Feb 17 Crossfit WWII style
"It's not the load that breaks you down - it's the way you carry it.
-Lou Holtz
WO du Jour: warm up with bands, Indian clubs, pulleys.
50 reps of 2-12kg kettlebell side swings
50 reps of 2-12 kg kettlebell side snatch
50 reps of 2-12 kg kettlebell bottoms up snatch and press.
GS practice: level 13 2.5 min work on each arm and 2 min rest
2 sets of 5 min each with 16 kg. snatch 35 reps per hand before switch.
2 sets of 2.5 min 2-16kg long cycle clean.
1 set of 5 min 16 kg fig 8 and catch for cool down.
Afternoon: Bike ride 16 miles. Temp 40 deg. great ride.
From the picture above you see servicemen during WWII at basic training. Although the weights were crudely made with cans filled with concrete and a length of pipe, it served the purpose to give our troops the upper body strength. Back in the day prior to the war, lifting weights were only used by a few people, who were considered odd balls. Now you find Crossfit"boxes" used in many of our military facilities all over the world. It this trend continues we will have the fittest military in the world.
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