Rhabdo/wrestler voice, " Let me tell ya something.......My ratings for this blog have gone way down, and when I say down I mean dowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn like the song. I have decided to suspend myself from further posts till I feel I have something important to write about. Only things on my mind now are my gymnastics show and training for the sectionals which I'm willing to die for. Hope all is well and remember, If you are serious about your training, man or woman, then you should strive to have mental toughness. Remember if you black out at your gym, you always have your people to take care of you nahmane?
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Suspended
Jason Kaplan - Thursday, January 21, 2010
Rhabdo/wrestler voice, " Let me tell ya something.......My ratings for this blog have gone way down, and when I say down I mean dowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn like the song. I have decided to suspend myself from further posts till I feel I have something important to write about. Only things on my mind now are my gymnastics show and training for the sectionals which I'm willing to die for. Hope all is well and remember, If you are serious about your training, man or woman, then you should strive to have mental toughness. Remember if you black out at your gym, you always have your people to take care of you nahmane?
A few things.......
Jason Kaplan - Friday, January 08, 2010
1st
Well not much to say other than training has been a little weird lately. I don't feel burnt out, but every other training session strange stuff has been happening like messing up a rep, sloppy handwriting, hearing the wrong thing, and equipment malfunctions. I don't mean to sound like I'm wining here, I'm a man nahmane even though I still live at home with my parents.
2nd
Anyway at the moment I feel pretty juiced up, not as juiced as usual, but still pretty juiced. Next weekend is Hybrid Athletics' strongman winter challenge and I guess my training has been somewhat aimed towards that. I wouldn't really say what I do works, everything is random and based on how I feel. The only consistent things are my strength WODs.
Lastly
Another gymnastics show is coming, this March, SECTIONAL MARCH!!!!! Everything is falling into place which feels very good. Only downside is that I have to figure out what kind of routine I'm going to do again. Last year I was crazy and was really feeling it, this year I'm not really there yet. Here is a clip from last year's show if you haven't seen it yet. I win my students respect for a week then I'm deuce again HAHA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RimQM3Fv2Jc
Vacation
Jason Kaplan - Friday, January 01, 2010
Just want you all to know that I have been on vacation for the past week and will return Janurary 4th to keep you all posted with my training and other silly and humilating experiences with my life. Happy new year nahmane.
How have you changed?
Jason Kaplan - Thursday, December 17, 2009
As the days go by I realize that another year is passing by right before my eyes (oooo that sounds original right). Not much has changed I must say. I haven't grown another inch and my facial hair is still that of a prepubescent boy. I mean really, I'm almost 26 and I still can't grow a manstache, a GO T, or some hardcore sideburns. I'm fine with being short, but some man hair would be a real plus for me at this point in my life. Crossfit wise fortunately I can say I'm a different person. If I had to bet a fight between last year's Rhabdo to this year's, I'm going with this year's because my old self ain't deuce compared to my new self. A year ago I couldn't do a lot of things that I can do now like 30 plus wall ball shots unbroken for example. I know that probably doesn't seem like an accomplishment, but only if you saw me a year ago. I would miss the wall, blame my height, punch the ball instead of catching it, and yell F#$% with a real passion. In fact I think there is a video of me doing FGB with actual footage of me having a wall ball breakdown!!! There are quite a few other things I feel much more comfortable doing as well, but there is no need to mention them. Bottom line, I'm tougher and stronger than I was last year.............son.
The Thing, Rhabdo, Mutant
"Wait until she sees my O face, O O O"
Jason Kaplan - Thursday, December 10, 2009
Yea, that line is from the movie Office Space. Not a bad movie especially when you're feeling down in the dumps nahmane? Anyway I'm psyched about these shoes. To be honest I never planned on getting them, but since my foot strain or whatever the problem was, I thought I should jump on the bandwagon ASAP. 
The last few days my foot has been acting a little weird to the point where there has been no pain at all. I was planning on taking today off but at the moment my foot feels 100%. So I guess I'll workout because other than that I feel fine, plus I have no place else to go.On another note my training sessions for this past Monday and Tuesday have been pure deuce, aka crap. Monday's WOD I couldn't stop laughing because the person next to me kept cracking me up, and Tuesday there was a clock malfunction. Once the clock goes the workout sometimes becomes meaningless..............
Training, Training, and more Training!!!!
Jason Kaplan - Monday, December 07, 2009
I'd say that last week was probably one of my best weeks yet with my training. Hopefully I'm not peaking too early and then when sectional time comes around I'm on the ground squealing like a pig "Deliverance" style. Thats basically one of my major excuses for my performance at soon to be last years NEQs. 
