Alternative WOTD
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-First: Butt kickers, running high knees, jumping jacks, squats, jump squats, lunges, repeat (each exercise for 45 seconds)
Followed by: 30 pullups(use jump bands if you need to), 50 overhead kettle bell presses (25 reps each hand with a challenging weight), 25 single-legged TRX pushup burpees (50 total), 50 TRX pikeups, 50 Box jumps (as high of a box as possible), repeat circuit 3 times, NO REST!!
Super Spartan
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There was no way I was going to win this one! Competing against the Top Racers of 2011 including Hobie Call who I have read online runs a 2:15 marathon and is trying to run a sub 2 hour marathon is insane! RESPECT! I was actually disqualified at the end. I tried to traverse the rope but I had apparently injured myself(have been told it’s a boxers’ sprain and I can’t squeeze or grip my hand or spread my fingers, but not too much pain) somewhere along the course and I lost the ability to grip the rope as tight as I needed to to hang on, past the mid section. Despite that I was already 20-some people behind as I spent the next 20-30 minutes trying to figure out a way to cross before my third and final attempt as I was DQ’d. I took burpees at the final wall as I couldn’t grab the blocks on the wall to traverse that before the fire. All in all it was a great race on an entirely different terrain and landscape than I experienced in the Midwest and it was raining and the water was cold and there were several new obstacles. Had I not been injured the only obstacle I would have failed would have been the spear throw which messed me up early on. I need practice. I also need to work out my arms and legs more to hold the 5 gallon bucket of rocks in a better triceps extension as I climb the steep muddy hill. I don’t really lift weights but I can tell how having a stronger base and arms would help the ascent. The sand bag ruck up the hill and the 5 gallon bucket of rocks slowed me dramatically as well. I was really good at any balancing, rope climbs, monkey bars, etc… but what I love about the Spartan races is they truly challenge you to achieve your personal best and push on through all your hurdles.
Description Contender
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So, someone begins telling a story. The person who is listening then begins to describe in fuller detail the particulars of the other person’s story in order to swindle the attention and prove they are as much, but probably more of an authority than the original speaker. In retaliation the original speaker then begins to wrestle the conversation back to themselves to further describe and assert their dominance in the conversation and that they are in fact the ultimate authority on the subject. This phenomenon is none other than description contention. Credit to Justice.