CrossFit 2013-05-01
1/2 mile run
Time 4:00
Back squats
* 9-9-7-5-1-3-1
* 40-50-60-70-75-70-70kg
25 wallballs
Benjamin Espen
Prisoner's Hope Book Review
by David Feintuch
506 pages; $5.50
This is the first book in the Seafort Saga that I actually started to like Nick Seafort. He's a little older, more experienced, more jaded maybe. He is still the anguished scrupulous perfectionist, but he has finally started to apply the
Immigration and High-Skill Employment in the US
I had been wanting to look into this subject, and lo, I find that someone else has already done it.
Guestworkers in the High-Skill U.S. Labor Market.
I've long been dubious that we don't have enough native-born STEM graduates in the US. My reasoning is
CrossFit 2013-04-29
OHS
* 13 warmup with an empty bar
* finish warmup with 7 empty bar
* 9-7-5-3-1-1-1
* 25-27-29-32-35-40-45kg
* Last time 60 kg, but it's been a while
Bench press
* 20 warmup at 65#
* 9-7-5-3-1
* 95-105-125-135-145#
* I've done 10 reps to failure at 135#, but I had a spotter then
Obituary for Peter Scott, burglar to the rich and famous
I feel like this man must have been the inspiration for the Phantom in Peter Sellers' Pink Panther movies.
CrossFit 2013-04-25
Justine
5 rounds
* 5 deadlifts
* 10 pullups
* 15 kettlebell swings
* 20 pushups
* 25 situps
* 30 squats
Time 30:12
DIY Curtain Rods
The Magistra has been on Pinterest again. We put up some DIY curtain rods tonight made from iron pipes.
I made these from:
* 72" 1/2" x 72" iron galvanized nipple
* 2x 1/2" x 3" iron galvanized nipple
* 2x 1/2" flange
* 2x