01 Oct 08
WOD
For time
"Jackie"
1000 meter row
Thruster 45 lbs (50 reps)
Pull-ups (30 reps)

30 September 08
WOD
Hang Snatch
5 sets of 3 reps (go as heavy as good form will allow)
Core Work
4 Rounds
10 Wind shield wipers from the rings (substitute is the same but conducted on the floor)
15 Med ball throw situps

The following is a special request for the "Space Monkey" only, all others should tread lightly.

"The Wabbit"
400 meter run
25 Deadlift (225lbs)
25 Wall Ball
25 Sumo Deadlift High Pulls (95lbs)
25 Push Press (95lbs)
25 Pull-ups
25 Push ups
25 Buprees
25 Box Jumps
400 meter run
WOD is to done with 20lb weighted vest (vest will be supplied)

Sarah Proofing

Miss Sarah has way too much energy. She takes off running through the kitchen towards the dog door, changes her mind and applies "brakes" trying to stop ...leaving nail gouges in the new kitchen floor. She like to run around and around the kitchen slipping and sliding and skidding ...leaving nail gouges in the new kitchen floor. The new kitchen floor already looks like it has had years of abuse. So, I broke down and Sarah-proofed the floor. It is a mismash of area rugs, throw rugs and runners that don't even come close to matching and it is going to be a pain to clean --but the floor is protected. Maybe, just maybe she will calm down and I can go back to a nice runner that matches the kitchen. Maybe.

29 September 08
WOD
5 Rounds
400 meter run
21 Swings
12 Pullups
Rest 1 minute between rounds.

26 September 08
WOD
3 Rounds
250 Row
5 Tarp Drags = approximately 60 meters (200 pounds (m)/150 pounds (W)
20 Pullups

I Don't Understand Why You Keep Putting Me Outside

Meet Miss Sarah (as in Sarah Palin and the whole lipstick on a pit bull thing). She is the newest member of our household...maybe. I found her and her buddy at a service station on a busy road dragging chains behind them. What can I say - I'm a sucker so I loaded up both of them and brought them home. One night was all it took for me to realize there was just no way I could keep both...even for one more night. So we decided to try and make Miss Sarah a part of the family. She is probably about 6-8 months old and full of energy. She gets in trouble for: chasing Cessie, barking in the house, jumping up on us (and everyone she sees), leaping from chair to sofa and back again without her feet ever touching the floor, putting her paws on the counter to see what is up there, sniffing at the garbage can and eating out of Pete or Cessie's food bowl. Her worst trait is food aggression. Food aggression is not tolerated in this household. We are working on it but until I think it is "conquered", she will not be allowed to be alone with Cessie. I'm not that worried about her being alone with Pete - he will very calmly put her in her place. Not sure how he does it but he is like that with all the neighborhood dogs - they just know he's the boss although I've never seen him be ugly with them. But this isn't about Pete, it is about Miss Sarah. Wish the best for her - if she doesn't shape up, she's shipping out. I hope she shapes up - she is the sweetest, most cuddly lapdog you have ever seen. She just loves to cuddle.

25 September 08
Thursday
WOD
Sprint practice
2 x 200 meter
3 x 100 meter
4 x 50 meter
Rest 1 minutes between sprints
Finish with Core work
4 rounds
10 Toes in the ring
10 Walk outs

For those unfamiliar with the DOT drill

24 September WOD
Wednesday
"666"
Go in sequence and complete 6 reps per movement. You have 20 minutes to go through the sequence and your score will be the last movement you complete in under 20 minutes. Weights for barbell = 95 (M)/55(W), kbell 53(M)/35(W), Dbell 35(M)/20(W) that being said scale as appropriate. During warm-up I will take you thru the movements that are unfamiliar and give substitutes.

1 Air Squat 23. Box Jump 45 Dumbbell Push Press
2 Front Squat 24 Lunge 46 Dumbbell Push Jerks
3 OverHead Squat 25Walking Lunge 47 Dumbbell Split Jerks
4 Back Squat 26 Jumping Spit lunges 48Dumbbell Thrusters
5 Press 27 Slam Ball 49Push Press Wall Ball to 10 ½ feet
6 Push Press 28Broad Jump Slam Ball 50Wall Ball
7 Push Jerk 29Jumping Pull ups 51Double Unders
8 Split Jerk 30Pullups to the Chest 52Shuttle run
9. Thrusters 31Clapping Pull up 53 Squat Thrust
10 Deadlift 32L-sit Pull ups 54 Burppees
11. Sumo Deadlift High Pull 33Pull ups 55Burpee With Pull-up
12. Power Clean 34Rope Climb 56Box Jump Burpees
13. Clean 35 Sit ups 57 Broad Jump Burpees
14. Hang Squat Clean 36 Rockers 58 Lateral Burpees
15. Power Snatch 37Knee to Elbow 59Double Leg Mountain Climbers
16. Snatch 38 Glute Ham Sit ups 60Dot Drill
17. Hang Snatch 39Back Extension 61Push Up
18One arm swing w/kbell 40 Dumbbell Deadlift 62Clapping Push ups
19. Kbell Swing (2 hands) 41 Dumbbell Clean 63 Hand stand push ups
20. Kbell Snatch (alt arms) 42 dbell Snatch (alt arms) 64Ring Dips
21. Kbell Clean (alt arms) 43Dumbbell Split Clean 65 Jumping Ring Dips
22. Kbell Jerk (alt arms) 44 Dbell Split Snatch (alt arms) 66 Parallel Bar Dips

23 September 08
Tuesday
WOD
Deadlift
3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Work up to your max triple
Finish up with Handstand pushup and Handstand walking practice

This is an official annoucement for the "Space Monkey" and any other non-believer. The Wabbit did 23 Pullups last thursday.

