Monday, February 22, 2010

Face The Giant

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Choose an obstacle, or challenge in your life. Then attack it, make a plan and tackle the challenge. Dont be afraid, dont worry , just face it and take it down.

1 samuel 17
32 David said to Saul, "Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him."

33 Saul replied, "You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a boy, and he has been a fighting man from his youth."

34 But David said to Saul, "Your servant has been keeping his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, 35 I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. 36 Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. 37 The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine."
Saul said to David, "Go, and the LORD be with you."

Strength starts from within, be confident, and face your Giant.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Fear Nothing

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"1 man can stop 4 tanks, so whats your excuse"


Fear is a strange beast. It worms its way slowly into our minds and hearts. Slowly draining our will, our spirit, or life. It shuts down our hearts and implants its false truths into our minds." You cant, you wont, you shouldn't, you never, why bother."
Fear is good at his job, hes been around forever, making cowards of men and women.
Learning to control him, to ignore him, to master him, to use him, for your goals, is important in every aspect of your life.
Today I saw a 40 year old lady conquer her fear, with such enthusiasm and such ferocity that I almost wept for the Joy of it. Be proud be strong and fear nothing.
And remember sometimes you will fail, you will fall, but you pick yourself up, shake it off and keep moving, to beat fear takes work, hard work, blood sweat and most definitely tears.

One of My Favorite biblical quotes is this.

Matthew 10:28
28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

So Be strong and have no fear Go and Beat the Fear inside you and you will have such joy
Mark 11:23
"I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.


Please leave some comments to let me know how you deal with your fears, also so I know that people are actually reading this :)

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Go Conquer Something

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Whatever it is. Do not fear it. DO IT.
Want to lose weight then go do it, no excuses
Want to get a better job, GO DO IT
Want to get stronger, then get stronger

" But Mike you make it seem way too easy, you just don't get it"

WRONG! you don't get it. We hold ourselves from success, the biggest cause of failure is never trying anything. You want to win, then try to win, if you don't you've lost already, and as long as you try, trust me you will never be a loser.

So GO CONQUER something, anything, NO MORE EXCUSES, NO MORE WHINING, just do it.

Am- workout 20 minutes on the bike, Push-ups, Crunches, Lots of stretching
Noon- Colby Crossfit

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Build it back up

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So Im all recovered from the long weekend. What an adventure. The CRASH-B's were a success CFCM now has the 13th ranked women rower in the world, the 15th, 40th and 42nd rank men rowers in the world. Hard work pays off.
So here's my short reflection on my training and preparation.
My technique was good until the last 500m
My Cardio could have been way better
All in all I stuck to my game plan and it went well

This next year I will focus on 2 things, Increased cardio, and increased muscle strength

Tuesday Workout
Morning-5k run , Noon- SS( Starting Strength Program. Warmup 2k row, Bench, BackSquat, Shoulder Press, Deadhang pullups)

Wed Workout- Morning- CFCM class ( Deck of Cards workout ), Noon-SS ( Front Squat, Deadlift , Power Clean, Pullups)

Heres a video to get you motivated

Sunday, February 14, 2010

TIMES ARE IN

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Time to see if your mentally, physically, and spiritually prepared for this battle. Its for the glory of the heart, not the crown that I seek. To do my best, and give it my all then I know that I have done my best.
These are the appox- times that we will be rowing
Stew( Colby )-915
Tyler-CFCM-11
Sarah-CFCM-2ish
Mike-CFCM-215
Chris-CFCF/Champions Fitness-215
Karen-CFCM-245

Check back in later or throughout the day to see times

TIMES ARE IN
stew-7:27 3rd in his heat
Tyler the beast --PR 6:27.2 1st in his heat
Chris-- PR 7:10.2 placed 40th in the world
Mike-- PR 7:11.8 placed 42 in the world
Karen tough chick--PR 7:47.6 2nd in her heat 15th in the world
Sarah-( Ankle Injury but still copeted )-7:59.2
It was incredible, it was unbelievable
Now its time to eat a Big ol Steak and drink some beer

Saturday, February 13, 2010

1 DAY to go

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Tommorow is the big day, nothing left, but to do it. No Fear No Hesitation, Just wish it was here so I could conquer it.
Today ill do a light workout here at teh Gym, little rowing, little swimming.
Thats after my wife drags me all around boston, so I can count that as cardio too, right?

