Rollins and "The Iron"

Cool article by some guy you all keep talking about.

http://jasonferruggia.com/iron-and-the-soul/

A little motivation..

I don't normally care much for Nike and their products, but you gotta give credit to their marketing department. Check this vid out if you're having trouble picking up the 'bell today.

Silly Bullshit

Apropos my comments on the Wicked Stoopid Fitness Gadget #548, I present a truly excellent (and very humorous) Mark Rippetoe article. When I grow up, I want to be as hardcore and cynical as Rip. That dude's the shit. (That's TS, not SB.)

http://journal.crossfit.com/2007/07/silly-bullshit-by-mark-rippeto.tpl

Rip takes on the propagators of SB: doctors, "fitness" magazines, the media at large, and even stupid skinny emo kids. Great stuff.


* UPDATE: Dammit. Upon checking the link, I realized the article is available to CrossFit Journal subscribers only. While many articles on CFJ are free, this one is not. I highly recommend a subscription, but, yeah, it's kind of bogus to have a link to something not everyone can read. So, I hate to have a restricted link on the blog, but I'll leave the posting so to say We as the USFHCCC Agree. (USFCCC'ers contact me and I'll slip you a copy of the article. SHHHH!)

When 200 lbs is not 200 lbs

Sorry, Dani-D, your boyfriend Hank isn't exactly right. Here's a good article explaining why:

Gym Jones: Quality

Great BJJ Demo

This is called "taking a sip from the fire hose":

Update & Wicked Stoopid Fitness Gadget #548

No, we haven't had an organized [stop laughing] session for a while, but I hope you're all continuing your hardcoreness on your own. That said, you better not be doing some shit like this:



This is offensive not because of the objectifying innuendo (I think we can all agree that part's hilarious), but because it's one more stupid ad convincing women that they can look like fitness models by (not even) lifting a 5-lb dumbbell. STFU about getting "bulky muscles" and do some goddamn push-ups and lift some real goddamn weight.

Happy Summer!