Jake Di Vita

Regret is absolutely not the Hell I was talking about when I posted this. In point of fact I think the omission of the word regret in the original statement is very purposefully done.

I split the off topic posts to here.

I'd personally recommend pressing, both overhead and bench, deadlifting, dips, and pull-ups...doing the bodyweight exercises on rings to develop stabilization muscles. Full range of motion on all exercises. Out of those I would favor the overhead pressing and dips, working in 1 heavy set of deadlifting every week. Once again, this is after you have healed.

Do you really feel that cycling anaerobically is comparable to weight bearing anaerobic exercise? That's the same as saying a great cyclist is automatically going to be a great runner. That just isn't how it works...and those are both aerobically dominated activities. If your friends are doing anything other than interval work....such as long miles (which is what the vast majority of cycling training is built upon...and running) they are basically aerobic for about 90% of the time. Yeah...cyclists do go anaerobic for short periods of times (let's see a cyclist stay anaerobic while riding an entire century) at which that effort is controlled by both the phosphagen and glycolytic pathways...not the oxidative pathway...although as discussed before, the transferability of metabolic conditioning gained through "cardio" is very limited to other activities. Hence the reason why he used shoveling gravel as an analogy. To be more analogous, I'd love to see any world class endurance athlete (including your friend the triathlete/ex football player) come and shovel my driveway after 12 inches of wet snow. Am I saying cycling is bad? Absolutely not. I personally enjoy cycling very much. Will cycling get you fit for everyday life? Hell no. Is something better than nothing? Hell yes. Are triathletes fit? Depends on your criteria for what being "fit" means. To use even another analogy, imagine a hopper filled with hundreds of various workouts and real world scenarios. Anything from running, to carrying a 100 pound sandbag for 800 meters, to doing 100 pull-ups, to max effort squats. To me...the fittest person is the one who has the highest average score. Yeah, that cyclist is gonna crush me on the bike, but I'm pretty sure he's not gonna be the one I call when I gotta move a refrigerator into my house or do concrete work. To use another cliche that fits well here. "Nature punishes the specialist."

Little bit of a thread drift, but unless you are planning on becoming an avid cyclist, I'd really recommend against cycling for overall fitness. Here is a short video basically explaining why.

Yeah I had that in my sig p99.

Damn...there are like 4 or 5 that instantly come to my head. If you don't know who WFMFT is...start searchin'.

It's gonna take awhile to heal - if it is a rotator cuff injury, surgery may be required...afterwards I highly suggest putting some work in for strengthening the shoulder joint or you will more than likely be plagued by this kind of injury off and on for awhile.

This is kinda old, my overall technique has been overhauled...but the foot movement is still the same.

Turn to strong side, step both feet.

Damn Carina, not bad. Time to add some weight and rings to that one. Squat cleans from the ground are specified btw, although hang cleans are cool if not a bit harder.

None of the above.

First and foremost, the most important thing you can do is fix your diet. Lean meats, fruits, vegetables, and nuts. That's it. I'd highly recommend checking out 2 books: The Zone, and The Paleo Diet - and combine the two. That being said, favoring the oxidative pathway is arguably one of the biggest mistakes made in the fitness industry today. I'd recommend short duration - high intensity exercise for getting in shape. Running, Bicycling, and Swimming are definitely better than nothing, but the bottom line is most endurance athletes are woefully lacking in total physical capacity.

Hell ya.

Yep, Push Jerk was no big deal. I'm actually not as sore today as I was yesterday...we'll see how those 50 burpees make me feel but I'm not too worried about it.

Well I woke up this morning feeling like I got hit by a train. DOMS much? ummmm....ya. Lots of pressing today, arms feel like jello.

43:23. Not really too happy about the time but being that this is my 3rd week back at the WOD's I'll take it.

I don't think it should be required at all. This is practical shooting isn't it? If a few voices throw your game off that bad, I got a pretty good idea of what you need to work on. I don't necessarily talk when someone is on the line, but I also don't mind if someone is talking while I am on the line. Shoot....I've had my phone ring in my pocket right after the standby command before. I still shot the stage with the phone vibrating in my pocket. Keepin' your head in the game is what it's all about.

Who's doin' Murph with me tomorrow? = me at about 2:30 tomorrow

Anger doesn't fix anything bro. Especially in shooting.

I think I would have told them to stop in a slightly...firmer...way.

Yeah absolutely. I think the elbow up positioning of my weak arm and a more aggressive posture overall adds as much as 15% to how efficiently I control recoil. My experiment with this so far has yielded more consistency and less recovery time.

Nah, he just works his ass off....and it shows.

For me Pride is all about me being the best I can be. Ego is when I look at something and don't respect it because I believe I am beyond it. The way pride turns into ego is that as I improve I gain confidence - having too much confidence causes me to take certain things lightly. How many times have you seen an underdog come into a fight and simply obliterate the favored fighter because he didn't take the fight seriously. This is one of the reasons why I think it's so important to have a training log. It gives me a totally impartial perspective on what I did or didn't do. Revisiting that log religiously ensures that I am always focusing on my weaknesses. This is a great way to keep me grounded in having pride in my performance instead of ego in my ability. I'm a pretty decent shooter but I can improve in every way. The day improvement no longer motivates me is the day I say goodbye to the sport.

I think pride is only a bad thing when it isn't kept in check. Pride in my performance is one of the things that keep me honest. Pride in myself is what keeps me working hard. Thinking you are a better shooter than you are isn't pride - it's ego - which in my opinion are 2 very different things. Pride not kept in check turns to ego - usually after you've had a little success or attained a goal. The worst thing about ego is that a bad performance doesn't get rid of it once it's there - but strengthens it.