Trying to Catch Up

Hey Everyone this is Clark. I hope you're all doing great. I'm sorry we've been gone so long. I think Michelle mentioned it earlier, but life has been insanely busy, which cut in on our computer time. THEN, we had a nice little computer crash to ring in the new year. Well, life is no less busy, but the computer is fixed, so we're jumping back into things here. I'm going to do my part by trying to cach you up on some of the things we've been doing. I'll start with yesterday's troubles.
I decided to play with Art of Strength: Newport by Anthony Diluglio. Now, as with so many of our electronics these days, we're having glitches with our portable dvd. So, I didn't follow the dvd. I wrote down the content, times and all that good stuff concerning Newport's rounds. I was struck with some form of insanity and decided to modify it....Here is what it looked like:

A: 30 sec Cossack squats+ 30 sec double burpee snatch combo, 3 rounds. This was done at 2x 36# kettlebells for both exercises. 1 minute rest

B: 30 sec double kettlebell thrusters+ 30 sec double swings, 4 rounds @ 2x36#.

C: 30 sec 2 hand swings @ 53# + 30 sec Hot potato @25# kettlebell. 4 rounds.

D: 30 sec Punch Matrix+ 30 sec plank, 4 rounds.

E: 30 sec side snatch+ 30 sec overhead lunge @ 44# kettlebell. 4 rounds.

F: 30 sec double front squat with alternating kicks @ 2x44# kettlebells + 30 sec Sots Press. 2 rounds

G: 30 sec alternating cleans + 30 Dragon Lunges @ 53#. 2 rounds.

H: 3 minute snatch, get up, windmill @53#

I: 5 minute snatch test, alternating between 53# and 44 #.

A little later, I did: 20x overhead squats @ 45#+ 20 ghd situps+ 30xfront squats @75#+ 30 KTE+ 40x back squats at 135#+40x situps+ 50xHindu squats+50x full body crunches.


Going back to New Year's Eve, I did what Gym Jones refers to as SMMF. I'm not getting into what that stands for. I did 150 wall balls @ 25# and followed it up with a half mile tire drag @ 135# tire. A lady drove by while I was doing the drag and yelled "That's how I used to train m y horses!" She drove by a few days ago while I was running and yelled "You need the tire!" It was funny.

Well, I've taken enough space for now. I'll catch you up on more later. If you're interested, I'm going to see if I can put it together for Coach Maxwell to come where we are and present either his bodyweight or kettlebell certifications. Let me know if you're interested.

Row, Row, and Row Some More!

We were rowing away this morning.

7 Rounds

3 minutes of rowing
15 pushups


We aren't blessed to have a rowing machine so we have to do upright rows with a bar. It doesn't sound like a lot, but by round 5 the lungs are burning not to mention all of your muscles!

Squat Play Anyone?

Today I decided to take on Squat Play. I have been fighting a nasty cold for about 10 days. I was stopped in my tracks causing me to take it easy on my workouts. I decided today was the day to jump back into it feet first. My muscles rebounded well from a 10 day break, but my lungs were burning. I could feel the remaining congestion left from the cold and it made for a miserable workout. As miserable as I was, I worked through it to get a pretty darn good workout! :-)

Squat Play
3 Minutes of Wall Balls + 30 Seconds of Hindu Squats + 15 Seconds of Jumping Squats + 30 Seconds of rest + 15 Second Bottom Hold + 30 Seconds Hindu Squats + 15 Seconds of Jumping Squats + 3 minutes of Wall Balls Repeat for 2 more rounds in Random Order

While I was playing around with squats Clark was realling hitting it hard! He decided to do a Wall Ball Burpee Sprint to 50 at 25 pounds. That asn't enough for him so he decided to start KB swing and breathe ladder for the amount of time it took me to finish my workout. He was able to ladder up to 17 swings and breaths by the time I finished. He was going strong and could have laddered higher, but we had somewhere to be so he called it quits.

We're Still Alive and Training Hard

I know, I know, it has been a FULL month since we updated the blog. It has been a crazy month to say the least. Christmas came and went before we knew what happened. Then we had a the Great Computer Crash of 08/09. It took two weeks, but we finally got back on-line. Not only did we get back on-line but we also got a new wireless router so we are wireless too! :-)

We have been training hard but we just haven't been able to get on here to post it. Don't fret, we are back and we will be updating you daily again! :-)