22 September 08

Monday

WOD

4 Rounds

250 meter row

25 Pullups

50 Pushups

75 Air Squats

The pullups, pushups, and air squats can be broken down into 5 rounds of 5,10, and15 respectively.

Team 6 Training Schedule
15-19 September 08
All recommended weights are simply that recommendations, scale as appropriate.

15 September 08
Monday
WOD
For Time:
3 Rounds of 21, 15, and 9
Deadlift (225 Men/155 Women) scale as appropriate
Pull-ups

16 September 08
Tuesday
WOD
Find your max for handstand pushups
Find your 15 rep max for thrusters (goal 75% of bodyweight)

17 September 08
Wednesday
WOD
5 Rounds
200 meter run or 250 row
15 Burpees

18 September 08
Thursday
WOD
Find your max (consecutive reps) for pull-ups
Run 5K for time

19 September 08
Friday
WOD
5 Rounds
400 meter run
20 Wall-Ball shots
20 Kettlebell Swings

Schedule for those deployed or out of town

08 September 08
Monday
WOD
3 Rounds
400 meter run
21 Burpees
12 Pull-ups

09 September 08
Tuesday
WOD
Run 5K for time

10 September 08
Wednesday
WOD
5 Rounds of 25 reps per movement
Pull-ups
Broad Jumps (6 feet per jump)
Push-ups
Thruster (with odd object ie., rock)


11 September 08
Thursday
WOD
30 Handstand Push-ups (take as long as needed and work on technique)
Finish with 3 runs of 800 meters (rest 3 minutes between each 800)

12 September 08
Friday
WOD
3 Rounds 1 minute per movement/ with 1 minute rest between rounds
Jumping Split lunges
Clapping Push-ups
Sit-ups
Air Squats
Pull-ups

Team 6 Training Schedule
08-12 September 08
All recommended weights are simply that recommendations, scale as appropriate.

08 September 08
Monday
WOD
Slamin’ Helen
3 Rounds
400 meter run
21 Slam Ball
12 Pull-ups

09 September 08
Tuesday
WOD
Overhead Squat 5 sets of 5 reps with 75% of bodyweight
Rest 2-3 minutes between sets
Finish with 2000 meter row for time

10 September 08
Wednesday
WOD
5 Rounds of 12 reps per movement
Pull-ups
Box Jumps
Sumo Deadlift High Pulls
Wall-ball
Push-Press

11 September 08
Thursday
WOD
Squat Clean 5 sets of 5 reps with weight = to bodyweight
Rest 2-3 minutes between sets
Finish with 3 runs of 800 meters (rest 3 minutes between each 800)

12 September 08
Friday
WOD
2 Rounds 1 minute per movement/ with 1 minute rest between rounds
Jumping Ring Dips
Row (for calories)
Hang Power Cleans
Thrusters
Push-ups
Sit-ups
Air Squats
Pull-ups

Team 6 Training Schedule
01-05 September 08
All recommended weights are simply that recommendations, scale as appropriate.

01 September 08
Monday
WOD
For Time:
4 Rounds
400 meter run
50 squats
Warm-up: Samson Stretch, Pull-ups, push-ups, and sit-ups

02 September 08
Tuesday
WOD
Deadlift: 5 rounds of 5 reps
Rest 2 to 3 minutes between rounds and attempt to go as heavy as possible.
Finish with Core circuit
5 rounds of:
10 Med Ball throw sit-ups (find a partner and use a 10 lb ball)
10 Knee to Elbows

03 September 08
Wednesday
WOD
3 Rounds for time:
21 X Thrusters (95 pounds men/65 pounds women)
21 X Back Squats (95 pounds men/65 pounds women)
21 X Pull-ups

04 September 08
Thursday
WOD
Power Snatch
3 rounds of 3 reps
Rest 2 to 3 minutes between rounds and attempt to go as heavy as possible.
2 rounds of
Run 1 mile
Rest between each round half the time it takes you to complete the mile.

05 September 08
Friday
WOD
5 rounds for time of:
20 Slam Balls
15 Ring Dips
5 Dead Lifts (225 for men/ 135 for women)

Finally a parent that knows how to discipline.

Team 6 training schedule
25-29 August

All recommended weights are simply that recommendations, scale as appropriate.

