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a space where I will rant about: baseball, fitness training, MMA, comic books, video games, philosophy, politics, society, and general assclownery.
NOTE: I annotate all my lifting as weight x reps x sets, so 200x3x5 would be 200lbs done for three repetitions for five sets.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Crossfit Total

Did the Crosfit Total at Crossfit South Brooklyn last night. First time I've ever had somebody to verify that everything was kosher (squat deep enough, no lean back on the press, deadlift locked out, etc). Felt good, probably could have gone a touch heavier on the squat, and I rushed the last deadlift attempt which failed before it started (just couldn't grip the damn thing). Ended up with respectable #'s and have a nice baseline for a competition score.
Squat: 315, 345, 375
Press: 185, 195, 205fail
DL: 455, 505, 515fail

Would like another crack at that 515 deadlift, I'm sure I'll get one soon enough.

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Fuck the Superbowl

The Giants and the patriots.
2 teams I loathe. The only thing that sickens me more than the Giants winning is the thought of those sub-human pieces of shit known as Red Sox Nation (gayest term in sports) having one more thing to be happy about.
What odds is Vegas giving on the team buses crashing into each other on the way to the game?

Friday, January 18, 2008

Mike Huckabee is an idiot.

This dude wants to be president, however he seems to be incapable of making some very simple distinctions when it comes to evaluating certain issues. In an interview with Beliefnet.com he stated that he opposes same sex marriage because "Once we change the definition, the door is open to change it again," which of course would naturally lead to legalized pedophilia and bestiality in his view. Hmm, as a rational human being can I think of a key difference between gay sex and sex with children/animals? Hmm, this is a tough one, oh wait a second how about consent? Adult humans can give consent, children and animals can not. Seeing as how both homosexual and heterosexual sex between adults involves consent I don't think you have to be very bright to see that they are fundamentally different than bestiality and child rape.
He then followed up with this little gem "What we need to do is to amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards, rather than try to change God's standards so it lines up with some contemporary view of how we treat each other and how we treat the family." Ok, even assuming that it is a good idea to amend the constitution to better reflect 'God's standards,' can anyone tell me what they hell they are? I'm fairly certain if you asked 75 people that question you'd get at least 75 different responses. So I guess we'd just have to use reason and logic to make judgements of what is fair and right. Gee, that sounds like how were supposed to be doing it right now, you know in a secular democracy.

Don't worry I'm not picking on just Mike, I'm planning a series of posts pissing on the field of mediocrity and sub-mediocrity that our wonderful two party system has put out there for us to choose from.

Monday, January 7, 2008

The Reign of Terror Begins Today


I have decided to ramp up my workouts in anticipation of competing at the Crossfit Games this summer. I plan on sticking to the Crossfit schedule of 3 on/1 off, but I'll be adding a second workout each day in addition to the WOD. Days 1 and 3 of the cycle the additional workout will be a lifting workout, day 2 will be a cardio type workout (running or rowing for distance or sprint intervals). Updates to follow.