WOD 29-08-2012

I've been doing X45 for almost a year now. I should have been keeping track of my WODs but typical me, the procrastinator (its a disease i tell you) i waited this long to finally post them. Luckily my gym mates took pictures of the WOD board everyday and post it on our group Facebook page.

So here is today's workout:
SWOD
- Back squat 5x5

WOD
21-15-9
Knees to elbow
Ring rows
SDHP
Prison get up

For time

Now i just need to compile all the past WODs and i'll try and post them here. Stay tuned.

Olympic 2012 - Hot bods Part 1

This years Olympic, I had a rather specific interest in watching the games. I used to just watch one or two sport that i like and the rest i couldn't be bothered. But this time round, I particularly wanted to see athlete's bodies. Now don't look at me in a perverted way, although I do admit goggling over really handsome guys. I was more interested in observing the typical physique for each sport. This was what I saw;

Beach Volley / Volleyball

source:  http://www.fitsugar.com/Womens-2012-US-Olympic-Beach-Volleyball-Team-24120762 

Long, lean and toned all over. This particularly is my most favorite figure of all. Not too muscular. The sport requires them to jump and stretch out a lot so i guess that's probably the reason why their overall shape is well proportioned. And also notice their height, a useful requirement when they need to jump. They are mostly tall. That's also probably why they look really lean.

Weight Lifting

In my previous post, I've mentioned that I do a bit of cross fit and some of the workouts entails lifting weights - back squats, front squats, clean & jerk etc. Basically A LOT of squats. Because of that, the thighs tend to become bulky (I know this because its harder for me to find the right size pants now). Watching the Olympics, it's obvious that the weightlifting athletes are very muscular and bulky. Man, those thighs! Yikes! I suppose its because when doing the snatch or clean & jerks, you need very very strong legs to carry all the weight, more than 100kg mind you. The arms also have to be just as strong to lift it above their heads. Since this kind of sport doesn't really need a lot of endurance, hence most of them are not the slim and toned figure. They can be very big but they are mighty. Don't mess with them.

Swimming

The typical physique of a swimmer is that they have very broad shoulders as most of their movements are in the arms.

Diving

Divers have broad shoulders too but not as big as their other swimming counterparts. They are a bit smaller than the swimmers. They are, however a bit more flexible and need all over strength to control their precise movement when they jump off the plank.

Synchronize swimming

For this sport, their bodies are very much smaller than the other swimmers. They are the ballerinas of the aquatic world. They are smaller mainly because, of the three aquatic sport here, this sport requires more stamina as routines are about 2 1/2 - 5 minutes long. In the sports arena, that's quite a long time especially when you need to constantly keep moving (or else, you might just sink). I do noticed one thing about swimmers, their butts are quite flat. :) Me no like.

to be continued...

Olympic 2012 - Lee Chong Wei vs Lin Dan

Second time round, the two titans of the badminton arena meet again at the London Olympics. The last time they fought the battle in the same game was in 2008, Beijing and homeboy Lin Dan of China won. 

Last night, almost every Malaysian (and China's population) in the world are tuned into the sports channel for the Men's singles finals between Lee Chong Wei & Lin Dan. One of the most anticipated matches in the Olympic games. It was intense as the score was neck to neck. Going through my Facebook wall feeds while watching the game at the same time, everyone on my list were rooting for Dato' Lee Chong Wei. Hopes were high. It would be Malaysia's first ever gold if Lee Chong Wei wins. But come the 2nd match, it was for Lin Dan. The 3rd match was it. Spectator's hearts were thumping, shrills of nervousness, palms sweaty...everyone was tensed. But alas, history repeated itself and Lin Dan won yet again. It was devastating to watch Lee Chong Wei drop to his knees and his coaches comfort him. That was it. His last chance to play at the Olympics, his last try for gold. He felt that he has disappointed his country when he tweeted twice saying "I'm sorry" & "Thank you everyone. I'm sorry I could not get gold" 

But nonetheless, he has without a doubt already won the gold. He did not disappoint us, he won our hearts. As the ESPN commentator said "Skills win you medals, but attitude wins hearts". We know he carried the entire nations hopes in winning that first gold. He was such a patriot when he said that he cried when he could not get to hear the national anthem Negaraku played at the Wembley stadium. 

Dato', you have done us proud. You gave your opponent a good fight. It was indeed worth all your effort. You are our hero.