WOD - Got Abs?

Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes as you can of:
10 L-pull-ups
15 Glute-ham developer sit-ups

Another one of these WODs where your gym buddies just look at you like you're high. "Oh, no, it's great! By the end of it, your abs are just screaming and it's all you can do to just do three more situps on that thing and..." and they wander off, shaking their heads.

Coach, whatever we did, we're sorry.

I looked at this one, and thought, "Okay, I should be able to get in maybe 10 rounds."

Ha! I was smoking some major crack.

With 5 minutes left, I'd finished four rounds. I managed to pour it on and make it to 6 plus a couple extras, though I had to sub ab-mat style situps for the last round as somebody got on my GHD.

I timed this with the Gymboss timer that I've played with for a couple of weeks, and it's become something I use all the time. It's cheap, and does exactly what it needs to. It's not Patek Phillipe, for sure, but then, you wouldn't wear it on a date, either. And if you're doing something like Crossfit, you're probably used to people staring at you like you're some kinda freak anyway... :)

Office Noise Control

If, like my office, your office allows dogs, and one of your coworkers decides to bring in his high-strung, stupid, incredibly obnoxious yappy sheltie, I've found that the best way to chase the annoying little fucker back to its office is to chase it back with one of these.

Sadly, I can't chase it back with one of these.

Don't hurt yourself with that jump rope!

No, I'm not kidding - this is a "ropeless jumprope".

www.jumpsnap.com

Okay, now, I'm sure this product was well intentioned, and there might be some folks who could benefit from it. But, really, is it that hard to learn to jump rope? Now, I'm not a physically gifted guy. I never found any athletic undertaking easy. I started jumping rope maybe a month ago, and even I can manage a solid minute or two of miscellaneous skipping, double unders, what have you. Why not learn a skill, fer crissakes? Yes, you'll like an ass the first few times you try it. No, there's no secret to it. Your body needs to learn it, and that takes, god forbid, practice!

Gymboss interval timer

I got my gymboss interval timer today - neat little gizmo! It's cheap, simple, and it does everything you need for timing tabata intervals. I did a tabata interval with it today, and it was nice to not have to watch the clock - you go like hell until it beeps, breathe as much as you can until it beeps again, and repeat. I'll post more on this item as I've spent more time with it.