We will be closed on Thursday, January 1. Wednesday, December 31 will have a limited evening schedule with only a 5:30pm class. Morning and noon will be as scheduled. Friday, January 2 will be a regular day.
Resolution time. Why wait?
The next few days we will see every iteration imaginable of “New Year, New You” on social media to the point where a cleansing of social media friend lists is inevitable. This of course leads to an awkward encounter with your aunt (the one who shared a status about going to the gym on Jan. 1 15 times in 1 day) at the family reunion, as well as the weird midnight Facebook message from the old gym friend (the one who kept posting memes about how empty the gym will be by February 1 which he can’t wait for because he is so hardcore) calling you out for the friend drop while you really only were “friends” because you used to see each other back in the day at Planet Fitness. “Resolution” will be the most searched and posted about word/phrase on all the internets, just slightly ahead of “best nicotine patch” and “best diet pill” which will tie for 2nd, with 3rd place being “best Hollywood crash diet for my wedding in March”.
Personally I am not a fan of New Year’s Resolutions. I know it shocks many of you that I don’t like something that is widely accepted in society. In my opinion, which is very humble yet always correct, January 1 is no more than a new day, the only marked difference being that it is a new calendar and new date book. Yet we are pressured into making some grand declaration about a major change we want to make, which in turn sets us up for failure in a couple of ways.
First, because of the grandiose nature of the Resolution we tend to go a bit over the top. Rather than a simple weight loss goal we aim for total body transformation. Instead of working on cutting back cigarettes to eventually quit we want to get rid of the 3 pack a day habit by next week. Check ‘em off the list and move on. By the end of 2015 we plan on being completely different amazing people, changed with cyborg like efficiency into an amazing human being matched only by the likes of Tom Brady. We all know what happens with these kind of goals. Epic, disgusting, total and complete failure. The second issue compounds the first, in that we tend to make NY Resolutions very public. Rather than make a private pledge to change something in our lives for the better we find it necessary (damn society!) to post it very publicly. We might as well tattoo “want to lose weight” on our foreheads, then immediately google tattoo removal and correction services.
I know some of this is just c’est la vie. I still don’t think we should buy it. I guess I feel like why wait? We are embarking on a new week so what better time to get something new started. Purge everything bad around you and get after it. Toss the junk food, the cookies, the cake, the cigarettes, and set the plan NOW. January 1 is a Thursday, who starts anything on a Thursday anyways?
I really have no problem with people making NY Resolutions. I do think there is a better option, and I will share it. Here’s what I say. Ignore the pressures of “making a resolution” and take a focused look at what lies ahead in 2015. Guess what? It’s just another year. The year will consist of days. Each day has activities like work, or not work, sometimes special things like weddings or birthday parties. You will be in control of the things that matter, and things will happen that are out of your control. Set the clock for change and have it start tomorrow morning, then you will be ahead of all the Resolution people anyways.
MONDAY
Core Conditioning
Core Work : 12 Rounds
10s on, 10s off : Hollow Rocks
- Immediately after last round, perform a max effort forearm plank hold
then
30 GHD Situps, 30 GHD Hip Extension
WOD: For Time
Run 400m
50 Burpee Box Jumps 24/20 (can bound)
Run 400m
BASE
Strength: Hang Clean
Find a 1 rep max
WOD: 2 Rounds
15 Front Squat 185/125
60 Double Unders
then 6 Rounds
6 Deadlift
10 Toes to Bar
PLUS
Strength: Hang Clean
Find a 1 rep max
WOD: 2 Rounds
15 Front Squat 185/125
60 Double Unders
then 6 Rounds
6 Deadlift
10 Toes to Bar
SkWAT Team: Romanian (Stiff Leg) Deadlift
4 sets of 5 reps
THE PROGRAM
1. Snatch Work
a. 10 minute work on sets of 2 high pull
b. EMOM 7m : 1 power snatch + 3 OHS
2. Strength: Hang Clean
Find a 1 rep max
3. WOD
2 Rounds
15 Front Squat 225/155
60 Double Unders
then 6 Rounds
6 Deadlift
10 Toes to Bar
4. SkWAT Team: RDL
4×5
5. CORE : Turkish Getup
5×3 (each side) 70/53 or heavier KB
