Showing posts with label St. Patrick's Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Patrick's Day. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Happy Saint Patrick's Day and Back Day!

What started out as a day of feast and celebration for Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland has become a day for people who want to celebrate everything they think is Irish. I for one don't go out on St. Patrick's Day: I don't drink green beer, I don't drink the offensively named "Irish Car Bomb" and I don't dress up like a leprechaun. My father took it pretty seriously as an Irish-American: I will drink a quality stout beer, I will sip some good whiskey, I will listen to some Clancy Brothers, and I will think about my dad.

Today's quote is from William Butler Yeats:

"Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy."

Workout: Back
Warm-Up: Perform each exercise in order for one minute each to complete a set. Three sets total.
Jumping Jack
Trunk Twist
Barbell Good Morning
TRX Row
Bicycle Abdominal Crunch
Weight Training:
Weighted Pull-Up, 5 sets of maximum repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Latissimus dorsi, infraspinatus, teres major and minor)
Bent Over Dumbbell Row, 3 sets of 6-8 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Latissimus dorsi)
Dumbbell Pull Over, 3 sets of 8-10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Latissimus dorsi)
Landmine Torso Twist, 3 sets of 10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Internal and external obliques)
Landmine T-Bar Row, 3 sets of 10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Latissimus dorsi, major and minor rhomboids, posterior deltoids)

Have a Great Day!!

Monday, March 17, 2014

Happy St. Patrick's Day and Today's WOD!

I figured that it would be best to get this thing typed up before too much of the Bushmills is gone! Needless to say there will be no circuit this evening. Whiskey, beer (Not any of that green crap!) and the Young Dubliners are in order.

Today's quote comes from Michael Collins at his last meeting with Winston Churchill:

"I shall not last long; my life is forfeit, but I shall do my best. After I am gone it will be easier for the others."

Weight Training: Back
Dumbbell Pullover
One Armed Bent-Over Dumbbell Row
Upright Barbell Row
TRX Row
Weighted Close Grip Pull-ups
Landmine Row
Deadlift

Have a Great Day! Erin Go Bragh!