Friday, February 12, 2010

Countdown

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Headin to Beantown. 2 days till the big event.
The final Countdown is on.
Today is a rest day no Workout

Enjoy the sweet 80s Video

Thursday, February 11, 2010

3 days I pity the fool

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I PITY THE FOOL WHOSE GONNA TRY TO BEAT ME ON SUNDAY!!!!!!
Time to get psyched, time to push away doubt and fear. Replace it with hunger, with determination with confidence.

Lunch workout- Light row
Feeling much better today.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

4 days

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CFCM WOD- 3 rounds 1 minute at each station
45 lb kettlebell
Wallball w / 20 lb
Sledge hammer fun
Hanging knee raises
Super pushup ( pushup then catch yourself on a wallball w both hands )

Feeling tired today will do a very light row at noon but don't want to push it.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Thats How Winning Is Done

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Ok 5 days till sunday. 5 days to see if the months of training have paid off, 5 days to see if these old bones and muscles can do it. Doubt tries to creep in, tiredness tries to creep in. Must fight that voice that says Im too old, not in shape, not anything. Fight that voice, beat it out of me. Must stay focused, must stay positive, worked way to hard for this. Besides, I never quit, never have, never will, that's what cowards do, and that aint me. :) Watch the Vid its a Good one.

Today's training- Light Rowing, Practice some warm-up techniques.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Never Take It For Granted

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Red letter day, double post
A good friend of mine, just made me realize something. We all need to take stock of the small things. their are too many things we take for granted. Friends, family, Time. We should all take stock of where we are, how we got here and whats truly important. So many people have helped me get to where I am, and made me who I am, i wont embarrass anyone by calling them out, but you all know who you are. Wether its friends or family, each one of you made me what I am. We all have those little idiosyncrasies those little glitches in our brain wiring that make us loose focus of that fact, that cause us to loose sight of just what, and who are truly important.
So to all my Friends and Family. Thanks. Without you I do not know where I would be.
I promise not to take these things for granted.
Special thanks to my Best-Bud E. For Keeping me grounded in reality and helping me to keep my focus
Also thank to my Rowing partner K. The toughest chick I know

Lastly but definitely not least My Wife for putting up with me for all these years I love you.

Ok enough with the sentimental crap. Someone give me 5 push-ups right now.

6 Days to the RACE

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Ok Time to get my game face on. Time to get the EYE of the TIGER..LOL

CFCM- WOD- deadlift 5x5 225 warmup, 315, 365,365,405,315
Didn't want to push it didn't want to hurt my back

Noontime - 4x500 meter, 1:30 rest in between sets


NOW heres some ROCKY get your TIGER on

Friday, February 5, 2010

9 Days till the Race

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Morning workout at Littlefields Gym (CFCM) checkout their page using the quick link up top
Hardcore Indie 500
50 pull-ups, 50 box jumps, 50 hammer slams 16lb hammer, 50 stair climbs, 50 bench press 95 lbs, 50 super crunches, 50 squat jumps 45lbs, 50 dumbbell snatches 40 lbs, 50 double under's, 50 burpees
BRUTALLLLLLLLLLL
My time was 39:40
Lunchtime workout will be Running lots of running

Here's an inspirational song from one of the Greatest movies ever The Karate Kid


Thursday, February 4, 2010

10 Days Till The CRASH B's

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OK 10 day still the big Indoor rowing challenge.
Three of us From Little-fields Gym/ Crossfit Central Maine are Going
In the upcoming days Ill keep this up to date with training progress cool 80's Videos and general nonsense.
meanwhile watch this awesome video enjoy and relax.

Today is Rest day, eat drink be merry.

http://www.crash-b.org/