Friday 100730
Happy Friday!
Workout
Push Press
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Then
400m Run
25-Pull-ups
25-65 lbs OHS
400m Run
25-65 lbs Thrusters
25-Sit-ups
400m Run
25-KB Swings
25 -Push-ups
Thursday 100729
Workout
Cleans
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Using 80% of your last clean, perform 2 Cleans on the minute for 10 minutes
Relationships Improve Your Odds of Survival by 50 Percent, Research Finds
ScienceDaily (July 27, 2010) — A new Brigham Young University study adds our social relationships to the “short list” of factors that predict a person’s odds of living or dying.
In the journal PLoS Medicine, BYU professors Julianne Holt-Lunstad and Timothy Smith report that social connections — friends, family, neighbors or colleagues — improve our odds of survival by 50 percent. Here is how low social interaction compares to more well-known risk factors:
•Equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day
•Equivalent to being an alcoholic
•More harmful than not exercising
•Twice as harmful as obesity
“The idea that a lack of social relationships
Wednesday 100728
Why going green won’t make you better or save you money
Workout
CFT (CrossFit Total)
Find a new 1RM for:
BSquat
Press
Dead Lift
Why going green won’t make you better or save you money
By Michael S. Rosenwald
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, July 18, 2010; G01
Like most Whole Foods shoppers, David Bain thinks he is a decent citizen of Earth. His family buys mostly organic food. They recycle. He recently fortified his green credentials by removing a leaking oil tank in his yard.
But here’s a head scratcher: Though the Bains live in Arlington within walking distance of Whole Foods, they often drive there in an SUV that gets just 19 miles per gallon. He has noticed that his SUV is not alone in the lot.
Does that make Bain a hypocrite? He paused
Tuesday 100727
Workout
Skill work today. Tomorrow, CFT (CrossFit Total)
Monday 100726
Today, there are 2 parts to the workout…
Workout
2000m Row Time Trial (the World Record is 5:36 for Men and 6:28 for Women)
Snatch
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
HARTFORD, Conn.
Although there is a clinically proven brain fitness training tool that helps older adults reduce their likelihood of being in a car accident, according to a survey from The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: HIG), 74 percent of drivers are unaware of those benefits. Playing the game-like, computer-based program DriveSharp™ for 20 minutes a day, three times a week helps older drivers cut their crash risk up to 50 percent, stop 22 feet sooner when driving 55 mph and increase confidence while driving at night and in stressful conditions.
Thank You
A big Thank You goes out to Team Larson.
Their BBQ was an excellent way for the TitanFit Family to meet and greet. While I can not speak for everyone, I know my family and I had a great time. You were great hosts and we really enjoyed your company.
Saturday 100724
Ah…Our last 5/3/1/ before next week’s CFT
Workout
Dead Lift
85% x5
90% x3
95% xAMRAP
The longer you sit, the shorter your life span: study
By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) — The more Americans engage in one of their favorite pastimes — sitting around — the shorter their average life span, a new study suggests.
The effect remained even after researchers factored out obesity or the level of daily physical activity people were engaged in, according to a study of more than 120,000 American adults.
It’s just one more reason to “get up and walk,” said Dr. Jay Brooks, chairman of hematology/oncology at Ochsner Health System in Baton Rouge, La. “The message here is like everything in your life. People need to recognize that the things you do every day have consequences. And if you’re in a job that does require sitting, that’s fine, but any time you can expend energy is good. That’s the key.”
The salutary effect of exercise on being overweight or obese, rates of which are at an all-time high, have been well documented.
But according to background information in
Friday 100723
Workout
It’a Friday Fun!
2 person Team WOD (each person does 50% of the WOD)
800m Run
100-45 lbs Thrusters
800m Run
100-Body Rows
800m Run
100-Push-ups (CrossFit Games Standard)
800m Run
Really
Soaring sales, wary words for toning shoes
Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff / Jul 23, 2010
A little instability is creating a whole lot of cash for sneaker makers.
Toning shoes — which are sneakers designed with an unstable sole so leg muscles have to work harder to maintain balance during everyday activities — are the fastest-growing segment in the footwear industry, with sales expected to jump fivefold to $1.5 billion this year.
But the shoes, advertised as sculpting your legs while you walk, are also raising concerns about false fitness promises for consumers.
Some sneaker manufacturers are hawking these toning shoes, roughly $100 a pair, as burning more calories, reducing joint stress, and improving posture. “Change your life’’ and “Get in shape without setting foot in a gym’’ are among the promotions Skechers is using for its best-selling Shape-ups toning shoes, which have a rolling bottom that simulates walking on soft sand.
But some fitness specialists suggest the shoes could be doing more harm than good.
Thursday 100722
Workout
Complete 7 rounds for time of:
5 BSquats @ 65% of 1 RM
5 Standing Broad Jumps (minimum of 3 feet per jump)
Kyle’s WOD…Who’s Happy That Kyle Will Be Defending Us?
Warm Up:
3 rounds for quality: 400 M run, 20 x pull-up, 20 x squats
Strength:
Work to 3RM Back Squat (BS)
Work Capacity:
Mother… 100 Back Squats for time (Body Weight) Every minute, on the minute, do 4 x Burpees
Durability:
Sprints: 1 x 800M (:60 rest), 2 x 400M (:45 rest), 4 x 200M (:30 rest), 8 x 100M (:15 rest). Stretch.
B setting a new Ring Dip record!
