Jul 152008
Courtesy of RossTraining.com
4 rounds for time:
12 Burpees
24 Push-ups
36 Squats
Run 400 meters
Post time and thoughts to comments.
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With the exception of his comment on grains being a part of healthy nutrition, Jack Lalanne knew back then what most Americans are still struggling to understand today. Feel free to share you thoughts in the comments section. By the way, Jack’s great nephew, Chris, is owner of Lalanne Fitness, a CrossFit Affiliate in San Fransisco.
So, I have a question. Do you guys find that you save money on your grocery bill by eating this way? The way I see it, produce and meats (when they aren’t organic, farm raised, free range etc.) tend to make your life a little cheaper. A friend of mine with an infant was talking about buying produce vs. baby food and said she can feed her son for days off of one sweet potato. Now, of course one sweet potato wouldn’t feed ME for days, but I feel the same concept can be applied to adults as well. Most of my recipes allow me to cook in bulk as well. Well, bulk for a single person household at least, so I don’t grocery shop quite as often either. So, did you notice a change in your grocery bill as well?
Yes, for the most part, you should save money buying only the foods nature intended for you. However, as you mentioned, when you start tying to get into grass-fed animals and free-range chickens (and eggs), prices will be higher. That is unless you are buying a whole, half or quarter cow, which we are looking into doing.
Jack Lalane is amazing. I’ve seen several of his video clips and he was telling Americans to get off their duff, eat right, & start exercising 50years ago. Much of what he tells his audience is 100% true today regarding both exercise & nutrition – again, this was HALF A CENTURY ago.
Thx for the link to lalanne-xfit, I didn’t know it existed & am glad to hear one of his relatives is carrying on the fight.
Aw crap, something just came up & I won’t be able to make it tonight – my loss.
Here are some other good Jack L clips . . .
SugarHolics = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJVEPB_l8FU
Tired all the time = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBVk071N88M
Any of this still true today?
I had a tough time today. This was hard for me. Matt, I can’t thank you enough for your encouragement. You and Pam really make Crossfit what it is. Thanks.
Level 3
This one was tough!
27:37
L3:
23:00
This one is definetly a keeper. My heart rate got up to 189 bpm near the end of the workout, the highest it’s ever been for me that I can remember!
This is for you Darlene.
Level 3
20:31
Recognize!
Level 3
21:59
Level III
28: something ugly
I was wondering if anyone else does this. With a workout this long you have time to think, and as my father endlessly explained that’s when I tend to get into trouble. On long workouts I get to exercise my most challenging (insidious) type of internal dialogue; rationalization. To perform workouts this intense and push yourself as hard as we choose, requires that you exercise beyond normal commitment or as my wife says “there’s something wrong with you”. Just the opposite I think we have all discovered a watering hole in the desert of mediocrity for all the “right” minded people that appreciate content over volume, value truth in self assessment and believe in growth through challenge (win or lose, that’s a whole different post). However, challenge involves struggle, both mental and physical, and this is where self talk becomes a huge factor. Not that crap that Tony Robbins talks about or how elite athletes self visualize, I’m talking about the turn around on 400 meter run when some part of me screams “what the hell are you doing?” My response is generally something like small children say “I dunno”. As my fat like this is answer as much as my dad did and I begin to negotiate; “I will walk for ten steps at the turn around, just to catch my breath, then run harder”, “slowing down on the run is better than stopping on PU or SU because I am still making progress”, “I ran from the building to the street so I should be able to walk that far at the turn around for true distance”. This is not the same as self preservation, “I don’t want to puke or crap on the rowing machine”. This is the negotiation to keep moving, shorten your breaks or increase your loads. So as I grow physically I strive to grow in resolve and motivation and the will to reach my own personal limits. One day I will be more than the sum of my VO2 max and lean muscle mass; on that day when I am no longer a negotiator, but a dictator (albeit benevolent). “Hail Me!!!!!” Is the workout over yet?
Attitude and mental fortitude are certainly a big part of the battle.
Along with all the mental games I go through during a workout, the thing I continually try to focus on the most is this:
Humans are supposed to be able to work this hard! Average Paleo humans (before processed foods, grain and starch based diets, civilization diseases, easy jobs, supermarkets, cars, strollers, and the endless amount of “conveniences” we have today) all had 4-6 times the bone density we have, and the strength and aerobic capacity on par with Olympic athletes. We are genetically designed to be extremely fit!
39:35
Level 3
26:14
This was a tough one!
Matt-
I recognize that you did this workout the following morning and a drastically reduced temperature!
You feel me dawg?
But, I do RECOGNIZE that you did very well!
Darlene,
Ok, so let’s add a little time to my score to account for the temp difference. Shall we say 10-20 seconds?
Level III
35:40
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