Here is video of that huge lift…

I probably have sounded like some of these guys after a failed lift at the gym and definitely when some clueless guy came up in front of the high end of a kettlebell swing. (I guess he didn’t see the candy apple red KB.) Sometimes, you just gotta vent a little, right?

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Football and beer commercials go hand in hand. The Bud Light Dude commercials are still funny, (even when the Packers were down 0-14 to Seattle early in the game).

Before the game, I got a Crossfit-style ">Dude commercials are still funny, (even when the Packers were down 0-14 to Seattle early in the game).

Before the game, I got a Crossfit-style " />#8220;chipper” in to rev up the cardio output. Ten exercises, 50 reps each.

Push Press @ 75#

Lunges

Jumping Pull-ups

Box Jumps, (step ups, actually)

Overhead Squats @ 65#

Back Extensions

Push-ups

Sit-ups

Ball Slams

Squats

One of the funniest videos of late was from "Taser Boy". For those of you who missed this news cycle, you can see the raw video here.

I avoided the cops and their Tasers by going to the gym for a relatively high voltage workout which consisted of kettlebells, Good Mornings and Overhead Squats.

Kettlebell Swings, 24 kg: 3×30 (10, 10R, 10L)1 minute rest between sets
BB Good Mornings: 45×10/95×3/115×3/135×3/145×3/155×3/135×3/135×3/
Kettlebell Swings 24 kg: 10/20/30/
Overhead Squats: 45×5/65×3/85×3/95×3/105×3/

Happy Birthday Greg! (MY Bro!)

Not to be outdone by Steve Jobs of Apple, Bill Gates is hot on his heels with Microsoft’s answer to the iPhone.

Good luck with that Bill!

(hat tip, LGF)

Undoubtedly, one of the most controversial and entertaining fitness-type blogs our there is The Moynihan Institute. “Rant Irishman” is the Joe Everyman of the fitness world and whatever your fitness “sacred cow” happens to be, you can bet the Institute will marinate it and cook it on the grill. His most recent postings,

Barry Bonds. MLB. No one cares.
The Moynihan Institute is back in session! and…
It’s not Crossfit that sucks it’s the Crossfitters.

Start reading them. Bet you get hooked!

I read this thinking it was a piece by The Onion, but it was from Sky News in Britain. Can you say Rocky the Spying, er Flying Squirrel? First I reported the Iraqi Badgers to you; now the Iranian Infidel Spying Squirrels! What are these people smoking over there?

Infidel Squirrel Spy ring

Giant badgers terrorize Iraqi port city. BASRA, Iraq (AFP) - The Iraqi port city of Basra, already prey to a nasty turf war between rival militia factions, has now been gripped by a new fear; a giant badger stalking the…Go Bucky!!

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For everything you could possibly ever need to know about that beloved American toaster pastry, click here.

I don’t know which Bob Hope movie this was from, but isn’t it amazing that some things never really change. Well maybe changed some. If you have seen “28 Weeks Later” the sequel to “28 Days”, the zombies are no longer the slow-moving flesh eaters of the old movies, now they are still souless but faster, more agressive and more blood-thirsty than ever. You mean like today’s Democrats? Yeah!