Thursday, May 30, 2013

Heavy Working Fitness Workout #102

Day 24/58

INTENSITY:
9-6-3 Reps of:
Hang Power Clean (155/115)
Barbell Walking Lunge (155/115)
Burpee Box Jump Overs (24/20)
KB Swing (2p/1.5p)

RESET:
2 Rounds of:
60s Weighted Squat Bridge (3p / 2p) - 1.5p KB in each hand
10 KB Snatch, Alternating (1.5p/1p)
10 Barbell Floor Wipers

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Deadlift, Ball Slam and GHD Sit-Up Fitness Workout #101


Day 23/58

INTENSITY:
21-15-9 Reps of:
Deadlift (255/185)
Ball Slams (20/14)
GHD Sit-Up

RESET:
2 Rounds of:
50 Double Unders
Max HSPU
or 2 Minutes HSPU work / Handstands

Paleo Bacon Wrapped Dates


My wife made some of these a few weeks ago...they are amazing! Then again, just about anything with bacon would be, right?

Ingredients:
  • 8 bacon slices, cut in half
  • 16 large Medjool dates, pitted
  • 16 whole almonds
  • toothpicks (optional)

Instructions:
  • Preheat oven to 375 F
  • Open up dates gently with a knife.
  • Stuff each date with an almond, and wrap with half of a bacon slice. Secure with a toothpick if necessary.
  • Place on a shallow baking sheet and bake, bacon seam down, for about 7 minutes.
  • Flip and bake for another 7 minutes or until bacon is crispy.
  • Serve warm or cold, and store leftovers in the refrigerator.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Farmer's Carry Chipper Fitness Workout #100


Day 22/58

INTENSITY:
For time
400m Farmers Carry (35x2 / 15x2 bumpers )
40 Push Jerk (115/75)
400m Farmer's Carry
40 Snatch Shrugs (115/75)
400m Farmer's Carry
40 Front Squats (115/75)

RESET:
3 Rounds of:
5 Tire Flips
10 Around the Worlds (45/25), Left
10 Around the Worlds (45/25), Right

Monday, May 27, 2013

Pull-Up, Wall Ball and Sit-Up Fitness Workout #99


Day 21/58

INTENSITY:
3 Rounds For Time of:
20 Pull-Ups
30 Wall Balls
40 Sit-Ups

RESET:
With a dumbbell, perform:
20 Right Arm Press
20 Left Arm Press
20 Right Arm Hang Power Cleans
20 Left Arm Hang Power Cleans
20 Right Arm Dumbbell Swings
20 Left Arm Dumbbell Swings


President Ronald Reagan's Remarks at Memorial Day Ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, May 31, 1982


May 31, 1982 

Mr. President, General, the distinguished guests here with us today, my fellow citizens:

In America's cities and towns today, flags will be placed on graves in cemeteries; public officials will speak of the sacrifice and the valor of those whose memory we honor.

In 1863, when he dedicated a small cemetery in Pennsylvania marking a terrible collision between the armies of North and South, Abraham Lincoln noted the swift obscurity of such speeches. Well, we know now that Lincoln was wrong about that particular occasion. His remarks commemorating those who gave their ``last full measure of devotion'' were long remembered. But since that moment at Gettysburg, few other such addresses have become part of our national heritage -- not because of the inadequacy of the speakers, but because of the inadequacy of words.

I have no illusions about what little I can add now to the silent testimony of those who gave their lives willingly for their country. Words are even more feeble on this Memorial Day, for the sight before us is that of a strong and good nation that stands in silence and remembers those who were loved and who, in return, loved their countrymen enough to die for them.

Yet, we must try to honor them -- not for their sakes alone, but for our own. And if words cannot repay the debt we owe these men, surely with our actions we must strive to keep faith with them and with the vision that led them to battle and to final sacrifice.

