"Dumbell Block"
20 Maneaters
Lunge to corner
15 maneaters
Farmer's walk to corner
10 maneaters
Lunge to corner
5 maneaters
Farmer's walk back to starting point
Starting on the corner of King and 38th (corner #1) go clockwise around our block. Through the whole workout you must keep the dumbells in your hands. If you have to put them down, you are awarded 5 burpees on the spot without the dumbells. Gents use 30# dumbells, ladies use 20# dumbells.
Midline stability in swimming is critical to a good stroke.
We are animals in the sense that when we worry or experience stress, we turn on the same physiological response. But we usually don’t turn off the stress-response in the same way – through fighting, fleeing, or other quick actions. Over time if we are unable to get rid of the chronic activation of the stress-response and our bodies will eventually become sick.
Robert Sapolsky a professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University wrote an amazing book: "Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers" on what happens physiologically when we encounter stress. It is a hard read, but allows you to look at life’s stresses and what they can actually do on our bodies and minds. Sapolsky talks about long-term building projects that go on in the body. When life gets crazy those projects have to be shifted to fighting to survive against another 3pm hailstorm or 5pm traffic. If the storm lasts too long, the body will keep putting its energy into surviving, which takes away from those long term wellness and weakens the immune system, raising the risk of heart disease, slaps libido, triggers depression, and decreases your quality of life.
One of the RADDEST points is that a great way to de-stress is exercise, if you like to exercise! Thank god we all liked to get a good licking from the CrossFit Verve trainers. I know for me the gym settles my mind when I leave. I cant breath, I am going on the last round and Cherie’s voice is the only thing making it to my brain. I don’t stop to think about the laundry, the dog, my boss, or what I have to do today. I take that breath and focus on the task that needs to be completed and execute it with excellent form. Holy shit it never gets easier, but I am getting better. All the stresses at least left my mind for the last hour and probably for the next hour while I am trying to recover.
