CrossFit Games 2012 - InnerFight

"Fittest on Earth" is the tag line of the event that I will be part of for the coming months, an event that culminates in Los Angeles in July of this year, that is the ultimate destination for any man or woman wanting to test themselves physically against the fittest human beings in the world. But that's July and there is a process to go through.

So whats the process?.....

"They didn't tell him how to lose"

An awesome display of how the mind works. There was no doubt that Steve Jones had the physical capacity to win. What happened in his mind was quite remarkable! Enjoy the clip and please share!

This stuff is for girls too!!

The world is changing and its changing fast, we are no longer stuck in the dark ages and the future is happening right in front of our eyes so we better keep them open or risk being left way behind!

Is there a "ladies specific job" anymore? Or are all jobs applicable to either gender? Well its not the work environment that is of my greatest concern right now.....oh no I want to share something far more interesting and motivating with you and tell all the guys out there to look out as the one place where you may have felt you can escape the females in your life and throw around some heavy weights for a few hours with your mates may well be about to change! Have a look at this film and you may get what I am saying......

Guys and girls the sport of fitness is changing, girls are throwing around heavy Olympic bars, girls are doing pull ups, girls have callouses on their hands and scraped shins from dead-lifts. Fitness is a multi gender sport and the girls are more than holding their own!

Resolutions!!

“A resolve or determination: to make a firm resolution to do something” That is how the dictionary defines resolution!

There is always a lot of talk about resolutions toward the last few days of the year and in the first week of the new year. I want to address this topic towards the end of February as its a very interesting time when it comes to resolutions. Why?.......

Clips!!

This is a simple message for your own safety and for the safety of those around you. Below is a picture of a clip, these are (or should be) available in all gyms. USE THEM!!!!!!

InnerFight Podcast #17

From flying to training!!!

We continue to debate the real effect that flying has on the body and our performance. There are definitely side effects to time spent in a big metal tube 40,000 feet above sea level thats for sure.

Traveling back to Dubai from New Zealand this morning I thought I would test my own body with a workout within 5 hours of landing. The journey from door to door took 26 hours! Flying time was 17 hours with the first leg of the journey from Auckland to Sydney taking just 3 hours but the leg from Sydney to Dubai taking 14 hours!

So what was my approach and what were the results?? 

The "SMITH" Machine

Whilst on a recent trip I came across one of the oldest Smith machines that I have seen in my life. Its probably worth more than just a blog post but rather a spot in a fitness museum!!

 

Not so common place in the more forward thinking gyms but still highly popular in commercial gyms!!! A recent report confirmed that the Smith machine delivers an unnatural squat movement that creates additional stress on the knees and lower back, the report went on to say that the traditional squat actually produced 50% more muscle activity in the quads compared to squats done on a Smith machine!

 It was more the moving parts of this particular Smith machine that provoked some thought on the possible age of the apparatus. Some quick research on it delivered an answer that I was hardly surprised to find. The Smith machine was invented by "The God Father Of Fitness" Jack LaLanne in the 1950's. It was however a gentleman by the name of Rudy Smith that commercialised the rig that LaLanne had initially put together and hence the name "Smith" Machine.