So Joe hooks this kettlebell, and you should have heard that reel sing! July 25, 2008
Posted by hardly Kettlebell
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Kettlebells
What are they?
Why do people use them to improve their physical performance?
How can they help me?
Great questions all. Answers on August 9th!
Gravity Janes is having a kettlebell workshop on Saturday the 9th. What’s great is that the instructors are two top-notch kettlebell instructors, and they can really help you understand how to use these wonderfully amazing tortuous physical fitness devices. The two are Tom Corrigan and Mikhail Marshak, and it’s going to be great to see them at our gym in Issaquah.
Now kettlebells sure as heck aren’t Kim’s spurs or whip, but like them, kettlebells will make you sweat!
Something you don’t see everyday July 25, 2008
Posted by hardly Pushups
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O.K., so this is unfortunately one of those links that will go away at some point, but until then, you gotta check this one out: Nicole Verbrugghe doing ring push-ups
Methinks those are hard.
Sneaking Up on Improvment July 25, 2008
Posted by hardly 6 Minutes of..., Bar, Dips, Kettlebell, Max reps, Medicine Ball, Other, Pushups, Run, Sit-ups
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One of the nice things about the functional workouts we do is that sometimes you’ll become re-acquainted w/a given activity and discover that you’ve improved. It’s a really great thing!
Warmup:
- 50 Wallballs @ 14 lbs
- 50 Push-ups
- 50 KB Swings @ 20kg
Workout:
- 60 Barbell sit-ups @ 35 lbs: 2:10 (pretty certain that’s a pb)
- 6:00 of Bar Dips: 61 (never done this before, so that’s a pb)
- 1 mile run: 6:22 (DEFINITELY a pb)
- 21 reps, or max-out on Thrusters: Do as many reps as possible or 21, whichever comes first, and w/o stopping w/a reasonably heavy load (95 lbs): 16
- 3 sets of 10 Power Cleans @ 75 lbs: Form Practice
All in all, I’m happy w/this workout. Nice to see my mile run time come down, and fun to do a few new things. I was sorta hoping that I’d get to 21 on the Thrusters, and I really tried, but it was not to be today. But tomorrow, who knows?
Workout:
- Type: Other
- Date: 07/25/2008
- Time: 07:00:00
Eyore v. Tigger July 25, 2008
Posted by hardly Other
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Just read that Randy Pausch passed. Randy was a Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, and is famous for his "Last Lecture" book, and YouTube video.
He had a great observation. In your life, you can choose to be an Eyore or a Tigger. His view was that it's much more fun to be a Tigger.
Don't know about you, but it sure seems to me that the best Software Developers are Tiggers!
Rediscovering “Moneyball” July 25, 2008
Posted by hardly Strategic Concerns
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"Moneyball" is a great book for those looking for an analogy to looking at things from a different mental framework.
Bob Hoffman, over at CopyBlogger, has a nice post about "Moneyball", The Art of Winning the Online Marketing Game.
Given Malcolm Gladwell's new book, due to arrive in November of this year, we should see a resurgence of interest on "Moneyball". Malcolm's latest is to be about the "mismatch problem", which is loosely defined as the inability of organizations to define the skills & talent necessary for their jobs.
If you haven't read "Moneyball", or it's been a while since you last cracked it open, it might be time to take a look at it. Especially if you're planning on adding a new role or two to the team.
Oh, that's right, you'll know the right person to hire when you see them.
Hmmm.
