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I’ve been neglectful.

Real life has often gotten in the way of blogging, and eventually my thoughts became, “It’s been so long, I can’t just post yesterday’s training. I have to have something insightful to write.” and I had nothing insightful to write, so I didn’t write at all. And then the task became more difficult by a day. Newton’s First Law is pretty damn universal.

Lex I: Corpus omne perseverare in statu suo quiescendi vel movendi uniformiter in directum, nisi quatenus a viribus impressis cogitur statum illum mutare.

Wednesday Workout

Let’s start with the easy part.

Warm Up

10x High Step

10x Butt Kick

10x Walking Lunge

10x Spiderman Walk

10x Scapular Push Up

10x (ea. leg) 1-leg Glute Bridge

3x Circuit #1

15x BW Squat

10x Lunge

5x Squat Jump

Tire Drag

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I’m not sure I have written about it here yet. I acquired a used truck tire. It’s not a big tractor tire or anything like that - it’s the size tire one might use on an F-150 or similar full-size truck or SUV.

I have a length of 1/2″ chain wrapped around the tire and a couple small carabiners holding it all together. I have a very large carabiner attached to those, and a heavy-duty tow strap run through the large carabiner. The tire can be dragged by the tow strap.

I’ve been doing this for some time, and began looking for a way to load the tire. Last weekend I fashioned a shelf of sorts out of 3/4″ plywood to sit inside the tire. It’s perfect for holding kettlebells and sandbags. =)

Tire Drag (cont.)

3x 25m drag @ Tire + 2×16kg KBs + 1×24kg KB (123#)

3x 25m drag @ Tire + 1×16kg KB + 1×24kg KB (88#)

3x 25m drag @ Tire + 2×16kg KBs (70#)

3x 25m drag @ Tire + 1×24kg KB (53#)

3x 25m drag @ Tire + 1×16kg KB (35#)

3x 25m drag @ Tire

3x Circuit #2

10x Press/Push Press/Jerk @ 2×16kg KB

10x Overhead Squat @ 2x 16kg KB

20x Push Ups

20x Swings @ 24kg KB

It was beautiful weather - about 70°F, not very humid, the slightest of breezes. A wonderful morning. Except I think I lost my stopwatch. That sucks. But other than that, yesterday was really nice.

A Little Something Extra

Besides the workouts I’m logging here, I’m going to make a point of writing other stuff here. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how groups make decisions (or how people make decisions that influence others and therefore “appear” to be group decisions)…and, similarly, how to encourage groups to act where there is a clear benefit, but where it might be particularly risky o be the first. (The first guy to buy a fax machine was particularly risky, yes?)

I don’t know how long that particular topic will last, but if it dies, it will be replaced by something else. The point is, I’m going to try to write more.

The Salt

My wife sent me a joke via email today.

Bank of America recently conducted a password audit of their online customers and found one Steve Buchanan of Auburntown, TN with the following password:

MickyMinnieDonaldDaisyGoofyBugsBunnyElmerFuddRoadRunnerNashville

When the customer service rep called and asked Mr. Buchanan why his password is so long, he replied, “I was told it had to be at least 8 characters long with at least one capital.”

And my initial thought - my very first thought, was not laughter but,
“WHAT! Bank of America doesn’t hash their passwords with a ≥ 256 bit salt before storing them in a database!?!”

And then I had to take a deep breath when I realized just how sad that is.