June 16, MMXII
Mile run: 10 minutes...soooo slow. It's been a while since I did a lot of running in my workouts. Lately, I've been incorporating sprints and some timed intervals. Knees are feeling good so far.

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Ultimately, we're all dead men. Sadly, we cannot choose how but, what we can decide is how we meet that end, in order that we are remembered, as men.

June 18, MMXII
Kettlebell Endurance Cross-training (wearing 15lb weighted vest)
A. Squat jumps: 3 x 10

B1. Double kettlebell snatch x 12
B2. Jog 200m
B3. Double kettlebell jerks x 12
B4. Jog 200m
B5. 1-arm snatch x 12 each arm
B6. Jog 200m
B7. 1-arm clean and push-press x 12 each arm
B8. Jog 200m

Core-Weighted vest
Weighted vest medicine ball plank: 2 x 30 seconds each set

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Ultimately, we're all dead men. Sadly, we cannot choose how but, what we can decide is how we meet that end, in order that we are remembered, as men.

June 19, MMXII
Conditioning
5 rounds of the following (wearing weighted vest):
Run x 60 seconds
Pushups x 20
Squats x 20
Rested 60 seconds between rounds

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Ultimately, we're all dead men. Sadly, we cannot choose how but, what we can decide is how we meet that end, in order that we are remembered, as men.

June 20, MMXII
Kettlebells + conditioning
1. Jump squats w/weighted vest: 3 x 10
2. Double kettlebell front squat: 3 x 5
3. 10 minute round wearing weighted vest:
Double kettlebell clean and press x 2
25 yard sprint/walk back
Completed 10 rounds

Core
Plank x 30
Side plank right x 30
Side plank left x 30
Medicine ball russian twist: 2 x 10 each side

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Ultimately, we're all dead men. Sadly, we cannot choose how but, what we can decide is how we meet that end, in order that we are remembered, as men.

June 21, MMXII
Conditioning
Sledgehammer swings
Five rounds of the following:
1. Diagonal swings-right side x 15
2. Diagonal swings-left side x 15
3. Overhead swings x 15
30 seconds rest between rounds

Finished with 2-400m runs/60 seconds rest between runs

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Ultimately, we're all dead men. Sadly, we cannot choose how but, what we can decide is how we meet that end, in order that we are remembered, as men.

June 22, MMXII
Kettlebells + conditioning
1. One-arm snatch: Completed 100 reps (50 each arm) in 7 minutes & 44 seconds.
Rested 3 minutes
2. Mile run: completed in 8 minutes & 49 seconds.
3. Plank: max hold for 2 minutes

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Ultimately, we're all dead men. Sadly, we cannot choose how but, what we can decide is how we meet that end, in order that we are remembered, as men.

June 23, MMXII
Increased the weight in my sandbag by 5lbs
Sandbag clean and press: 8 x 1

Weighted Vest-Went for a 20 minute walk

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Ultimately, we're all dead men. Sadly, we cannot choose how but, what we can decide is how we meet that end, in order that we are remembered, as men.

June 25, MMXII
Kettlebells + sprints
A. 10 minute round-Double kettlebell snatches
Completed 55 reps

Rest: 2 minutes

B. 10 minute round-Double kettlebell clean and press
Completed 45 reps

Rest: 2 minutes

With weighted vest:
A. 25 yard sprints x 5
B. 50 yard sprints x 5

Core-with weighted vest
Plank: 2 x 60 seconds each set

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Ultimately, we're all dead men. Sadly, we cannot choose how but, what we can decide is how we meet that end, in order that we are remembered, as men.

June 26, MMXII
Conditioning
Completed 8 rounds of the following (wearing weighted vest):
1. Jump rope x 100
2. Sledgehammer swings x 20
3. Sandbag clean and press x 1

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Ultimately, we're all dead men. Sadly, we cannot choose how but, what we can decide is how we meet that end, in order that we are remembered, as men.

June 27, MMXII
Kettlebells + conditioning
1. Double kettlebell swings: 10 x 10...30 seconds rest between sets
2. Double kettlebell front squat: 3 x 5
3. Core-repeated 2x
V-ups x 10
Ab wheel rollouts x 5
Medicine ball russian twist x 10 each side

Conditioning-with weighted vest
5 minute round: Back pedal tire drag using two sledgehammers as handles.
I hooked the heads of my two sledgehammers into the inside of the tire and grabbed the wooden handles. Then I went up and down my driveway dragging the tire.

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Ultimately, we're all dead men. Sadly, we cannot choose how but, what we can decide is how we meet that end, in order that we are remembered, as men.