I’m a sneezer. Are you a sneezer? August 13, 2008
Posted by hardly Uncategorized
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Seth has a GREAT post about sneezers.
It’s also fun to see Crossfit being discussed from a marketing perspective. Which reminds me of Curves.
To push Seth’s analogy a bit, there’s a bit difference between a sneezer who eventually gets over it, and someone who stays infected & contagious. Curves has plenty of sneezers, but when the women doing the Curves plan plateau, well, it’s only a matter of time before they lose their contagion because they want to continue to see results. Crossfitters, otoh, continue to see improvements over a very long period of time, so they tend to stay contagious.
Kinda makes you wonder about the crossover between the mental effects of working out and decision making from a neuroscience perspective, huh?
Doing better… August 13, 2008
Posted by hardly 6 Minutes of..., Bar, Dips, Medicine Ball, Other
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Functional Fitness, what is it all about?
One thing is being able to do most anything at the drop of a hat. Another thing is continual improvement in one’s capabilities.
Today, we did something we hadn’t done in a while, 6 minutes of Push-presses. And, our trainer, being the kind of guy he is, upped my load to 95 lbs. “Oh, joy”, I thought to myself.
Warmup:
- 3x of
- 20 Wallballs @ 20 lbs
- 20 Medicine Ball Squats @ 20 lbs
- 30 ball slams @ 20 lbs
Workout:
- 6 minutes of Push-Presses @ 95 lbs: 69 PB! PB! PB!
- Tabata Squats, holding the squat during the ‘rest’: 13
- 20 Bodyweight Squats for form
- 3x: Shallow V-holds for time: 1:00, :28, :28
- 21 Ring Dips
- 21 GDH Back Extensions
- 20 Overhead Drops @ 25 lbs
- 10 Overhead Squats @ 45 lbs
Have to say that I was surprised by my push-press results. It has been a good 8 months since I last did that exercise, and I had an add’l 20 lbs this time. So, wasn’t expecting to get above 60 reps, but there you have it. I think that all the bar work we’ve been doing over the last several weeks has had an impact, plus I’ve been concentrating a lot on my form wrt all the standing bar movements, e.g. cleans, presses, thrusters, front squats, overhead squats, etc.
I wonder when I’ll break 100…
Workout:
- Type: Other
- Date: 08/13/2008
- Time: 07:00:00
- Total Time: 1:00:00.00
Accomplishments August 13, 2008
Posted by hardly Resumes
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Everyone has accomplishments. Things they've done that indicate they did something for themselves, their team, their organization, their company.
A pet peeve of mine is the "Accomplishments" section on a resume. To me, they are redundant, muddle your story, and significantly reduce your crispness as a candidate.
Your accomplishments should be tied to the roles where they occurred. And, it is ideal if all roles have at least one significant accomplishment that is either operationally or financially tied to the business:
- Winner of Upselling Contest
- Reduced bug counts by 20%
- Improved Client Satisfaction scores by 25% and recurring revenue by 20%.
- Reduced team churn by 50%
- Increased deal revenue by 50% in my first year, and 150% in my second.
One of the side benefits of accomplishments is that when you go back and read them again, you get that big burst of feeling good all over again. Good stuff when you're pounding the pavement looking for a new job!
