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2010 World Weightlifting, 105 Kg Snatch

September 30th, 2010 No comments

2010 World Weightlifting, 105 Kg Snatch it is only some of it. Sorry!!!

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Top Ten Strangest Foods From Around the World

September 30th, 2010 No comments

Top Ten Strangest Foods From Around the World

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They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. The same could be said about food: one man’s nightmare may just be another man’s delicacy. From cow’s tongue and pig’s snout to chicken’s feet, from fried worms and frog’s legs to sautéed snails, the list of weird stuff we eat is endless (and often quite tasty). If you’ve been indulging lately and need a reason to diet, take a read, you may just lose that appetite. Here is the list of the ten strangest foods from around the world.

10. Fried – brain sandwiches

Fried - brain-sandwiches

Long before the era of Mad-Cow Disease, a sandwich made from fried calves’ brain, thinly sliced on white bread was a common item on the menus in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. The sandwich is still available in the Ohio River Valley, where the brains are now heavily battered and served on hamburger buns. In El Salvador and Mexico beef brains, lovingly called sesos in Spanish, are used in tacos and burritos. The brains have a mushy texture and very little flavor on their own so the addition of copious amounts of hot sauce definitely helps.

9. Haggis

Haggis

A traditional Scottish dish, haggis is made with the minced heart, liver and lung of a sheep mixed with onion, spices, oatmeal, salt and stock, and boiled in the sheep’s stomach for a few hours. Larousse Gastronomique, a popular encyclopedia of gastronomic delights, claims that haggis has “an excellent nutty texture and delicious savory flavor.” Haggis is available year-round in Scottish supermarkets and made with an artificial casing rather than a sheep’s stomach. In fact some are sold in cans to be heated in a microwave before eating. Similar dishes can be found in other European countries with goat, pork or beef used instead of sheep.

8. Bugs

Bugs

The practice of eating insects for food is called entomophagy and is fairly common in many parts of the world, with the exceptions of Europe and North America (though bugs are apparently a favorite with the television show “Fear Factor”). It is not uncommon to find vendors selling fried grasshoppers, crickets, scorpions, spiders and worms on the streets of Bangkok, Thailand. Insects are high in protein and apparently consist of important fatty acids and vitamins. In fact flour from drying and grinding up mealworm can be and is often used to make chocolate chip cookies. So next time you think there is a fly in your soup, it may actually just be part of the presentation.

7. Rocky Mountain Oysters

Rocky-Mountain-Oysters

What is so strange about oysters? Probably the fact that they’re not the kind you find at the bottom of the ocean, but rather a fancy name given to deep-fried testicles of a buffalo, bull or boar. Rocky Mountain oysters (also called Prairie Oysters) are well-known and regularly enjoyed, in certain parts of the United States and Canada, generally where cattle ranching is prevalent. The testicles are peeled, boiled, rolled in a flour mixture, and fried, then generally served with a nice cocktail sauce.

6. Stuffed Camel

Stuffed-Camel

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Olympic Weightlifting WOD (Phase 1 / Week 11 / Day #74)

September 30th, 2010 1 comment

Clean + Hang Clean & Jerk 3-5×1+1+2/70%
RDL w/ Touch and GO! 3/70% 3/75% 3/80% 3/85% 3/87.5%
Hand Stand Push Up 4×5
Chest to Bar Chin ups w/ stiff legs 4×7

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2011 CrossFit Games WOD (Phase 1 / Week 11 / Day #74)

September 30th, 2010 No comments

Rest

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Powerlifting WOD (Phase 2 / Week 3 / Day #74)

September 30th, 2010 No comments

Box Squat 8×2/50% of Estimated 1RM off of 6RM
Front Squat 3×12/
Single Leg Squat on Box 3x6ea/
Lateral Lunge w/ Barbell 3x12ea/

Sumo Deadlift 8×2/50% of Estimated 1RM off of 6RM
Full Glut Ham 2×10/ 2×8/
Reverse Hyper Extension 3×15/
Single Leg RDL 3x12ea/

*45sec Rest between sets. Percentage is based off of Wednesdays Max Effort.

Categories: Power Lifting

2011 CrossFit Games WOD (Phase 1 / Week 11 / Day #73)

September 29th, 2010 1 comment

Row 1000 to 2000 Warm Up
*Not to hard tell the end. Use as warm up.
5-7min Active & Dynamic Warm Up
Front Squat 6×3/70%
Deadlift 6×3/70%
*Rest 45sec-1min between sets. Deadlifts Touch and Go.

4 Sets
12ea 1 Arm Dumbbell(DB) Floor Press
12ea 1 Arm DB Row on Swiss Ball
12ea 1 Arm DB Press
12ea Lateral Step Up w/BB
12ea Single Leg Bridges

4 Sets
12ea 1 Arm DB Bench Press
12ea 1 Arm DB Renegade Row
12ea 1 Arm Lateral DB Shoulder Raise
12ea Transverse Lunges
12ea Single Leg Db RDL’s

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Olympic Weightlifting WOD (Phase 1 / Week 11 / Day #73)

September 29th, 2010 2 comments

Snatch 5×3/80%
Clean & Jerk 5×3/80%
Front Squat 6×2-3/70%
Leg Swings 3×6

Categories: Olympic Weightlifting

Powerlifting WOD (Phase 2 / Week 3 / Day #73)

September 29th, 2010 No comments

Bench Press 6 Rep Max
Bent Over 6 Rep Max
Knee’s to Elbow’s 3×10
Hand Stand Holds 3x15sec

Categories: Power Lifting

2011 CrossFit Games WOD (Phase 1 / Week 11 / Day #72)

September 28th, 2010 No comments

AM
Power Clean + Hang Power Clean + Alternating Leg Jerk 5-7×1+1+2ea/
3 Rounds AQAP
4ea Lateral Box Jump w/ 20″ Box
5ea Single Leg Box Jump w/ 12″ Box
12 Med-Ball Squat Throw (Catch it of 1st Bounce!)

PM
5min Joint Mobility Warm Up
5min Active & Dynamic Warm Up
4-6×400m sprints
15min Cool Down

Categories: CrossFit Games

Olympic Weightlifting WOD (Phase 1 / Week 11 / Day #72)

September 28th, 2010 2 comments

Power Snatch 3-5×1/70%
1 Snatch Pull + 2 High Hang Snatch Pull 1+2/70% 1+2/75% 1+2/80% 1+2/85% 1+2/90%
Push Up w/ Feet up on bench. 3×10
1 Arm Lawnmower Bent Over Row 3-4×12ea/

Categories: Olympic Weightlifting