Broad Jump PR
We did an attempt at max broad jump. We haven't done this since Mar 2010.
Today, my best broad / standing long jump was 91 inches 7 ft 7 in. An improvement of 4 inches.
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Row 500m max
I'm not sure I have ever done this, or logged a time. At the end of the workout on Fri Jan 4, 2013, I did:
Row 500 meters. max effort.
Time: 1:51
Filthy Fifty the second time
On Wed, Jan 2, 2013. At MBS CrossFit, we did "Jeff's birthday workout" in honor of my 50th birthday.
"Filthy Fifty"
I last did this in Nov 2009, with a logbook entry of 40:00, but I think the clock stopped or something. Plus, the last time I modified several aspects.
This time:
CrossFit Fran the second time around
I did workout Fran at MBS today. This is only the second time I have this workout in over three years.
Time was 9:01. 55lb thrusters, kipping pullups. A PR. Last time was 10:49. So a 17% improvement.
See prior: Fran the First time
Olympic Lifting Total
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 we held an Olympic Weightlifting meet at MBS.
Olympic Weightlifting is one of the oldest sports in the Olympics. It is composed of two events: the Snatch, and the Clean & Jerk. There are formal rules on what constitutes a good lift, a timing clock, judges, etc.
The athlete gets three attempts at the Snatch and three attempts at Clean & Jerk.
On this day my attempts were:
Snatch:
85 lbs - Good
95 lbs - Fail. substantial press out at the top
95 lbs - Good. PR
Clean & Jerk:
Tactical Strength Challenge Sept 2010
On Saturday Sept 18, 2010 we did the Tactical Strength Challenge ( http://www.tacticalstrengthchallenge.com/ )
Alex: 12 yrs old, 89lbs body weight
Deadlift: 115 lbs, 125 lbs PR (1.40xBW), 135 lbs failed third lift
7 pullups using red band PR
96 KB snatch in 5 min using 15 lb KB. PR
Zach: 15 yrs old, 119 lbs body weight
Deadlift: 165 lbs, 175 lbs PR (1.47xBW), 180 lbs failed third lift
13 pullups PR
King Video Podcast
I made a video podcast episode. The idea was to do this regularly, released to an iTunes formatted podcast feed and everything.
I did one episode.
Feb 4, 2007
Snow storm timelapse
I made a time lapse video of a snowstorm. Dec 20, 2006.
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King Audio Podcast
I made a audio podcast episode. The idea was to do this regularly, released to an iTunes formatted podcast feed and everything.
I did one episode, then later did a video episode.
Dec 7, 2006
Jeff's 2003 John Muir Trail (JMT) Hike
Introduction
Paul Svoboda and I completed the John Muir Trail on Sunday Sept 14, 2003. We hiked about 220 miles through the Sierra Nevada mountains. The John Muir Trail is:
