Comments for Westside AKF and Crossfit Hillsdale http://www.westsideakf.com Learning Through Hard Work Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:39:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The Only One in the Room by akfwestAdmin http://www.westsideakf.com/2012/02/20/the-only-one-in-the-room/#comment-1994 akfwestAdmin Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:39:41 +0000 http://www.westsideakf.com/?p=4678#comment-1994 Oops.. No. It's $20. Maybe it was $10 last year. My fault. Glassman needs a new pair of Oakley sunglasses, I guess. Oops.. No. It’s $20. Maybe it was $10 last year.

My fault.

Glassman needs a new pair of Oakley sunglasses, I guess.

]]> Comment on The Only One in the Room by Colin http://www.westsideakf.com/2012/02/20/the-only-one-in-the-room/#comment-1993 Colin Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:13:36 +0000 http://www.westsideakf.com/?p=4678#comment-1993 So it appears that it costs $20. At least that's what it wanted to charge me. Did I miss something? So it appears that it costs $20. At least that’s what it wanted to charge me. Did I miss something?

]]> Comment on It’s Rough Down There by SMC http://www.westsideakf.com/2012/02/16/its-rough-down-there/#comment-1988 SMC Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:13:04 +0000 http://www.westsideakf.com/?p=4655#comment-1988 I like this picture. Hahaha! Get out of there, Troy!! I like this picture. Hahaha! Get out of there, Troy!!

]]> Comment on Will We Be Uppercutting All Week? by Lara http://www.westsideakf.com/2012/02/14/will-we-be-uppercutting-all-week/#comment-1975 Lara Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:06:49 +0000 http://www.westsideakf.com/?p=4634#comment-1975 Origin The Roman poet Sextus Propertius gave us the earliest form of this saying in Elegies: "Always toward absent lovers love's tide stronger flows." The contemporary version appears in The Pocket Magazine of Classic and Polite Literature, 1832, in a piece by a Miss Stickland: 'Tis absense, however, that makes the heart grow fonder. The phrase was also source material for the lewd wordplay: "Absinthe makes the fart grow stronger". Origin

The Roman poet Sextus Propertius gave us the earliest form of this saying in Elegies:
“Always toward absent lovers love’s tide stronger flows.”

The contemporary version appears in The Pocket Magazine of Classic and Polite Literature, 1832, in a piece by a Miss Stickland:

‘Tis absense, however, that makes the heart grow fonder.

The phrase was also source material for the lewd wordplay:

“Absinthe makes the fart grow stronger”.

]]> Comment on My Legs Aren’t Sore by Bryan http://www.westsideakf.com/2012/02/13/my-legs-arent-sore/#comment-1972 Bryan Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:07:46 +0000 http://www.westsideakf.com/?p=4624#comment-1972 That's what I do and I'm pretty sure that Seth does it that way too. I would imagine that is faster both due to a shorter bell path but also because by bending your arms a little bit near the bottom on the way up you are able to provide an additional accelerating force to the bell. It may also provide a bit of reduced overall time at the top too on the deceleration because you're able to use gravity more to brake the bell (and thereby wait longer to slow it down). That’s what I do and I’m pretty sure that Seth does it that way too. I would imagine that is faster both due to a shorter bell path but also because by bending your arms a little bit near the bottom on the way up you are able to provide an additional accelerating force to the bell. It may also provide a bit of reduced overall time at the top too on the deceleration because you’re able to use gravity more to brake the bell (and thereby wait longer to slow it down).

]]> Comment on My Legs Aren’t Sore by Avi http://www.westsideakf.com/2012/02/13/my-legs-arent-sore/#comment-1970 Avi Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:42:43 +0000 http://www.westsideakf.com/?p=4624#comment-1970 Last time I did kb swings I tried keeping the bell closer to me on the upswing & kind of pressing it out at the top... so I guess instead of keeping straight arms on the upswing, I bent them a little. I haven't really analyzed it, but it *seems* like this would be faster (and maybe more efficient) because the bell is traveling a slightly shorter path. One thing is certain though, my upper arms got more tired :p Last time I did kb swings I tried keeping the bell closer to me on the upswing & kind of pressing it out at the top… so I guess instead of keeping straight arms on the upswing, I bent them a little.

I haven’t really analyzed it, but it *seems* like this would be faster (and maybe more efficient) because the bell is traveling a slightly shorter path. One thing is certain though, my upper arms got more tired :p

]]> Comment on Ever Improving by My Legs Aren’t Sore | Westside AKF and Crossfit Hillsdale http://www.westsideakf.com/2012/02/12/ever-improving/#comment-1965 My Legs Aren’t Sore | Westside AKF and Crossfit Hillsdale Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:38:34 +0000 http://www.westsideakf.com/?p=4606#comment-1965 [...] us chat about this new found KB swing method (go read Saturday’s entry).  By chat I mean try 150 [...] [...] us chat about this new found KB swing method (go read Saturday’s entry).  By chat I mean try 150 [...]

]]> Comment on Is that a Question? by akfwestAdmin http://www.westsideakf.com/2012/02/09/is-that-a-question/#comment-1964 akfwestAdmin Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:17:39 +0000 http://www.westsideakf.com/?p=4595#comment-1964 Credit where credit is due! Credit where credit is due!

]]> Comment on Is that a Question? by Avi http://www.westsideakf.com/2012/02/09/is-that-a-question/#comment-1960 Avi Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:16:17 +0000 http://www.westsideakf.com/?p=4595#comment-1960 I believe that should be "Rachel C+" I believe that should be “Rachel C+”

]]> Comment on Beginner’s Class by Strength Benchmarks | Westside AKF and Crossfit Hillsdale http://www.westsideakf.com/2012/02/04/beginners-class/#comment-1957 Strength Benchmarks | Westside AKF and Crossfit Hillsdale Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:03:41 +0000 http://www.westsideakf.com/?p=4551#comment-1957 [...] notice how many strength benchmarks there are on the leaderboard?  Lots, right?  Seems kinda biased.  Like what’s the big deal about knowing how much you [...] [...] notice how many strength benchmarks there are on the leaderboard?  Lots, right?  Seems kinda biased.  Like what’s the big deal about knowing how much you [...]

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