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30 GHD sit-ups
225 pound Deadlift, 30 reps
30 Double-unders
95 pound Overhead squat, 30 reps
30 Pull-ups A Squirt of Dopamine. Last week’s issue of The Week featured a cover story titled “Technology: Is it Making Addicts of Us All?”  The article highlights the psychological impacts of our obsession with technology including cell phones, computers, the internet, texts, and emails.  The details are scary: “Research shows that constant use of these devices is actually rewiring the physical structure of people’s brains. Every time your phone, tablet, or computer pings with a new text, tweet, or email, it triggers a sense of expectation, and the reward centers in your brain receive a pleasurable “squirt of dopamine.” Over time, a brain habituated to these quick fixes shrinks the structures used for concentration, empathy, and impulse control, while growing new neurons receptive to speedy processing and instant gratification.”  (The Week, August 2) After thinking through...Read more

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Push Press (Week 10)then:10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1front squat (115/75)two push-up burpee The Two Push-up Burpee Circa 2009 the coaches heard a lot of complaints about burpees.  They were hard.  They were unforgiving.  They scuffed up the knees.  They made men into mice, women into little girls, and left athletes feeling sorry for themselves and debating about whether to late cancel or take the burpee hit in that day’s workout. The coaches were disturbed and decided to do something about it.  In January of 2010 they held a secret meeting at an undisclosed location to hammer out the causes of the burpee hatred and fear and to come up with a way to address the madness. They thought long and hard and came up with a one year plan of action: Phase 1: program burpees more frequently but in small doses, test burpee benchmark and track number of resulting athlete complaints and/or negative statements...Read more

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