Showing posts with label Brexit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brexit. Show all posts

Monday, June 27, 2016

Gates to Regrexit? The Daily Workout

It appears that we have moved from the world of the "-Gate" to other strange words. This whole thing started with the 1972 burglary at the Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate Complex in DC. It made sense to call it "Watergate" then, that is where the crime actually took place! But, that led to everything that was controversial taking on the "-Gate" suffix.... to sports fans the most annoying being "DeflateGate". With the British exit from the European Union, it became the "Brexit". And now that there has been a referendum calling for the United Kingdom to pull out of the EU and the consequences are becoming more clear, there are millions of people signing petitions to call for another referendum vote... they are actually calling it "Regrexit". Wow.

Warm-Up: Perform each exercise in order for one minute each to complete a round. Three rounds total. No rest between exercises.
Jumping Jack
24" Box Jump
AbMat Sit-Up
Weight Training:
Back Squat, 5 sets of 4-6 repetitions
Standing Weighted Calf Raise, 3 sets of 15 repetitions
Romanian Deadlift, 3 sets of 10 repetitions
Sandbag Weighted 24" Step-Up, 3 sets of 10 repetitions per leg
Core Work: Perform 25 repetitions of each of the following exercises. No rest between exercises.
Flutter Kick
Lying Heel Touch
Lying Knee Pull-In
Lying Leg Lift

Have a Great Day!!

Saturday, June 25, 2016

Google, The Brexit and the Workout

It was a bit scary that after the Brexit vote polls had closed in the United Kingdom the following were the top five Google searches:

1. What does it mean to leave the EU?
2. What is the EU?
3. Which countries are in the EU?
4. What will happen now that we've left the EU?
5. How many countries are in the EU?

Yikes.

Warm-Up: Perform each exercise in order to complete a round. Three rounds total. No rest between exercises.
Jump Rope, 50 repetitions
AbMat Sit-Up, 25 repetitions
Workout: Perform each exercise in order to complete a round. Ten rounds for time.
Rope Climb, 15 feet
Back Squat (95#), 29 repetitions
Farmer's Carry (125#), 10 meters
Core Work: 25 repetitions of each of the following exercises. No rest between exercises.
Flutter Kick
Lying Heel Touch
Lying Knee Pull-In
Lying Leg Lift

Have a Great Day!!