Train like a Superhero
I love Cracked. I go on their site every day to see what kind of ridiculousness they posted so I can waste a couple minutes. Most of the time the articles are not only hilarious, but rather educational as well.
I am a nerd. I love comics, video games, and movies about comics and video games. If you know me and want to hang out in the next couple months, don’t bother as the multitude of awesome games soon to come out will be occupying the majority of my time. I plan on talking to no one from the middle of October through the end of November.
And of course, I love lifting so when today’s article on Cracked directed me towards The Might Marvel Strength and Fitness Book, you know I was pumped. Just try those ten exercises provided in the link and you’ll be exploding supervillains’ faces in no time. Especially #4. MASTER #4.
HA.
Blue Fridays
I forgot to post this. Every Friday from now on will be Blue Fridays. We will be wearing blue to show our respect and appreciation for our troops at home and overseas. So find or buy some blue attire and wear it every Friday in honor of those that protect this great nation.
Planet Fitness
Sorry I haven’t posted in a while, but for some reason today I’m seeing a lot of talk about Planet Fitness. Their motto is no critics and no judgment even though they flat out say they do not want serious lifters in their gym. One of their rules is NO GRUNTING, that means no heavy breathing as well. Also no deadlifting or lifting of any serious weight at all. They will kick your ass out of the gym if you do this.
Here are a few good points, though, some people have made about Planet Fitness:
- They do have a great marketing scheme. They market to clearly the majority of America: fat, lazy, weak and not serious about lifting. These people don’t want to be around powerlifters, bodybuilders or anyone who wants to get better.
- They are also insanely evil. Every month they have a pizza day, where all members can eat all the pizza they want. They also have Bagel Day and claim to give out over a million Tootsie Rolls to their member every month. (Elite FTS) They don’t care about the health of their members. They just want them to stay fat so they keep coming.
- They don’t want you to get strong. That would require hard work, lifting heavy weights and even grunting. And that would be against the rules.
- At least they are keeping all of the non-serious lifters out of our gyms.
So there is an upside.
Here are a few news reports that were just run. You may think the Daily Show bit is a joke, but then you will realize this is actually happening. Thanks to the guys in the comments section over at Crossfit Football and Elite FTS for the links, articles and viewpoints.
aXis Cert this Weekend
The aXis team is in Charlotte this weekend conducting the first official aXis certification for about 40 coaches and swimmers from all around the nation. They will be covering Level 1 today and Level 2 Saturday.
Go to the aXis website to learn some more about the certs and the people involved.
And the slides are posted for the first certs under the 1441 U link in the Knowledge is Power section. I’ll post them here as well.
Spot the Squat
Here’s Freddy Camacho from One World showing everyone how to spot the squat correctly. A lot of our guys and gals still don’t know how to spot correctly, even after being shown multiple times. So my advice to you is to watch this over and over and over. If I ever see you spot wrong again, I will snap kick you in the hamstring. This spot technique should be used for forward, backward and lateral barbell lunges as well.
If you’re going at all heavy,even if you know you can probably get it by yourself, make sure you have a spotter anyway. A spotter gives you confidence to go full depth without the worry of getting stuck. A spotter just makes you feel warm and cozy inside when they are right on top of you breathing hot air down your neck. A spotter also helps you not die, which is a good thing.
How to spot the squat. from crossfitoneworld on Vimeo.
Update
One of these guys was found off the coast of Florida. Hopefully near where you swim.
I added some material to the Surf ‘n’ Turf Safety Protocols. I realized it was all about the dangers of cold water and nothing about warm water. The water is fairly warm to boiling 9 months out of the year down here in Florida and we need to be aware of the risks that come with swimming in warm water. I also added a little section about what can be encountered in our Florida waters. Some serious, some not so much. The link is below.
I was thinking about writing a Trail Running safety guide as we will be doing that soon as well. There’s a lot of danger out in the woods. Snakes, trouser snakes, wild boars, roots to trip on, awful bees, hippies and probably some bears. I’ll get around to it sometime soon.
Mississippi Fattest State
And not the cool phat, which I don’t think anyone says anymore.
Mississippi came in with a 34.4 obesity rate and only one state was under 20% with Colorado at 19.8. There is no doubt that this nation is getting fatter by the second, but I would like to see the rates if they found a better measuring tool than damn BMI. According to BMI, I am overweight with a score 25.5 and I’m pretty sure Raph would be considered a fat kid as well if it were up to this test.
BMI of 40.5. Apparently obese.
Just because…
There is no reason for posting this. Nothing educational or informative. Just something awesome to watch.
Watch it full screen.
VCA 2010 RACE RUN from changoman on Vimeo.
Iowa Rhabdo
People in the S&C field have all heard about the Iowa Rhabdo case where 13 Iowa Hawkeye football players were sent to the hospital for cases of Rhabdo sustained from an absolute crusher of a workout performed earlier that week. A committee was then formed that led to a two month investigation about the incident and they have just come out with their report today. They found no one at fault, thank goodness.
But now we have the geniuses at Fox 28 Cedar Rapids and the NSCA performing their own little experiment to see if workouts like these have a place in college football. They came up with a definitive no. Their reasoning? A “male” Fox 28 news reporter couldn’t get through a similarly structured, but hilariously scaled, workout. Are you ****ing with me? Let’s not bring up that it was the first day of winter workouts, fresh off of winter break where the players should have been following a strict workout routine. Or that since it’s right off winter break, most of these kids probably did a little partying after their Insight Bowl win a few weeks prior. No, let’s just come to the conclusion that since Nancy the news reporter was about to keel over, then other much stronger, much fitter and much more mentally strong athletes shouldn’t do it. The NSCA came up with that decision. You know, the organization you have to go through to become a CSCS. They are the reason why I think most certifications are T-rex poo. Just listening to the NSCA President speak makes me want to punch him in the face.
Watch this video and tell me how you can compare a miniscule news reporter getting destroyed in a workout scaled for 7 year old girls to a big time D1 college football player. I think it just showed that guy is an embarrassment to man.
Now, I never played any type of organized football, but I know what reality check workouts are. They are rare events used to weed out the weak and show who is really dedicated. I played baseball and we never had anything this terrible, but we did have awful workouts that will showcase those who stuck to the workout routine over break and those who partied their faces off instead. Ferentz has announced that they will no longer hold this workout as they had been doing it for 3 years now, but don’t think they won’t replace it with something equally as awesome.
Google Jared Aarons and Bieber pops up right next to him.
He who shall not be named.
I had to black out his eyes or his stare would burn a whole through your screen.
Or you can call him Sven. 1441 would like to welcome Sven Hestrand to the 1441 team. Sven is one of this nation’s True American Heroes and we are very proud to have him aboard. Read his bio before it’s too late. He doesn’t like people knowing too much about him.
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