Great Birthday!

I had a great birthday today, my 47th. First I got to take my 2 year old son Harris and my 4 year old daughter Magdelena to the gym where they got to go to the kids club which they love. I managed to get a little work in with sets of bridges, planks and t-stabilizers. I have been reading Pavels Naked Warrior and tried doing a few one arm one leg push ups I could do a few but they are tough. I also did some asissted one arm pullups 3 sets of 5, and finished with 5 sets of 5 35lb kettlebell clean and presses. My daughter went with me to get the arthrogram and MRI on my left wrist she was such a big girl and didnt cry when i had to get the shots and all the rest of the stuff. Turns out just what was expected torn ligaments in the scapholunate, surgery needed to repair,cant wait. My wife Terrymarie got me a nice backpack for my laptop and videocam so I can take it all together on the court for lessons. We all had a nice dinner and we had a cake that Maggie helped make with mom, it was a blessed day I am a lucky man.

Family returns!!!

My wife and kids returned late thursday night from a 6 week trip visiting grandpa in NY. It is great to have them home. My wrist is still botched and i will have an arthrogram and mri on monday the 29th which just also happens to be my 47th birthday, so training has been very slow not doing a whole lot and trying not to get frustrated. It hurts to type as well so keeping up with the blog has been slow as well, but as someone said on the DD forum look at the big picture and be patient. Bought two new books by Pavel Power to the People and Naked Warrior both really good so far, Pavel sure knows his stuff.

What a week

Well tuesday we did 21-15-9 of 95lb thrusters, pullups, box jumps 24inch, 40lb two anded swings followed by 100 yd sprints and walk back for active recovery. Wednesday was my etk medium day felt tired toughed through it though. Thursday played in our men's b-ball league and we actual won the game, hurt my wrist near half time going for a ball and decided i better go to the doc first thing fri morning, after 8 hours of primary doctors, insurance, specialists, and x-rays the verdict is mri on monday and reconstructive surgery later in the week. not sure what to do for training now.

Mondays ETK

Monday is usually my light etk work out. 5 ladders of three rungs 40lb clean and presses and pullups along with 5 sets of tgu's planks,bridges and t-stabilizers rolled the dice came up double 6's 12 minutes of snatches oh well it was my light day so it wasnt bad, actually didnt feel like i did enough work but i guess i'll take it 'cause there are alot of days it feels like to much. sold my van got to go looking for a new car yeah.

Sunday's work out

Another fun sunday in the park. Michelle a local HS volleyball star who will be playing at UCLA next year joined me for a modified "fight gone bad" 1.5 mile run followed by 5 rounds of 1 minute each of four exercises- wall ball toss 10lb 10ft high, two handed swings 35lb, sumo high pulls 35lb, 24 inch box jumps then a 100yd sprint, walk back for active recovery, finish it all off with another 1.5 mile run. all in all a fun day nice weather.

BYU Wins

My alma mater won against UCLA today 59-0 hard to believe the cougars could dominate the bruins like that. Did my usual ETK work out for the day 5 ladders x 5 reps clean and presses with a 40lb 5x5 pullups 5x5 tgu planks, bridges and t-stabilizers, rolled the dice came up with a 5 (seeing a pattern here) did 5 minutes of two handed swings with 30 sec rest between each minute.

Thursdays Workout

Did a modified "Linda" descending reps 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 of four exercises 24inch box jumps,burpees,40lb kettlebell swings and 40lb kettlebell clean and presses, after each set of reps 1 one hundred yd sprint, walk back to start for recovery and start next set. 5 sets of planks, bridges and t-stabilizers followed by 5 sets of 4 reps of body weight pull ups. Brought a young body builder friend along who has been wanting to do some crossfit type workouts, it almost killed him. Big difference in looking fit and being fit I guess.

First Posting

Very excited to have this blog up and running and look forward to comments and future posts. Congrats to Kyle McMorrow for qualifying for the USTA Pro Circuit Futures event in Claremont, Ca.