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Training is an event

ejwood79 — Mon, 24 May 2010 03:35:46 +0000

In my walk back from the coffee shop to my apartment, I spent some time reflecting. We spend tons of time training our bodies to do great things, but how much time do we spend training our minds? Many don’t. So when life deals a shitty hand that can’t be resolved with strength of body, you’ll need strength of will and strength of mind instead.

That thought immediately brought me to two quotes from Rip, here’s the first:

On response to a guy who had some life problems lately and afraid of sounding like a “pussy”: You don’t sound like a pussy at all. You sound like a normal human being, just like me, who thankfully has a barbell to keep him sane when things get shitty…and realize that one workout out of thousands does not affect your overall progress. Training is a process, not the events of one day. [Source]

That sounds like it was directed to me, even though it wasn’t. And if you wanted to recap the last few “personal posts” of late, that’s the general message. Powerful people are powerful in body, mind, and spirit. You must train all three.

Second quote:

There is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that produces the level of central nervous system activity, improved balance and coordination, skeletal loading and bone density enhancement, muscular stimulation and growth, connective tissue stress and strength, psychological demand and toughness, and overall systemic conditioning than the correctly performed full squat.

So that tells me how to train my body.

What are the most powerful exercises to train one’s mind and spirit?

cycle 101

ejwood79 — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:30:48 +0000

cycle 101: four rounds of a triplet of the following sequence: climb, seated intervals, 2 minute seated sprint. recover through the rest of the third song, start over. each round should start at a higher resistance.

Warm-up

Life In Technicolor II – Coldplay

Round 1

Dead End Friends – Them Crooked Vultures
Savior – Rise Against
March Of The Pigs – Nine Inch Nails

Round 2

Fader – The Temper Trap
Monkey Wrench - Foo Fighters
Same In The End - Sublime

Round 3

Kings and Queens - 30 Seconds to Mars
Amphetamines - Eve 6
Intermission - Panic! At The Disco

Round 4

My People – The Presets
Honest Mistake - The Bravery
Cinders - Matt & Kim

Cash out

Call Call - The Faint

Cool down

Reckoner - Radiohead
Signs – Bloc Party

Thanksgiving starts early…

ejwood79 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:04:11 +0000

There was no one at work yesterday. Just no one at all. So I’m going to join the crew and start my break a little early, by working from home in the morning, getting some much needed chores done, and getting a CF and CFE WOD in today.

I’ve also decided to stop twittering my food log. I know, you’re stoked. Sorry about that… that was dumb. I have no idea where it’s going just yet, so I’ll just do it on here for now.

Daily log

7AM CrossFit @ RunTex: 10 swings @ 60lb (35+25db), 1 burpee; …; 10 swings, 10 burpees. 10:58. burpees are slow for me.

breakfast: 3 egg omelette with chicken, bruschetta, and pesto. mixed berries. black coffee. 9 fish pills.