Fit Women are Hot

ok. so i know there are a few ladies who read my blog, some comment and some lurk. the one's who comment are friends of mine and they know my opinion on this. for everyone who doesn't here it is for what it's worth.

i know a lot of ladies who are gorgeous but think they aren't. why does this matter to me? it matters b/c i am actually a pretty caring guy and it hurts me to see people who don't love themselves who have every reason TO love themselves.

what the woman says in the beginning of this video is pretty right on. i'm letting her say it b/c she's a woman and i'm not and as such, she has far more credibility. i am just +1-ing her points. skinny, minny weakling fitness "models"= not hawt.

ladies doing ring push ups, muscle ups, swings, snatches, pull ups, dead lifts, olympic OH squats, burpess, etc = HAWT.


DO NOT BELIEVE THE HYPE! Almost no one wants your hips and clavicles bugling with hunger. don't get "skinny"... get functionally fit! Gain the skills to move and use your body- THAT is sexy.

ps: that woman doing those burpees @ 4:51 is EATING them for breakfast. talk about hitting the deck...

Ketchup

Friday-

24KG C & P ladders: 2 sets of 3 rungs, 3 sets of 2 rungs, then 3 rounds of singles

8 rounds 5 pull ups

60 alt leg raise crunches

3 rounds 4-8 second dragon flags

Sat-
OFF

Sun-
5x5 DL day @ 215lbs. Got all 5. Form better, lifts strong, recovery faster!

Mon-
Workout out w/ my friend Nia in Austin at her garage gym.
6 rounds of 30 second alternating rope work then 5R/5L 24KG snatches
then 3 rounds of 24KG C&P practice

BTW....

"I never saw a wild thing
Sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
Without ever having felt sorry for itself."

- D. H. Lawrence

swing for the fences

did my second 'swing mountain' day. used the 24KG this time. went for 400 swings in 30 min. GOT IT! did the first 90 swings straight with no rest then moved to sets of 30 and at the very end, 20. felt GREAT!

Tuesday

Did alternating presses with the 24KG. Got 2 to 2.5 per side for about 4 rounds then dropped to singles for each side for sets of 2-3 depending.
Then I worked on 24KG snatches, focusing on my grip and controlling the bell properly on the way down. Wasn't really counting reps but I would say I probably did about 60-80.

Got Convict Conditioning from DD yesterday in the mail. Read the first section of it. About to start to get into the meat of it- pretty stoked.

Weekend Wrap

Friday-

GTG w/ 24KG snatches

Saturday-
GTG w/ 24KG snatches and 5 sets of 2-rung C&P Ladders w/ the 24KG

Sunday-
GTG w/ 24KG snatches and HEAVY DEAD LIFTING DAY! YES!
Pavel's 5x5 plan @ 201lbs.

Got all of them and lifts felt great and super strong. Also my lower back is much less fatigued today than it has been last 2 previous Monday's. I am excited!

I realized...

after re-reading that article that I didn't start off the way I should have with my climbing my own mountain.

Next week when I start, I am going to start again with the 24KG and go for 300 swings, unbroken. I wont make it. I will note how many I make it through the first time without putting down the bell and then the next time try to beat it until I get to 300 unbroken swings with the 24KG. From there I will jump up to the 32KG and start cycling and adding reps/time restraints.

It's going to be a brave new world.