Battle Royale–Snatch vs CFT

Recovering from a good one, today. Basically a variation on the CFT Variation 3 (Combined w/UAW). This time, for the Pre- and Post-Fatigue sections, I did several of the exercises for 15 counts instead of a steady 10. And for the Core, I did quick-time snatches, starting off with the 32 kg.
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Sunlight Breaks Through

Here’s a new one from titanium soul:

Just a short little piece that I was working with. It was actually inspired by a piece by Philip Sheppard from the Science Channel program “Moon Machines.”
In other (but maybe related news, now that I think about it…), my mom’s latest PET scan (no, [...]

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‘Coz, I’m in the Moog

Yes, I know that technically it’s pronounced like “rogue” vice “moon.” But anyway:

And he plays a nice piano version of it, much more recently:

Still good.

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Simonized

Looks like my friend Scott Simons is gonna be back in DC for a “Christmas” show… (buuut–you’re… oh, nevermind… ).
Here’s a song from his new album, that was used in a WVU commercial: Start Of Somthing. Nice.
Here’s some of his work with his former bandmates, the Argument:
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Great Scots

Unapologetically mix The Byrds with The Doors, after marinating with Jimi Hendrix spiced with Blue Öyster Cult, drag the mix kicking its pointy boots into the 21st century, and you have The Aliens.
Derivative, yet somehow original, I find them lightweight, yet strangely refreshing and addictive. Like Diet Sprite…

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One’s On The Way

After a… smashing workout tonight (fast-paced kettlebell snatches, followed by hard thrashing of the heavy bag, followed by LCCJs), I settled down to recover by watching a couple of episodes of The Muppet Show on DVD.
First I watched the episode with Liberace. Enjoyable playing and a lot of humor. As a kid watching [...]

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That Time Again

Yup–going to the Maryland Renaissance Faire again this year, with the Mary Wash Fencing Club. There’s a lot of overlap with the Renaissance Club so we usually band together and head out that way for the last weekend of the festival. This year it’s the 18th of October.
They’re headed out at like, really [...]

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Men In Skirts

This looks like fun:
Virginia Scottish Games and Festival
It’s been a while since I’ve been to a Highland Games. Fredericksburg used to be on the international circuit and actually hosted the World Championship one year (1997, I think). One of the pros, Carl Braun (what a great name for a heavy athletics competitor [...]

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Simon-ized

According to my cousin Ron, our buddy Scott Simons (from the now-defunct band, the Argument) has a new album coming out on iTunes.
Also–if you end up for some reason watching the WVU game on Saturday (a definite tradition around here), you’ll hear his songs as background for the WVU commercials.
You can check him out at [...]

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Wasted

In case you all haven’t been keeping up with the comments section, below, Rob from Kettlebell Training For Sport (see sidebar) has posted a video with music from his band, Waster. So, I wanted to give a shout out to him, and give the vid it’s own post:

Way to go, [...]

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