Thirty Something

Thursday, May 9th, 2013

Warm up/Mobility:

Posterior chain floss, 1 minute per leg
Keg Drill, 1 minute
Fire Hydrants, 10 each direction, each leg

Classic Strength:

7 x 3 Deadlifts, rest as needed

     Notes: Focus on perfect starting position and loading up the hamstrings before each pull. Use blocks or plates to elevate barbell according to your start position.

Advanced Strength:

7 x 3 Banded Deadlifts, rest 60 seconds between sets

     Notes: Load barbell to 55% of your 1RM and use a blue or green band. If you are proficient at the deadlift starting position, feel free to use a 25 lbs plate as a deficit on top of the bands.

Classic Conditioning:

10 Minute AMRAP
5 Pull ups
10 Hang Power Snatches, 75/55
15 Push ups

Advanced Conditioning:

10 Minute AMRAP
10 Pull ups
15 Hang Power Snatches, 75/55
20 Push ups

Summer Six Packs:

5 Bridge Attempts
15 Sloooow Toes to Bar

     Notes: Bridge attempts may be performed with feet on a box. Focus on opening the shoulders! Toes to bar are meant to be strict (no kip) and controlled, especially on the way down. Do not rush these.

 

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Yeah Sal!

My friend Nick Conn, owner of CrossFit Goodland, and a stupid strong athlete, posted this last week and I thought it was great to share.

From ’20 Things I Wish I’d Known When I was 30, by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.’

“When I was thirty, I was living my dream. I’d already accomplished most of what I’d set out to achieve professionally: leading scorer in the NBA, leading rebounder, leading blocker, Most Valuable Player, All-Star. But success can be as blinding as Bill Walton’s finger in the eye when battling for a rebound. I made mistakes. Plenty of them. In fact, sometimes I wish I could climb into a time machine and go back to shake some sense into that thirty-year-old me. If I could, here’s the advice I would give him . . . “

     Obviously, you can read the article if you want to finish out the list.  This piece resonated with me, and I chose to share it, because Kareem’s first sentence about having achieved everything he wanted professionally when he was thirty was something I could relate with.  I wanted to share it because although I also started living the dream at 30, I stupidly, foolishly, did not realize that life will continue to kick you in the balls afterwards.  Coaching, training, and endlessly studying CrossFit IS the dream.  And it still is.  If I could go back though, from the eyes of someone who knows how this feels like Kareem, I really appreciated what he had to say to his 30 year old self.  Personal favs were:

7.  Be patient.

10.  Being right is not always the right thing to be.

16.  Don’t be so quick to judge.

     I know some of you probably have choice words for your younger selves, too.  Let’s hear them.

 

 

 

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