For time:
400 meter run
15-30-45
KB Swings, 1.5/1 pood
15-10-5
Ring Dips
400 meter run
A single 400 meter run at the onset and end of the swings and ring dips.
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Snatch: The Movie, starring Jen Thomas, Tony Staub, Tessa Wyborny, Karen Wattier, Chad Cox, and Brian Jones. Coming to a theater near you this winter.
(enlarge video as it is much better in fullscreen)
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The wrong food pyramid vs. the right food pyramid.
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On the video:
I appreciate the information the is made available to us and I believe that there is a lot of relevance to a good majority of it. But one thing that bothers me is the criminalization of farmers. I grew up farming all the way until I moved to Omaha, and still go back to work from time to time. My family, both my Mom's and Dad's sides, has farmed since they came to America. Not once have we ever made it our initiative to damage the health and well-being of others, like this video and some other articles I've seen posted suggests that grain growers do. I watched my Grandfather and Dad work their asses off while I was growing up to provide for me and my family the best way they knew how. Now with my Grandpa gone, and me off to college, the work load falls almost solely on my Dad, and he does a damn fine job of doing it. Do I believe that Ricky knows what he's talking about? Yes I do, I've been around him enough to see what he can do and that he truly lives what he teaches. Do I believe that there are alternatives? Yes I do. I've dropped about 30-35 pounds of bodyweight since joining the gym in July due to the workouts and restructuring my diet in accordance to some of what I've read on Nutrisimple. I know that everything I eat is still not the healthiest thing stuff out there, but I also will not allow myself to believe that farmers like my family and friends are as evil as some of the things I've read about. I know there are bad people out there that may have some of the agendas that we're reading about and seeing in these videos, but the VAST majority of the farmers out there are just like me and my family...trying to provide the best way they know how. And what they provide does a lot of good things for a lot of people. There are people all over the world that would, and do, kill to have the natural resources we have in this area to grow crops the way we do. It can't be as bad as it's made out to be.
12:01 rx'ed today. As always, it helped to have Greg Mo in front of me working his ass off. Great work, 6am!
Oh, and yes, we did have the stones to run in the wind and rain!
I am with you. I know that farmers are only directed in the path that huge corporations like Monsanto lead them. Most cattle and bird farms have huge debts to pay off in order to see but a fraction of the income that these corporations pull from these farms. It's unfortunate that corn is the most subsidized crop in America and it's production is cheap and used for everything. This is not the farmer's fault.
Like Paul said, it is the 5 corporations that run meat packing and processing when there used to be thousands. It is Monsanto who has produced a corn hybrid that has the pesticides built in so they no longer have to spray them.
Believe me, I don't blame farmers. I blame govt. and I blame govt. allowing this crap to happen because of personal gain. Some of the biggest names in politics sit on the boards of these health destroying companies.
It's a shame.
Good work today, 5am.
9:54 on todays wod, rested way to much in the last set of KB swings.
Great production value on the video, can't wait to see what Rick's vid editing skills can do with all the 2011 games coverage we get next year!
- Know it doesnt really count but did 175.. Hit the first two, missed then hit the fourth.... Went up to 180 and did the same again.. 3 out of 4...
Front Squat... 4X1.. Quick Max
220, 243, 265, 280.. Missed
Inverted Row 4X6 Weighted - 55#
Muscle Up Work 4X5
1st and 3rd sets were 5 reps as fast as possible... 27 secs and 20 secs
2nd and 4th sets were super strict with no kip whatsoever
Trying Double Metcons today...
1st - short one....
Wanted to test max consecutive DU's and at the same time... Hit 160 in a row at the start... which is a record by like 30... Then hit 200 in 2 mins which is a record by 12 reps
The intersting fact is that 2% of all US farms are "non-family" farms.....although the 2% accounts for much more production. The clear majority of the acres are farmed by those that make independent decisions on what is grown.....corporations DO NOT tell independent growers what to plant and harvest.....the market does.
If the public stopped listing to the advertising and promotion and bought quality, in all that that means, the producers would absolutely follow that market force. Thistle and Clover is case and point.
Education is the key but demonizing the producers isn't the answer and doesn't change the fact that people are buying this crap. The market drives the behavior!
Keep up the education, Ricky!
Today was proof that poor sleep will kill performance......big insomiac last night. 17:01 and had to finish the last 5 ring dips with bands and jumps.
Also, on a side note, of the many cattle producers that I know personally, contrary to a growing popular belief, they DO NOT inject their animals with steroids and growth hormones. They all rely on feed alone to grow their livestock. This is primarily done by the corporate farms that you see elsewhere in the country that Hilg mentioned.
Sorry if I seem like I'm going on a rant, I just hate to see my way of life take a bad rap for the actions of a few.
1600m barefoot treadmill run... Should have moved my speed up quicker.. started at 9mph and ended at 11.5... 6 mins
REST 3 Mins
800m treadmill run... Started at 10mph and hit 12mph... 2:45...
REST 2 Mins
400m treadmill sprint..
Started at 11.5 and maxed the treadmill out at 12.5 for the last min... 1:21
11:34, scaled to 1 pood.
Strange that this topic is coming up today, I literally just finished watching Food Inc. and King Corn yesterday. Very interesting. Unfortunately I think it's a long road to coming up with a solution. We can't blame the farmers, many of them are just eeking by as it is.
I don't know what to think, I just know I'm going to enjoy eating the grass fed meat a little more...
megan
14:00. kept going even after the cutoff. hit a wall on dips. finished set of 10 with 4 pushups and set of 5 with 2 pushups. last set of KB's were awful.