Laws You Actually Should Follow...

After... 

 

Jen and Family...

Nalin and Heather...

“Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy.”

Sidestepping the inevitable, or trying to dodge nature will only last for so long. At some part we must obey the law or pay the piper, and in this case the piper may be much more costly than a ticket.

Wolff's Law:

If you push big weight, you have strong bones. This law defines one of the damn good reasons we need to try ever so hard to lift more weight. The more force applied to the bone, the stronger it becomes. Conversely, the less work that shiny skeleton gets- the weaker it becomes.

Davis's Law:

Exchange the skeleton part from the above with soft tissue and you have the same basic principle. Continually placing muscle under tension produces hypertrophy. Stressing the limits of such soft tissue ensures it takes the brunt life places on said tissue today,tomorrow, and hopefully days to come. Find those same muscles relaxed more and more also makes them good at doing nothing, and oh so available for injury when demand is there.

Interesting this can also refer to muscle imbalance's. For instance a bodybuilder who digs the bench press a little too much and chooses to overwork it therefore tightening the chest, leaving the back underdeveloped in comparison. Take home, work every muscle-even those you can't see in a mirror.

Arndt-Schultz Law:

How do you prefer your band-aid removal, yanky, or peely? This law addresses the need for gentler forms of stimulus leading up to stronger forms. Such as deep tissue massage that starts slow and builds, pain in one area that is quelled by rising pressure in an opposing area, and maybe most importantly injury that heals by irritating it slightly not allowing it to lie dormant praying for a miracle.

So don't jump into the splits, max lifts on rep one, or deadlifts two days out of back surgery, apply gradual pressure for best results.

Weber's Law:

When someone shakes your hand, and you show your dominance by shaking you hand slightly harder, then they in turn, wrench it up a touch. That slight perception of differing intensity is all it takes to recognize one brand of stimulus from the following more aggressive stimulus.

Meaning when weight gets heavy, even one kilo is a jump.

Biggest Guy In The Group:

If you are ever approach by a gaggle of individuals looking to strictly do harm against your person...attack the biggest guy first. Hopefully by eliminating the most opposing figure, the rest of the crew is intimidated off. If this fails and the biggest guy whoops your ass, then hopefully your friends will tell your story of bravery for years to come.

Don't Ice Skate Uphill:

This law not only seems to violate gravity, but all logic as well. Full steam ahead may be what's called for in a situation, but not every situation, sometimes take the damn skates off, and make your way up that same difficult ass path anyway you can...a summit is a summit, and the view the same no matter what.

Don't Shit Where You Sleep:

Your daily grazing area of your job, home, and hobby are yours to make grandiose, or smelly. If you stroll in all "woe is me" looking for sympathy, you will only stimulate the same behavior back at you. If you complain about others incessantly, that will be returned to you. If you kick of your shoes clean before you enter, hopefully others will to so that we don't have to spend the day strolling around ankle deep in excrement.

It Fits Just Right:

When confronted with the age old question, "does this make me look fat", or versions thereof, it seems best to offer up neutrality. Its no secret men rarely understand every iota of glory which is women, and oddly enough as it may seem too far on either side of this answer can stimulate discord...leave the criticism at the door, and adoration at the corner, be like France-neutral as shit.

Murphy's Law:

If something can go wrong, it will. A lot of folks get all pissy when they hear this thinking one is being all to negative. But an eternal optimist would look at this as a blessing to prepare. Time before the inevitable storm to sure up our entire structure..mind, body, and soul. Perception is grace. You can perceive that whatever happens was "wrong", or that it was "willed", and you are simply to learn from it, by preparing to receive it.

What laws have missed the list? Post to comments?

Strength:

Rest

For Time:

Sumo Deadlift Highpull 65/95

Hang Clean 65/95

Push Press 65/95

21/15/9

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Comments

[holly]

6:12

[MJ]

12:30

[runmelrun]

8:37

[chas]

Holly and Mitchell, Great times on this work out!!
Nobody's faster heading into the Lunch Class!!

[Joey Franchise]

8:15 I think

[Mo]

13:00

[NP]

9:4something I think.

[runmelrun]

Thanks Chas, I kept thinking about your pep talk before we started :)

[min]

6:33... this one hurt.

On a positive note, I did yesterdays strength portion prior to the wod and PRd on my OHS with 170! The following two movements not so hot, but ill take it!

[Darin]

5:11

[JN]

Where were all the 6:30 peeps at?
I was a lone soldier today