25 August 08
Monday
WOD
For Time:
400 meter run
21 Overhead Squats (75% of bodyweight)
21 Pull-ups
400 meter run
15 Overhead Squats (75% of bodyweight)
15 Pull-ups
400 meter run
9 Overhead Squats (75% of bodyweight)
9 Pull-ups
Recommended warm-up: 3 rounds X 400 meter jog, Burgener Warm-up with PVC (3 reps per movement) http://www.mikesgym.org/gallery/video/burgWarmup.swf , push-ups (no more than 25 reps), and glute-ham sit-ups (no more than 25 reps).

26 August 08
Tuesday
WOD
Find your max for each of the following movements:
Front Squat
Shoulder Press
Weighted Ring Dips or Weighted Push-ups (have partner place weight on your back)

27 August 08
Wednesday
WOD
3 Rounds of 1 minute per movement, each rep will count as one point,
Push Press (50% of Body Weight)
Box Jumps
Knee to Elbows
Slam Ball
Rope Climbs/Pull-ups (5=1 rope climb)
Recommended warm-up: 3 X 500 meter row, Swings (No more than 15 reps), L-Sit Pull-ups (If you can’t complete more than 5 reps, then practice L-sits on the parallettes).

28 August 08
Thursday
WOD
Power Clean Max
5000 meter Row for time

29 August 08
Friday
WOD
For time
800 meter run followed by:
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Handstand Push-ups and Dumbbell Squat Cleans (The combined weight of the two dumbbells should equal 40% of your body weight)
800 meter run
Recommended warm-up: 3 X 400 meter jog, Burgener Warm-up with PVC (3 reps per movement) http://www.mikesgym.org/gallery/video/burgWarmup.swf , pull-ups, push-ups, and sit-ups

Sweet Marguerite, It's Alive!

I planted a few of the Sweet Potato Vines this Spring. Apparently, they really like this spot as they have taken over this bed and have spilled out onto the lawn. Each time we mow they get hacked off but by the next mowing they have grown even further. There are several shrubs and perennials underneath this mess and I have to the cut the vine back around them as well. I probably should just go ahead and do a severe trim but I'm kinda curiuos to see how far they'll go before season ends...we still have a couple of months to go.

Best Laundromat Ever!

As soon as the floor was finished, I went to work on the paint and trim in this area so we could move the washer and dryer in permanently - they don't work so well in the middle of the living room. During the kitchen remodel, the laundry area was moved so we went without a washer and dryer. Once the plumbing rough-in was finished, we attempted to use the washer but that was a disaster - the drain was capped off somewhere under the house and water splashed all over the floor during the spin cycle. A few times we put the drain hose into a 33 gal trash can but that was lots of trouble, too. It would fill the can about 2/3 of the way during one wash and that thing is pretty heavy to haul outside and dump. And we have a low water washer - I can't imagine how much water those top-loading numbers use. We survived by wearing clothes multiple times and resorting to clothes we haven't worn in years (not sure why we still had some of them). Heck, once we even broke down and bought Michael new socks - don't laugh, it beats going to the laundromat. Have you been to one of those places lately?

First Supper

It finally happened! I was able to use my stove for the first time. The gas company came out to run the gas line over a month ago but didn't have the part to convert the stove to LP gas. They would have to order the part and come back. A month later it was still on backorder. I didn't push the issue then because we couldn't get into the kitchen anyway due to the floor situation. But when I realized the floor drama was coming to an end, I decided to go online and order it myself. Three days later (and $50 cheaper) it was on my doorstep so I called the guys back to hook up the stove. Calzone isn't quite what I expected to be cooking for the inaugural meal but it was quick and didn't require a lot of dishes. When we moved here, all of the kitchen items were taken straight to the attic since we were renovating the kitchen --with the exception of one skillet, one pot, a good cutting knife, and a couple of place settings. We'll probably unload the attic this weekend but until then dinner is gonna be quick, simple and on disposable foil platters like this one.

Band Profile

Finally got all of the doors and windows trimmed out so things are starting to look finished now. The rest of the house has 1x4's with backband so this is what I'm doing in the kitchen. Of course, I ran into a problem. I can't find the backband. The stuff I found at the big box hardware stores, and the local hardware store, fits around standard door casing that is only 11/32 - not 3/4" leaving a gap between the back of the backband and the wall. Too large of a gap to caulk. Found a millwork place in Raleigh that carried it. They didn't have any in stock but they did have something so similar, "You wouldn't notice the difference". I drive an hour to Raleigh and it's different. Not so much that you would notice it, but different enough that it won't fit without cutting it. The sales guy tells me it's made for 7/8 so you MIGHT have to run it through a table saw and cut it down. Now why didn't he tell me that before I drove an hour (two roundtrip) - how did he know I had a table saw...what if I didn't...jerk. Anyway, it is much nicer than the other stuff and I did drive all that way...guess I'll get it. Here's the profile of the backband -pretty substantial.
I ran it through the table saw and it fits great. Now it's time to prime and paint. Still have to do a little more work on the banding that goes around the dining nook windows not to overhang the window stools - probably have to run those pieces through the shaper. After all this work, maybe I should have just made my own.