Project Mayhem

The Lactic Report, 5.28.11  “Project Mayhem”

SANDBAGS XII.  

“Do you know what a duvet is?   It's a comforter...it's a blanket. Just a blanket. Now why do guys like you and me know what a duvet is? Is this essential to our survival, in the hunter-gatherer sense of the word?  No. What are we then?  Right. We are consumers. We're the bi-products of a lifestyle of obsession.”

Tyler Durden ~ “Fight Club”

Okay, the box score … 

Starting Line up:

J-Delta (12)

Buck (12)

Doc (11)

KX (10)

Michigan (9)

One-Lap (8)

NOLA (3)

Halle Berry (3)

Buckeroo (2)

The Workout

Ring o’ Fire:  The neighborhood mile for a warm-up and then right into the ‘Ring’ for Round the Horn.   Lots of commentary from Doc, KX, and NOLA during the Ring … something about the ‘Counting’ video and other gibberish drool.  Keep it up ladies.  I’ve been assured by Dredd and OBT that a visit to our little Outpost is forthcoming.  You can explain yourselves to them when the time comes.  In the meantime, I’ll count the cadence and you count the repetitions. 

The Dirty Details:  After 20 minutes in the Ring, two-man teams tackled the Six Lanes of Pain.  This week focused mostly on upper body:  Tire Flip, Dumbbell Kettles, Spartan Pushups, Seated Tire Pull, etc.  We also introduced a classic Crossfit workout “Chelsea”; well, actually Chelsea’s half-sister twice removed…   only seven rounds with no rest of 5 pull-ups, 10 push-ups, 15 squats.   For those still struggling with pull-ups, it was a helluva challenge.   Expect more of the same as we hit Fran next week.

Random grains of sand ….

Fashion Statement:   Week two demo-ing the 5-Fingers.  One-Lap rocked his Vibrams with me.  No issues with my Achilles but dang those things are fugly.

Snooze Buttons:   Forget the alarm clock’s warning … several brethren mailed it in on Saturday.  Late-night spread-sheeting for Smoke which we will excuse.  ROTC, who made it to my box twice last week for organized pain, missed movement altogether.  

Theory of More:  I’ll be the first to admit the term ‘burpee’ was a new one for me a few years ago.  Apparently that’s the popular name among the globo-gym crowd (and sadly even among my fellow Crossfitters).   FWIW, I cut my teeth on an exercise called ‘squat thrusts’.  The year was 1977, I was a sophomore in high school and my football coach (Coach Bramblett) loved squat thrusts.  His theory of physical conditioning was simple:  More is always more.  Fast forward to 1985, Fort Benning, GA, where another Devil in disguise (SFC Knox) reigned terror on all who stepped foot onto his PT field.   He too subscribed to the cleansing power of squat thrusts and the Theory of More.  Regardless of what you call it, the squat thrust (aka burpee) is a cornerstone of every workout.  Don’t get hung up on the verbiage, just do the work. 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS & NEWS

Calibration

Pull-up calibration was postponed to NEXT WEEK.  Looking for great gains from everyone.     

10x Teaser

Congrats to KX for hitting the 10x milestone.  Reminder, Smoke is giving everyone a pair of compression socks on your 10x.  Check out Smoke’s website.

http://4mylegs.com/

Announced Inspection

In the not too distant future, a Qrusader contingent (Dredd and OBT) will make a visit to our Sandbags workout.  Date is TBD.  More to follow.

 

Mid week training.  Morning runs (6:00 a.m.) are now on Mon-Wed-Fri leaving from Summergrove Golf Club; distance/pace varies (4-7 miles).  This is a base builder for Blue Ridge Relay.  We will slowly begin bumping up mileages in mid June.  You don’t have to be on the BRR team to run with this group.  Show up or contact me or KX if you want to run.

Be sure to invite a friend for next week.  May our group grow in numbers and in strength.    

J-Delta