Super Bowl
I had a pretty laid back weekend overall. Saturday morning I tried out CrossFit and it was fun. I’m going to go back this afternoon for a real workout. I’m sure it’ll be hard but that’s what I’m going for so I’m looking forward to the challenge. The only thing I really struggled with was the timing of the dip/hop/dip stuff in the jerk (you need to know about Olympic clean and jerks to know what I’m referring to). This is an example of a random clean and jerk (obv this isn’t me):
The clean is where you lift the bar up to the front of your shoulder. It’s like a combination of a power deadlift and a quarter front squat. Then the jerk is where you dip, hop a bit (to get some upward momentem on the bar) and then dip again to allow yourself to extend the weight above your head. It’s like you’re “cheating” on a press because you’re using the momentum of the weight to make it much easier to get it overhead… not to mention dipping your body away from the bar and then doing a slight overhead squat to stand up fully. It takes more timing and technique than it looks like to get it right. I’m sure I will get it but I was struggling to time it correctly at first.
Other than CrossFit, I didn’t do too much until the Super Bowl last night. I went up to a party with some friends here in Cayman and it was a good time. There was a hot tub, a few TVs, a “gambling corner” and a bunch of food. The Gambling Corner consisted of a large piece of paper tacked onto the wall where we made all sorts of bets. Most of them were pretty low limit because most of the people there were not degen gamblers like a lot of the people who read this blog. Here’s a picture of Gambling Corner:
I made a bunch of bets. I had the over on 26 in the first half for $5 (lost). I had the over on three rushing TDs for $5 (lost). I had Hartley in a three way $5 bet for who was going to be the highest scoring player in the game and I won against Addai and Garcon (+$10). And I had the Saints +4.5 for $100 in the only action I could get going all night. The bets were actually in Cayman currency which is pegged at 1.25-1 against the dollar so I actually won $125 USD. I’ll take it. I’m on an absurd run in sports bets (theoretical flips) and actual flips (ie, credit card roulette). I’ve won like 19 of my last 20 “flips”. Really sick.
In other news, sounds like there was a pretty sick snowstorm back home in the northeast. This is one of those moments that I am glad I live in Cayman. My dad sent me this picture of his car:
Yup, I will take 80 degrees, sunny and beaches over that.
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- Cayman Picture Post
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- Weight lifting update
- Words of Wisdom from iRockhoes on FTP
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