Thursday, November 13, 2008

WOD 111308 Thursday

For time of:
Run 800m
50 Pull Ups
Run 800m
50 Push Ups
Run 800m
50 Knees to Elbows

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300 Day Burpee Challenge: Do 13 burpees

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Housekeeping Matters

Recently we've been having quite a number of calls from the management and our neighbours regarding the "noise" from the gym on our weightlifting days. As one person put it "It feels like our whole office is going to collapse...". And the main cause of this noise would be the dropping of the kettlebells on the gym floor. Yes, we do have rubber flooring for a reason, but as all of you regulars would know, when a KB is dropped, it reverberates through the whole building. 

We can't possibly eliminate all the noise(we are a gym after all), but we can do a few things:-
1. Place the KBs/DBs on the ground with as much control as possible. Avoid unceremoniously dumping the weights on the floor. Our weights deserve some respect too.

2. Place some mats in your 'landing zone'. If the weight is challenging and there's a chance you may drop it, set yourself up before hand.

3. Use a lighter weight. If you are constantly dropping a weight even though you are trying to control it, it's obvious you need to scale down. Your ego can wait.

So, let's work together on this and be responsible athletes. And good neighbours.

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And, how can we forget, it's Mai's birthday! Happy birthday dude! Here's a video of Mai in action. Ask him to show you a few tricks in the gym sometime.


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