I was most impressed with my Badger performance completing it in sub 30 minutes. Since I felt so good after, I waited an hour and decided to do some light deadlifts which was 3 sets of 10 at 315lbs. That was fine, but then as the next day went on I began to notice some pain in my right foot. I assume the pain was caused from the deadlifts, but more importantly probably from the shoes I've been lifting in for months now. I lift in wrestling shoes mainly because they are bad ass, but I can't afford a serious injury now. Due to this I have given in and have ordered a pair of olympic weightlifting shoes and I can't wait till they arrive!
My foot still feels a little weird but it has been improving each day. I'm still WODDing on it, but staying away from barbell WODs for now till my O shoes come nahmane. Anyway, looking forward to another week of training.
I was most impressed with my Badger performance completing it in sub 30 minutes. Since I felt so good after, I waited an hour and decided to do some light deadlifts which was 3 sets of 10 at 315lbs. That was fine, but then as the next day went on I began to notice some pain in my right foot. I assume the pain was caused from the deadlifts, but more importantly probably from the shoes I've been lifting in for months now. I lift in wrestling shoes mainly because they are bad ass, but I can't afford a serious injury now. Due to this I have given in and have ordered a pair of olympic weightlifting shoes and I can't wait till they arrive!
My foot still feels a little weird but it has been improving each day. I'm still WODDing on it, but staying away from barbell WODs for now till my O shoes come nahmane. Anyway, looking forward to another week of training.
Word of the day is..................DEUCE!!
Jason Kaplan - Monday, November 30, 2009
So the other day I'm driving my car on the highway when all of a sudden the car starts to kinda shut down on me followed by the "check engine" light popping on. My first reaction to this was sh*t balls or as I also like to say in times of stress *DEUCE! Its a little frustrating because my car was recently serviced ending with a big bill, but what can you do.
ANYWAY the main thing on my mind is my training, screw my car. I used to love it, but within the first year of having it, it got ravaged in a hail storm which changed my inner thoughts/feelings about it. This morning I plan on dropping the car off at the dealership and then running to work. Its about 6 miles or so I believe uphill. The only annoying thing will be carrying a bag or *murse for my clothes and lunch for work, but thats what it takes nahmane.............
*Deuce = shit
*Murse = Man purse
ANYWAY the main thing on my mind is my training, screw my car. I used to love it, but within the first year of having it, it got ravaged in a hail storm which changed my inner thoughts/feelings about it. This morning I plan on dropping the car off at the dealership and then running to work. Its about 6 miles or so I believe uphill. The only annoying thing will be carrying a bag or *murse for my clothes and lunch for work, but thats what it takes nahmane.............
*Deuce = shit
*Murse = Man purse
Another rest day
Jason Kaplan - Thursday, November 19, 2009
To the left I'm bending a freaking nail with my hands, I'll get into that in a few seconds......
It is only Thursday and man, I feel like deuce nahmane? Not sad or depressed, just like I got my ass kicked. The WODs I've done this week have been awesome, and the other day I practiced some tire flipping for Hybrid Athletics Winter Challenge as my strength WOD. As of now the tire I'll be using in the competition is 500 lbs, and all we have are two 250lber tires. I could just strap them together somehow, but that seems like too much work. When I was done with my tire practice which was 3 sets of 10 flips, I was basicaly covered in tire crap.
Today I'm going to try really hard not to WOD. Rest days are important, from experience they prevent me from yelling at my mom and beating up people. Instead I'm going to focus on my first passion before crossfit which was grip and wrist strength. HA! I know what some of you are thinking, especially that guy over there (inside joke). But let me tell you all something, I was very close to developing world class nail bending strength and thats no joke. Check out Ironmind.com, I was so close to getting onto the Red Nail roster. Bending this nail takes somewhere between 500-600 lbs of strength!!
100s of nails I've bent with my bare hands....roar.
Yo I need a rest day nahmane....
Jason Kaplan - Thursday, November 12, 2009
Attention all GFCM members - This is one of my new favorite shirts to WOD in. Unfortunately its an inside joke and only 1 or 2 of you will understand where this idea came from. 7:00 PM class look out, I may coach in it. Being serious now, not much to say other than a rest or active rest day is needed. Training has been going pretty well and I still firmly believe my diet has been fine, but I'm a little tired. The main thing that has been sucking lately is my sleep. Right before Hybrid Athletics had their Fall Challenge I was getting into bed before 11:00 PM every night and like I said before I felt JUICED.
Lately I've been focusing on a lot of strength pre or post WOD meaning squats, deads, and shoulder press. All my numbers have improved but I have to add in the olympic lifts again. I've also still been doing 2k rows with average intensity twice a week post WOD working on conditioning with that damn machine. My goal with that is always sub 8 since its post WOD. Hopefully when the time comes and I have to make the decision about living or dying, I'll be able to push it to sub 7.
