CrossFit 2014-05-27 AMRAP * 5 chest to bar pullups * 5 ring rows * 10 squat thrusters [95#] Rounds 2 rounds + 7 reps [pullups/rows count together]
CrossFit 2014-05-23 Back squats 5-3-1-1-1-1 185# max Ladder down 50/30/20/10 * GHD situps * Kettlebell swings [44#] Time 15:00
The Long View: The Death of the West Book Review I think it was John who taught me the idea, "things that can't go on forever, don't". Demography is a pretty good example of this. A lot of ink has been spilt in the last hundred years agonizing over both why too many people
The Long View 2002-02-15: Breeding Like Rabbits Demographics is fun. It is a subject with lots of data and pretty good mathematical models, and hardly anyone bothers to check either, or compare them against one another. John was careful not to give population models too much credence, he knew how often reality conspired to overturn the modeler&
The Long View: History John's History index: everything from Thomas More to Black Hawk Down. I haven't even scratched the surfaces of John's many book reviews and essays. There are a lot of good ones here. The Life of Thomas More made an impression on me when I
CrossFit 2014-05-20 Runny Cindy 20 minute AMRAP * 400m run * 3 rounds of * 5 pullups * 10 pushups * 15 squats Rounds 2 + 48 reps