cesimpson

This morning on my way to the car, through the lobby and out of the gym, I passed by the front desk. The lady behind the desk was conversing with a gentleman also on his way out the door.

Let me stop here to say she’s a chatty Cathy. Her mornings, far as I can tell, include scanning plastic membership cards, pushing the button to open the gate and folding towels. And chatting it up with whomever crosses her path. And she’s tricky. I can be determined not to get in a conversation…~just walk through the lobby and keep walking~…and suddenly a “good morning” turns into 20 questions. I’m sure she must have trapped this poor fella in some similar scheme.

Anyway, they were talking about the state of the economy, business, things. He says, as I pass, “…and those car manufacturers, lookin’ for their bailout…”

She replies, “I know! Oh! The Gall! Can you believe it?!”

The banks who made super-crappy investments in the first place get $700 Billion (with a big ‘B’), no strings attached, secret, next to no public accounting for the money. The “Big 3″ American auto makers want, far as I can tell, some kind of loan deal for about $25 Billion. I’d hardly call that ‘gall’.

Opportunistic? Sure. Greedy? Absolutely. Lazy? Perhaps. But Gall? I think not.

The word ‘gall’ she used, and the fake, overly-exaggerated tone of her shock and disbelief, got me thinking. It seemed so out of place…like it was parroted from something she heard without actual understanding or knowledge or own thought.

I just tossed that word around in my head as I continued out into the chilly parking lot. Gall. Gall. Self-Importance. Arrogance. Bitterness. Bile. Gallbladder. I’m not terribly sure what a gallbladder is. I remember my mom had hers out when I was a kid. The doc gave us the endoscope video of the entire operation. I watched it about 100 times. It was pretty cool - especially for a 12 yr old boy like myself. But I digress.

Perhaps a gallbladder is where gall is stored until it can be passed from the body? In the form of asking Congress for $$? Hmmm. So, do these auto manufacturers have a gallbladder that’s too big…so when the gall does come out, it’s in huge quantities? Or maybe they’ve all had theirs taken out…so the gall can’t be stored and responsibly eliminated, but must come out more regularly? I don’t know. I’m interested in opinions.

Workout

Warm Up

P1: 1000m Row @ 2:30/500m pace

P2: KB Warm Up (move it around variously, don’t let it touch the ground)

Switch. Repeat.

4x

P1: 500m Row AFAP

P2: Rest

Switch. Repeat.

3x

P1: 10x (5x ea. arm) TGU

P2: 10x Burpee Pull Ups

Switch. Repeat.

My 500m times were all pretty sucky.

1. 1:39
2. 1:46
3. 1:51
4. 2:01

I went out way too optimistically on my first one. Lactic acid built up pretty quicky, past the point of no return after the first 250m…and it never went away. That’s one thing I’m going to have to work on this winter.

Monday Workout

Warm Up

5x Snatch + 10x OHS @ 45#

5x Snatch + 10x OHS @ 95#

5x Snatch + 10x OHS @ 115#

Clean & Push Press

10x @ 115#, 1x every 12 seconds

7x @ 135#, 1x every 12 seconds

2×5 @ 155#, 1x every 13 seconds

Rack Pulls

3×4 @ 455# on 4th pin

Weighted Chin Ups

10x @ BW+25#

6x @ BW+25#

4x @ BW+25#

Kipping-ish Pull Ups @ BW (Chest touches bar every time)

AMAP (12x)

AMAP (7x)