Other news is that Hybrid Athletics is having another strongman challenge this January and I am looking forward to that event. Plus I've got a feeling sectional information for the 2010 games will be posted very soon AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, AT THIS POINT NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN PASSING THE SECTIONALS. I mean really, if I don't pass the regionals then whatever, but I must pass the sectionals. Looking back at NEQ I was over trained, a little nervous, but more importantly not hungry enough to qualify. My mind has changed and I'm waiting for the day to come.
Rhabdo got Rhabdo...........not
Jason Kaplan - Monday, October 26, 2009
WHOOOOHAAAAAAA............This past weekend I visited some crossfit friends (Crossfit USA) in Connecticut who were having a grand opening celebration/WOD for their second box Crossfit Relentless. It was a good time, basically anything involving crossfit nowadays makes me happy.
However,
the WOD was hell. It was a chipper, at first glance I wasn't
intimidated at all, the only thing that bothered me was that wall ball
was involved in the upcoming sh*t storm. It was 1 round consisting of
225 lb deadlifts 15Xs, 25 wall ball shots, 30 toes to bar, 5 muscleups,
3 rope climbs, and a 500 meter ski on the ski erg. I don't mean to
sound cocky or like a big dog but really, I was thinking, "only 1
round, just 1 round, this is nothing." Well like usual when I thought I'd have some fun I got SERVED bboy style.
Right when I heard "GO" I started blasting through the dead lifts. Dead lifts for time are starting to become my favorite exercise replacing pull ups. I was the first one done quickly running over to wall ball, but was brought back to reality because wall ball isn't for short little men. Once I was done the rest of the group caught up to me but I picked up the pace with toes to bar. I was knocking those down pretty quickly as well and with perfect form, but they wore me out like no other. When I was finished with those I went to the rings and could barely get through 5 muscleups which is pretty embarrassing for me to say. When I was through with that part I stumbled over to the rope and began climbing, and all I have to say here is that at this point I actually thought I was going to die. The first time getting up there at this point was ok, the second time was very tough, and the final time was death. Fortunately I new how to use my legs because if it wasn't for them I would have fallen15ft to the concrete. After that I basically walked to the SKI ERG like a zombie, hooked myself up to the machine, and began to ski. This was my first time using this machine and didn't have the technique down at all. All I have to say about it right now is that I don't really care for it. My arms and hands were crippled making it very difficult to hook my arms/hands to the machine.
When I was done I walked around the gym for a little then just laid down on my back leaving a print of my shirt on the ground. The pain I felt was comparable to how I felt after performing fran at the level 1 cert that was for the crossfit journal. I felt almost the same except I didn't go outside and puke my life away. My only defense is that my diet and sleep weren't on that day. IT AIN'T EASY WODDING ON THE ROAD *NAHMANE.
However,
the WOD was hell. It was a chipper, at first glance I wasn't
intimidated at all, the only thing that bothered me was that wall ball
was involved in the upcoming sh*t storm. It was 1 round consisting of
225 lb deadlifts 15Xs, 25 wall ball shots, 30 toes to bar, 5 muscleups,
3 rope climbs, and a 500 meter ski on the ski erg. I don't mean to
sound cocky or like a big dog but really, I was thinking, "only 1
round, just 1 round, this is nothing." Well like usual when I thought I'd have some fun I got SERVED bboy style. Right when I heard "GO" I started blasting through the dead lifts. Dead lifts for time are starting to become my favorite exercise replacing pull ups. I was the first one done quickly running over to wall ball, but was brought back to reality because wall ball isn't for short little men. Once I was done the rest of the group caught up to me but I picked up the pace with toes to bar. I was knocking those down pretty quickly as well and with perfect form, but they wore me out like no other. When I was finished with those I went to the rings and could barely get through 5 muscleups which is pretty embarrassing for me to say. When I was through with that part I stumbled over to the rope and began climbing, and all I have to say here is that at this point I actually thought I was going to die. The first time getting up there at this point was ok, the second time was very tough, and the final time was death. Fortunately I new how to use my legs because if it wasn't for them I would have fallen15ft to the concrete. After that I basically walked to the SKI ERG like a zombie, hooked myself up to the machine, and began to ski. This was my first time using this machine and didn't have the technique down at all. All I have to say about it right now is that I don't really care for it. My arms and hands were crippled making it very difficult to hook my arms/hands to the machine.
When I was done I walked around the gym for a little then just laid down on my back leaving a print of my shirt on the ground. The pain I felt was comparable to how I felt after performing fran at the level 1 cert that was for the crossfit journal. I felt almost the same except I didn't go outside and puke my life away. My only defense is that my diet and sleep weren't on that day. IT AIN'T EASY WODDING ON THE ROAD *NAHMANE.
*Nahmane = Know what I mean
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