

400m Farmers Walk

30 Kettlebell Swings

20 Box Dips

10 Wipers

Mindy               35:55   20lb DB’s/35lb KB

Jess                   NFT     2 rounds active rest 20lb DB’s/35lb KB

Barbara            30:01   10lb DB’s/10lb KB

Kelly                  25:10   12lb DB’s/20lb KB

Michelle            30:30  20lb DB’s/26.5lb KB

Scott                   47:23   25lb DB’s/35lb KB

Tory                    33:20   15lb DB’s/26.5lb KB

Hillery                37:41    20lb DB’s/26.5lb KB

Heidi                  33:28   20lb DB’s/26.5lb KB

Sarah “C.”         34:17    20lb DB’s/35lb KB

Joan                   42:31   20lb DB’s/26.5lb KB

Jenn                   21:47   20lb DB’s/26.5lb KB(2 rounds)

Tony                   32:31   30lb DB’s/35lb KB

Duffy                     NFT   2 rounds

TheBadMan on September 15th, 2009

“That is what learning is.  You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way.”

Doris Lessing

Strength

Deadlift 3•3•3

Deadlift 12-15 reps

Metcon

5 rounds of:

10 Step-ups

20 Abmat Sit-ups

30 Squats

60 Jumprope


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Agnes            16:35

Clarke           11:25

Deavon         14:35

Jess                12:27

Mindy            13:22

Sarah “C.”    12:00

Sir                    NFT

Tory                22:09

Scott               26:30

Jen                  NFT

Jeff                  26:26

Heidi              12:37

Steve               14:49

Joan                13:23


TheBadMan on September 14th, 2009

“Much learning does not teach understanding.”

Heraclitus

Strength

Back Squat 3•3•3

Metcon

Row 500m

5 rounds of

10 Push-ups

10 Pull-ups

Row 500m

Agnes           12:51

Clarke            8:50

Mindy           15:14

Barbara         NFT

Hillery           11:44

Matt                 NFT

Jeff                   NFT

Michelle         16:22

Ted                   12:37

Heidi                16:24

Steve                 11:56

Jess                   14:55

Joan                  13:30

Tony                  10:55