Field Day

Yesterday was field day- and a ton of new people showed up.

First we did side snatches to windmills 4R/4L for 3 rounds w/ the 24KG

Then 50 yard sprint to 38" box jumps, 2 rounds of 10, 50 yard sprint back to bellls.

Then 3 sets of 6-8 behind the back squats with the 24KG

Then the new folks showed up. We got out both tires. I did some tire flips. They did some tire flips. I taught them the swing and showed them the bells which ended up giving me another KB workout that had some KB burpees, C&P, renegade rows, TGUs, and other fun stuff.

It was a good day and a great time. The sprints and box jumps REALLY smoked me though which kind of bummed me out.

AoS Firepower this afternoon.

so so so sore

that guy might be lame BUT p90X FUCKED ME UP! my chest, back, shoulders and all points inbetween those places are so sore. i will be adding selected p90X routines into my workout schedule and probably back one day off Newport- so Newport once a week, p90X once a week, Firepower once a week and then whatever happens on the field T/TH's. rest on Fridays and Sundays.

p90X...

I found it today. Looked into it- was interested. My lower back is really tight from the law mowing and Firepower yesterday so I didn't want to do Newport today. (Don't worry, I will still do NP twice and FO once before Sunday so as to stick with my plan).

Due to the tightness, I decided to check out the p90X chest and shoulder workout- FUCK. It was hard. Period. First round I did some decent #ers (even though my pull ups SUCKED, i think its b/c bar i have inside is too low, its in a door frame. outside i have the jungle gym bars i can hang from- at least that's what I'm telling myself). The second round though- I sucked. Hard. I pushed too hard first round and died the second round. I hit all my goals for round 2 but they were very much scaled down. At least I had an accurate idea of what I could do.

My chest feels a little worked but shoulders feel wrecked! RUINED! Like Sodom & Gomorrah after G-D's wrath. They are so swollen and shaky. I like it.

Now- what I don't like is the p90X guy- I'm sure he's a great guy and all but he is just not my cup of tea. A little too X-TREME- like a Mountain Dew commercial + a little too much bro-seph attitude. I also don't like how the system sells itself with the talk of "ripped" whatever and "swollen guns". I'm sure its working for them and that's great and I'm sure its getting people into what appears to be a serious, effective workout plan (that includes a good looking diet plan I might add) but part of me (most of me actually) has a really hard time swallowing that. That's why I love Anthony D and his A0S products- ZERO bullshit, very little buzzword marketing (I say very little b/c all marketing is buzzword oriented).

I also don't like how they try and sell you their supplements and protein bars. Just my personal pet peeve. That being said, was p90X chest/shoulders hard- HELL YES. Can I hold my shoulders upright currently- HELL NO. Do I feel slightly nauseous- YES.

Take that for what it's worth and I apologize for the incessant amount of parenthetical comments.

Opening fire in Firepower

I did AoS Firepower for the second time today. While the performance wasnt rockstar, I'd say I stepped up to the plate and met it head on. I took very few breaks- only on the double alt cleans, seesaw presses (damnnit! i really wanted to get through this one but it wasnt happening) and the fig8 tactical lunges. I was getting so tired/weak on those I was almost falling. Aside from that, I feel like I did pretty damn good on this one-I feel good about a workout for the first time in about 3 weeks.

Score one for the good guys today.

Helping the environment AND my fitness goals...

sounds weird huh?

Well, today I officially bought an old-timey push mower and stopped paying someone to cut my yard.

My yard was out-of-control high so this first round with the new push mower was hard as fuck. I'm still sore from Newport yesterday so my back, my shoulders, my legs AND my lungs got killed mowing hte yard. It was AWESOME.

I burned a ton of calories. Got my heart rate up. Worked some muscles AND got a some house work done. ON TOP OF THAT- I am saving money on not paying a yard man, not buying ridiculous-priced gas, and not putting that much more waste into the atmosphere.

It is a win-win proposition all around. Only down side was my neighbors all looked at me like I was certifiable- but they already do that anyway thanks to the tire and the bells.

Aftermath- Newport

This was taken right after I got off the floor.

I did more of the exercises I really hate today- overhead lunges, dragon lunges, squat-overhead-presses.





"Hey Death- I'm a fuckin' mess, can you stop this beating in my.... chest."

Status report..

all systems are fucked. Newport and I are thwoing down @ 3pm today and I'm not walking away from it- I'll be in a heap on the floor.