There's always a point.

Sometimes the point of task becomes clear upon completion. I apologize if the 1000 squats and pushups came off as punitive. In some ways, it was punitive but very necessary; but the main purpose of that one was to reinvigorate everyone to do exorbitant workloads and feel accomplished afterwards. If I really wanted to punish you with a pointless workout, I would have assigned 10 pushups and 10 squats for the week. Personally, I wouldn't have even considered starting a workout like that.

I was hoping the everyone would group up and just start it and push each other past comfort zones. I like to imagine one person saying "I think that's enough for today", while another person rebuts that with "Like hell it is! Let's do a few more. Just less we have to do tomorrow." We were really hoping that more people would have done that workout.. at least started it and scaled it in some way to exhibit that warrior approach to tasking a problem.

Some people actually did that. For those of you that did, how did you feel before, during, and after?

Performance: Quantitative and Qualitative performance have always been the main tenets of BHIP. We're not asking this of you all now simply to dignify our coaching you. It's what YOU want as human beings. It's how YOU dignify coming to classes. If I enrolled in an "athletic" training program and my "athletic" performance didn't improve, I'd probably ask for a refund and not return. Seeing as there's nothing to refund you all, I think performance really is the currency you pay with. Otherwise, we, performance-improvement-addicted coaches see no point in OUR jobs.

I suggest asking yourself what performance means to you and what drives you to be better. Give yourself a good 'why' factor. Then keep that in mind as you train or compete.

Also, keep in mind that movement does not hurt your body. Doing movements POORLY and INCORRECTLY does hurt you. If you have issues with hurting yourself, you may want to address your movement.

Gym Jones - Hard Work

Here's a couple fun ways to puke:

1. Chelsea (modified from our friends at CrossFit)
30 Minutes: On the Minute, every minute -
- 5 chest-to-deck pushups (no knees)
- 10 Situps
- 15 Ass-to-Ankle Squats
Go until completion, or record the round at which you failed to complete the workload.

* So every minute you'll start the workload and rest the remainder of the minute until the next minute.


2. 1.5 mile timed run. (6 laps, 2400 meters)
or 500m swim, 3k row, 5k cycle.

* Warm up well, practice some running drills beforehand, and run AS FAST AS YOU CAN and TIME YOURSELF! Thanks

Enjoy!