Our first obligation to them and ourselves is plain enough: The United States and the freedom for which it stands, the freedom for which they died, must endure and prosper. Their lives remind us that freedom is not bought cheaply. It has a cost; it imposes a burden. And just as they whom we commemorate were willing to sacrifice, so too must we -- in a less final, less heroic way -- be willing to give of ourselves.

It is this, beyond the controversy and the congressional debate, beyond the blizzard of budget numbers and the complexity of modern weapons systems, that motivates us in our search for security and peace. War will not come again, other young men will not have to die, if we will speak honestly of the dangers that confront us and remain strong enough to meet those dangers.

It's not just strength or courage that we need, but understanding and a measure of wisdom as well. We must understand enough about our world to see the value of our alliances. We must be wise enough about ourselves to listen to our allies, to work with them, to build and strengthen the bonds between us.

Our understanding must also extend to potential adversaries. We must strive to speak of them not belligerently, but firmly and frankly. And that's why we must never fail to note, as frequently as necessary, the wide gulf between our codes of morality. And that's why we must never hesitate to acknowledge the irrefutable difference between our view of man as master of the state and their view of man as servant of the state. Nor must we ever underestimate the seriousness of their aspirations to global expansion. The risk is the very freedom that has been so dearly won.

It is this honesty of mind that can open paths to peace, that can lead to fruitful negotiation, that can build a foundation upon which treaties between our nations can stand and last -- treaties that can someday bring about a reduction in the terrible arms of destruction, arms that threaten us with war even more terrible than those that have taken the lives of the Americans we honor today.

...

The willingness of some to give their lives so that others might live never fails to evoke in us a sense of wonder and mystery. One gets that feeling here on this hallowed ground, and I have known that same poignant feeling as I looked out across the rows of white crosses and Stars of David in Europe, in the Philippines, and the military cemeteries here in our own land. Each one marks the resting place of an American hero and, in my lifetime, the heroes of World War I, the Doughboys, the GI's of World War II or Korea or Vietnam. They span several generations of young Americans, all different and yet all alike, like the markers above their resting places, all alike in a truly meaningful way.

Winston Churchill said of those he knew in World War II they seemed to be the only young men who could laugh and fight at the same time. A great general in that war called them our secret weapon, ``just the best darn kids in the world.'' Each died for a cause he considered more important than his own life. Well, they didn't volunteer to die; they volunteered to defend values for which men have always been willing to die if need be, the values which make up what we call civilization. And how they must have wished, in all the ugliness that war brings, that no other generation of young men to follow would have to undergo that same experience.

As we honor their memory today, let us pledge that their lives, their sacrifices, their valor shall be justified and remembered for as long as God gives life to this nation. And let us also pledge to do our utmost to carry out what must have been their wish: that no other generation of young men will every have to share their experiences and repeat their sacrifice.

Earlier today, with the music that we have heard and that of our National Anthem -- I can't claim to know the words of all the national anthems in the world, but I don't know of any other that ends with a question and a challenge as ours does: Does that flag still wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

That is what we must all ask.

Thank you.

Note: The President spoke at 11:35 a.m. at the cemetery in Arlington, Va. Prior to his remarks, he placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers.

Sunday, May 26, 2013

AMRAP CrossFit Fitness Workout #98


Day 20/58

INTENSITY:
AMRAP 12 Minutes

10m Sprint
10 KB Swings (1.5p/1p)
10 Double Unders
10m Walking Lunge

RESET:

3 Rounds of:
500m Sprint Row
Rest same amount of time it takes to row 500m
5 Man Makers (45s/25s)


Endurance Series - Week 3

Phase Length: 8 Weeks
Week 3 of 8

Monday:5 x 100m Sprints, EMOM
Tuesday:1600m Backwards Run
Wednesday:4 x 250m Row, 2 min rest
Thursday:Intensity Only
Friday:For Time 1.5m Run
Saturday:45 minute: Ruck
Sunday:3 Rds, Max Push-Up, 2 min rest

Rest no less than 4 and no more than 6 minutes between the Endurance and the Intensity WOD.

For additional information on CrossFit Endurance, check out http://crossfitendurance.com