Some good words on the pursuit of perfection and excellence

Vince Lombardi once said, "While we may never achieve perfection. The pursuit of perfection will allow us to achieve excellence."

So true, I love it!

Walt Whitman was right

Walt Whitman once said, "If anything in this world is sacred, the human body is sacred."

I believe that he spoke the truth.

1-arm cartwheels and the morning practice for the day

Awesome morning practice today. Hit 5 sets of assisted muscle ups with slow negatives in a super set with 5 set of handstand holds. Then moved onto 2 sets of 1-arm cartwheels on each side, 2 sets of butterfly kicks on each side, 5 sets of feet elevated push ups, 3 sets of chin ups, 1 set of lunges and 5 sets of back of wrist push ups. Felt awesome. Here are the final 1-arm cartwheels for the day.

196 pound 1-arm bent rows

So, on Monday night's training I decided to see if I could nail all of my sets of 5 reps in the 1-arm row with 196 pounds, making it heavier than I am (I weigh 193 right now). And yes, nailed all 6 sets. Had them sandwiched between body flies, bottom position front squats and midsection work. Here's the final set.

Rings combination, a different view

Monday morning practice: Hit 5 sets of muscle ups super setted with 5 sets of handstand holds, then went to 4 sets of rings combos super setted with 4 sets of tuck planche holds, hit 5 sets of false grip paused pull ups super setted with 5 sets of German 50 push ups, then hit 2 more sets of pull ups, 5 sets of back of wrist push ups and 1 set of lunges. Here's the final set of the rings combo from a different angle.

weighted pull ups with bodyweight plus 88 pounds

From Saturday: An awesome training day. Hit 300 wide grip push ups, 50 pull ups and a crap load of lunges this morning. In the evening hit 6 sets of 5 for weighted reverse grip dips with bodyweight plus 108 pounds, then hit 6 sets of 5 for weighted pull ups with bodyweight plus 88 pounds, then finished up with a 3 minute set of timed squats. Here's the final set of weighted pull ups with bodyweight plus 88 lbs

Friday night conditioning fun

From Friday night: Awesome training day today. Hit 300 classic push ups, 50 pull ups and a bunch of lunges this morning. Then hit a nice and strong 4 rounds of this beautiful conditioner. Finished off with some volume work for the midsection. Here's, I think, the 3rd round: